3 premium screens
Rushden
There are 3 premium screens in Rushden, across IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX. The biggest picture is at Cineworld Rushden Lakes IMAX — 211 m² of lit screen.
No room here can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Every screen in Rushden crops to 1.90 or wider, so a film shot with IMAX cameras will be missing about a quarter of its picture wherever you see it.
Worth knowing before you book: Cineworld Rushden Lakes IMAX never lights 25% of its screen. The fabric is bigger than the picture, which is why the ranking here is by lit area rather than by the dimensions cinemas advertise.
Ranked
Scored on the picture each room actually lights, not the fabric it is painted on. A tilde means the projector rests on a single dated source.
Choosing in Rushden
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. Cineworld Rushden Lakes IMAX leaves 25% dark — 69 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Worth leaving Rushden for
BFI IMAX is 59 mi away and beats everything in Rushden — 262 m² more lit picture than the best room here.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 0 of 3. Single source: 1. No source: 2.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →