8 premium screens
Austin
There are 8 premium screens in Austin, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema and 4DX. The biggest picture is at Bullock Texas State History Museum — 441 m² of lit screen, 262% more than the next room.
One room — Bullock Texas State History Museum — can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Everywhere else in town crops to 1.90, which is roughly a quarter less picture on a film shot for it.
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.
- Bullock Texas State History MuseumIMAX GT Dual Laser1.4325.1 × 19 m441 m² lit pictureA
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Barton Creek Square 14Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Dine-In Tech Ridge 10Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- EVO Cinemas Belterra Village & IMAXIMAX Commercial Lasersize unpublishedC
- Regal Gateway Stadium 16 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser15.2 × 9 m122 m² lit pictureD
- AMC Barton Creek Square 14 & IMAXIMAX Digital Xenonsize unpublishedD
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rankedRegal Gateway4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedRegal Metropolitan4DXsize unpublished
Choosing in Austin
If you are choosing tonight
It is Bullock Texas State History Museum against Regal Gateway Stadium 16 & IMAX. 441 m² of lit picture against 122 m², 262% more — IMAX GT Dual Laser against IMAX Commercial Laser.
Bullock Texas State History Museum also shows the full 1.43:1 frame, so it is the bigger picture and the taller one. There is no trade-off to weigh in Austin.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. Regal Gateway Stadium 16 & IMAX leaves 11% dark — 15 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 1 of 8. Single source: 3. No source: 4.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →