4 premium screens
Denver
There are 4 premium screens in Denver, across Dolby Cinema, IMAX and 4DX. The biggest picture is at Regal UA Colorado Center IMAX — 246 m² of lit screen, 92% more than the next room.
No room here can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Every screen in Denver 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. Regal UA Colorado Center IMAX ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Denver.
Worth knowing before you book: AMC Orchard 12 & IMAX never lights 18% 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 Denver
If you are choosing tonight
It is Regal UA Colorado Center IMAX against AMC Orchard 12 & IMAX. 246 m² of lit picture against 128 m², 92% more — IMAX 15/70mm Film against IMAX Commercial Laser.
Screen you will be sold and never see
2 rooms here advertise more screen than any film will light. AMC Orchard 12 & IMAX leaves 18% dark — 28 m² of fabric that never carries a picture; Regal UA Colorado Center IMAX leaves 11% dark — 31 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Ran the 70mm print
Regal UA Colorado Center IMAX ran 15/70mm film of The Odyssey. On film the frame is about a third taller than the digital showing in the same room.
Worth leaving Denver for
Cinemark Carefree Circle IMAX is 60 mi away and beats everything in Denver — 72 m² more lit picture than the best room here.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 0 of 4. Single source: 2. No source: 2.
No longer here
1 room no longer carries the brand it opened with.
- Denver Museum of Nature and Scienceno longer IMAX
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →