3 premium screens
Dublin
There are 3 premium screens in Dublin, across IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX. The biggest picture is at Regal Hacienda Crossings IMAX — 380 m² of lit screen.
One room — Regal Hacienda Crossings IMAX — 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. Regal Hacienda Crossings IMAX ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Dublin.
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 Dublin
Ran the 70mm print
Regal Hacienda Crossings 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 Dublin for
AMC Metreon 16 IMAX is 29 mi away and beats everything in Dublin — 241 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.
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