10 premium screens
Houston
There are 10 premium screens in Houston, across Dolby Cinema, IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX. The biggest picture is at Edwards Houston Marq*e 23 & IMAX — 276 m² of lit screen, 53% more than the next room.
No room here can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Every screen in Houston 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: Edwards Houston Marq*e 23 & IMAX never lights 31% 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.
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Gulf Pointe 30Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Willowbrook 24Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Edwards Houston Marq*e 23 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser22.9 × 17.4 m276 m² lit pictureC
- AMC Gulf Pointe 30 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser18.5 × 10.7 m180 m² lit pictureC
- AMC Willowbrook 24 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser17.1 × 9.5 m154 m² lit pictureC
- Regal Edwards Greenway Grand Palaceunknownsize unpublishedC
- not
rankedRegal Edwards Houston Marq'E4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedRegal Edwards Houston Marq'EScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedRegal Greenway Grand Palace4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedRegal Greenway Grand PalaceScreenXsize unpublished
Choosing in Houston
If you are choosing tonight
It is Edwards Houston Marq*e 23 & IMAX against AMC Gulf Pointe 30 & IMAX. 276 m² of lit picture against 180 m², 53% more.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. Edwards Houston Marq*e 23 & IMAX leaves 31% dark — 122 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Worth leaving Houston for
Dolby Cinema at AMC Deerbrook 24 is 28 mi away and beats everything in Houston.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 1 of 10. Single source: 2. No source: 7.
No longer here
2 rooms no longer carry the brand they opened with.
- Space Center Houstonno longer IMAX
- Houston Museum of Natural Scienceno longer IMAX
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →