5 premium screens
Indianapolis
There are 5 premium screens in Indianapolis, across IMAX and Dolby Cinema. The biggest picture is at IMAX Theatre at Indiana State Museum — 458 m² of lit screen, 92% more than the next room.
One room — IMAX Theatre at Indiana State 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. IMAX Theatre at Indiana State Museum ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Indianapolis.
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.
- IMAX Theatre at Indiana State MuseumIMAX 15/70mm Film1.4325.6 × 18.9 m458 m² lit pictureS
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Castleton Square 14Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Indianapolis 17Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- AMC Indianapolis 17 & IMAXIMAX Digital Xenon21.3 × 12.8 m239 m² lit pictureC
- AMC Traders Point 12 & IMAXIMAX Digital Xenon15.3 × 7.9 m119 m² lit pictureD
Choosing in Indianapolis
If you are choosing tonight
It is IMAX Theatre at Indiana State Museum against AMC Indianapolis 17 & IMAX. 458 m² of lit picture against 239 m², 92% more — IMAX 15/70mm Film against IMAX Digital Xenon.
IMAX Theatre at Indiana State 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 Indianapolis.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. AMC Indianapolis 17 & IMAX leaves 12% dark — 34 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Ran the 70mm print
IMAX Theatre at Indiana State Museum ran 15/70mm film of The Odyssey. On film the frame is about a third taller than the digital showing in the same room.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 1 of 5. Single source: 2. No source: 2.
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