3 premium screens
Long Beach
There are 3 premium screens in Long Beach, across IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX. The biggest picture is at Edwards Long Beach Stadium 26 & IMAX — 143 m² of lit screen.
No room here can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Every screen in Long Beach 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 Long Beach Stadium 26 & IMAX never lights 16% 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 Long Beach
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. Edwards Long Beach Stadium 26 & IMAX leaves 16% dark — 27 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Worth leaving Long Beach for
Regal Edwards Ontario Palace IMAX is 34 mi away and beats everything in Long Beach — 370 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.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →