8 premium screens
Los Angeles
There are 8 premium screens in Los Angeles, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema, Cinemark XD and 4DX. The biggest picture is at IMAX Theater — 525 m² of lit screen, 41% more than the next room.
One room — IMAX Theater — 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. 2 of them ran 15/70mm prints of The Odyssey, which puts up about a third more picture than the digital showing in the same room.
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 TheaterIMAX GT Dual Laser1.4327.4 × 20.3 m525 m² lit pictureA
- TCL Chinese Theatre IMAXIMAX 15/70mm Film28.7 × 14 m372 m² lit pictureA
- Regal LA Live IMAXIMAX 15/70mm Film24.4 × 13 m313 m² lit pictureB
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Century City 15Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Dolby Cinema at AMC The Grove 14Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- AMC Century City 15 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser16.8 × 9.5 m149 m² lit pictureC
- Cinemark Playa Vista and XDCinemark XDsize unpublishedC
- not
rankedRegal LA Live4DXsize unpublished
Choosing in Los Angeles
If you are choosing tonight
It is IMAX Theater against TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX. 525 m² of lit picture against 372 m², 41% more — IMAX GT Dual Laser against IMAX 15/70mm Film.
IMAX Theater 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 Los Angeles.
Ran the 70mm print
TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX and Regal LA Live 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.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 1 of 8. Single source: 3. No source: 4.
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