11 premium screens
New York
There are 11 premium screens in New York, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX and ScreenX. The biggest picture is at AMC Lincoln Square 13 IMAX — 663 m² of lit screen, 363% more than the next room.
One room — AMC Lincoln Square 13 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. AMC Lincoln Square 13 IMAX ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in New York.
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.
- AMC Lincoln Square 13 IMAXIMAX 15/70mm Film1.4330.8 × 23 m663 m² lit pictureS
- Dolby Cinema at AMC 34th Street 14Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Empire 25Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Lincoln Square 13Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- AMC 34th Street 14 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser16.5 × 9.2 m143 m² lit pictureC
- AMC Kips Bay 15 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser18.3 × 8.4 m134 m² lit pictureC
- AMC Empire 25 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser17.7 × 8.5 m137 m² lit pictureC
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rankedRegal Times Square4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedRegal Union Square4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedRegal Union SquareScreenXsize unpublished
Choosing in New York
If you are choosing tonight
It is AMC Lincoln Square 13 IMAX against AMC 34th Street 14 & IMAX. 663 m² of lit picture against 143 m², 363% more — IMAX 15/70mm Film against IMAX Commercial Laser.
AMC Lincoln Square 13 IMAX 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 New York.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. AMC Kips Bay 15 & IMAX leaves 13% dark — 20 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Ran the 70mm print
AMC Lincoln Square 13 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: 4 of 11. No source: 7.
No longer here
1 room no longer carries the brand it opened with.
- American Museum of Natural Historyno longer IMAX
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →