5 premium screens
Seattle
There are 5 premium screens in Seattle, across IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX. The biggest picture is at Boeing IMAX Theatre — 416 m² of lit screen, 152% more than the next room.
One room — Boeing IMAX Theatre — 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.
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.
- Boeing IMAX TheatreIMAX GT Dual Laser1.4324.4 × 18.1 m416 m² lit pictureA
- Regal Thornton Place Stadium 14 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser14.6 × 8.1 m112 m² lit pictureD
- PACCAR IMAX TheatreIMAX Digital Xenon17.7 × 10.5 m165 m² lit pictureD
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rankedRegal Meridian4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedRegal Thornton PlaceScreenXsize unpublished
Choosing in Seattle
If you are choosing tonight
It is Boeing IMAX Theatre against PACCAR IMAX Theatre. 416 m² of lit picture against 165 m², 152% more — IMAX GT Dual Laser against IMAX Digital Xenon.
Boeing IMAX Theatre 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 Seattle.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. PACCAR IMAX Theatre leaves 11% dark — 21 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 1 of 5. Single source: 2. No source: 2.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →