109 Cinemas Osaka Expocity IMAX
Suita · JapanSize confirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 83/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 463 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The projector rests on a single source. Data read 5 November 2026.
Japan's first IMAX with Laser (GT dual, 2015) on a 26x18m 1.43:1 screen, on the site of the original IMAX demo at Expo '70.
Expo City 2-1 Senri Banpaku Koen, Suita-shi, Osaka, 565-0826 · Open in maps ↗
Excellent large-format presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser
- Screen
- 26 m × 18 m (468 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.44:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- IMAX 12-channel
- Seats
- Not published
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2015
- Operator
- 109 Cinemas
Why IQ 83
463 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · 2 independent sources
IMAX GT Dual Laser · one source
1.43:1 · the widest frame this room can show
IMAX 12-channel · as published
How big, really?
Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m
- 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
- 2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 3109 Cinemas Osaka Expocity IMAX · 26×18.0 m · picture 463 m², 1% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
8 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 468 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists
- Screen
- 468 m²
- Picture
- 463 m²
- Screen used
- 99%
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.
•Where to next
Also in Suita
Where this comes from
Size confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · Wikipedia
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- Operating status
- verified open
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
Showtimes
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