AMC BarryWoods 24 & IMAX

Kansas City · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 41/100 — a modest premium screen, 165 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

IQ 41

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen: 17.7 m × 10.1 m (179 m²)
Screen shape: 1.75:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 432
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2008
Operator

Why IQ 41

Screen size9/38

Projection24/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

Sound0/8

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3AMC BarryWoods 24 & IMAX · 17.7×10.1 m · picture 165 m², 8% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 179 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 179 m²
Picture: 165 m²
Screen used: 92%

0.8 m of this screen — 8% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.90 showing. The projector here can't produce the full 1.43 frame, so the top and bottom of the screen are never used at all.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

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