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AMC Burbank 16 & IMAX

Burbank · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 43/100 — a modest premium screen, 194 m² of lit picture, with 11% of the screen never lit. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.

125 E. Palm Ave., Burbank, CA, 91502 · Open in maps ↗

C
IQ 43

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen
19.2 m × 11.3 m (217 m²)
Picture area
194 m² — 11% of the screen is never lit
Screen shape
1.70:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
Not published
Seats
406
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2008
Operator

Why IQ 43

Screen size11/38

194 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source

Projection24/36

IMAX Commercial Laser · 2 independent sources

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound0/8

no sound specification published

⌷ Size is scored on the picture, not the fabric. This screen is taller than its projector's frame, so a chunk of it is never lit and doesn't count.

How big, really?

1234

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
  • 3AMC Burbank 16 & IMAX · 19.2×11.3 m · picture 194 m², 11% never lit
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 217 m² total)

What you actually see

Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters

IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are

dark
Screen
217 m²
Picture
194 m²
Screen used
89%

1.2 m of this screen's height — 11% of it — stays dark for an 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.

Worth travelling for?

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Where this comes from

Single source

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions
one source, listed twice — these copy each other
Projector
confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status
verified open

Showtimes

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