Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood IMAX

Universal City · United StatesConfirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room S, 84/100 — one of the best rooms we have measured, 406 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

Seven-story IMAX at Universal CityWalk with dual 15/70 film and laser; one of five LA-area 70mm venues.

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100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA, 91608 · Open in maps ↗

IQ 84

Destination screen. Worth travelling for.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX 15/70mm Film
Screen: 24.1 m × 17.7 m (427 m²)
Screen shape: 1.36:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film: Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
Sound: IMAX 12-channel
Seats: 422
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2000
Operator: AMC

Why IQ 84

Screen size22/38

Projection36/36

Full 1.43 frame18/18

Sound8/8

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
3Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood IMAX · 24.1×17.7 m · picture 406 m², 5% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

8 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 427 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

dark

Screen: 427 m²
Picture: 406 m²
Screen used: 95%

0.8 m of this screen — 5% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.43 showing.

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.

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Where this comes from

Confirmed ×2

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

Screen dimensions: confirmed by 2 sources
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
15/70mm film: confirmed by 3 sources
Operating status: verified open

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