AMC Columbia 14 & IMAX
Columbia · United StatesConfirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 38/100 — a small room carrying a premium badge — it fails the large-format premise on size, whatever the projector, 116 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.
10300 Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD, 21044 · Open in maps ↗
IMAX in name. Weigh it against the surcharge.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Commercial Laser
- Screen
- 15.9 m × 7.3 m (116 m²)
- Screen shape
- 2.18:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 271
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2008
- Operator
⚠ LIEMAX — at 15.9m wide this is in the smallest tenth of IMAX screens worldwide (the median is 20 m), showing a 1.90 frame. Good projection can't buy back screen size.
Why IQ 38
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 Columbia 14 & IMAX · 15.9×7.3 m
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
1 double-decker bus fit on this screen (1 across × 1 up · 116 m² total)
What you actually see
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- Screen
- 116 m²
- Picture
- 116 m²
- Screen used
- 100%
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Where this comes from
Confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- Operating status
- verified open
Showtimes
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