AMC Elmwood Palace 20 & IMAX
Harahan · United StatesSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 28/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 172 m² of lit picture, with 16% of the screen never lit. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.
1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, LA, 70123 · Open in maps ↗
IMAX in name. Weigh it against the surcharge.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 18.1 m × 11.3 m (205 m²)
- Picture area
- 172 m² — 16% of the screen is never lit
- Screen shape
- 1.60:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 400
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2009
- Operator
The projector here comes from a 2021 industry listing that we haven't been able to re-confirm. IMAX has converted a lot of screens to laser since — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.
Why IQ 28
⌷ 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?
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 Elmwood Palace 20 & IMAX · 18.1×11.3 m · picture 172 m², 16% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 205 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
- Screen
- 205 m²
- Picture
- 172 m²
- Screen used
- 84%
1.8 m of this screen — 16% 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.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Dolby Cinema at AMC Baton Rouge 16
Baton Rouge · 59 mi away
Dolby Cinema at AMC Elmwood Palace 20
Harahan · 0.1 mi away
Dolby Cinema at AMC Clearview Palace 12
Metairie · 2.8 mi away
Better screens within 75 mi
•Where to next
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Where this comes from
Single sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- 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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