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AMC Kips Bay 15 & IMAX

New York · United StatesConfirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 40/100 — a modest premium screen, 154 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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IQ 40

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen
18.3 m × 8.4 m (154 m²)
Screen shape
2.18:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
Not published
Seats
330
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2010
Operator

Why IQ 40

Screen size8/38
Projection24/36
Full 1.43 frame8/18
Sound0/8

How big, really?

1234

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 Kips Bay 15 & IMAX · 18.3×8.4 m
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

1 double-decker bus fit on this screen (1 across × 1 up · 154 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen
154 m²
Picture
154 m²
Screen used
100%

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

AMC Lincoln Square 13 IMAX

New York · 2.2 mi away

You'd get 361% more screen, real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.

S

Dolby Cinema at AMC Neshaminy 24

Bensalem · 66 mi away

B

Dolby Cinema at AMC Bay Plaza Cinema 13

Bronx · 12 mi away

B

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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
Operating status
verified open

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