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AMC Mercado 20 & IMAX

Santa Clara · United StatesConfirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 41/100 — a modest premium screen, 159 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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IQ 41

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen
17.4 m × 9.5 m (165 m²)
Screen shape
1.83:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
Not published
Seats
370
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2009
Operator

Why IQ 41

Screen size9/38
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 Mercado 20 & IMAX · 17.4×9.5 m · picture 159 m², 4% never lit
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 165 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark
Screen
165 m²
Picture
159 m²
Screen used
96%

0.3 m of this screen — 4% 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

AMC Metreon 16 IMAX

San Francisco · 36 mi away

You'd get 315% more screen, real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.

S

Tech Interactive

San Jose · 6.6 mi away

You'd get 345% more screen, the full 1.43 frame.

S

Regal Hacienda Crossings IMAX

Dublin · 23 mi away

You'd get 140% more screen, real 15/70mm film.

A

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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

Showtimes

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