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AMC Methuen 20 & IMAX

Methuen · United StatesConfirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 40/100 — a modest premium screen, 142 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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90 Pleasant Valley St., Methuen, MA, 01844 · Open in maps ↗

C
IQ 40

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen
16.4 m × 9.4 m (154 m²)
Screen shape
1.74:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
Not published
Seats
315
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2009
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 Methuen 20 & IMAX · 16.4×9.4 m · picture 142 m², 8% 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 · 154 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark
Screen
154 m²
Picture
142 m²
Screen used
92%

0.8 m of this screen — 8% 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

Apple Cinemas Providence Place IMAX

Providence · 65 mi away

You'd get 198% more screen, real 15/70mm film.

A

Sunbrella IMAX 3D Theater, Jordan's Furniture Reading

Reading · 16 mi away

You'd get 233% more screen, the full 1.43 frame.

A

Museum of Science Boston

Boston · 26 mi away

You'd get 311% more screen.

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

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