AMC Metreon 16 IMAX

San Francisco · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room S, 96/100 — one of the best rooms we have measured, 621 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The 70mm print is confirmed by IMAX's own engagement list. Data read 5 November 2026.

Second-largest IMAX screen in the US (97.8 x 75.5 ft); dual 15/70 film and 4K dual laser.

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135 Fourth Street, Suite #3000, San Francisco, CA, 94103 · Open in maps ↗

IQ 96

Destination screen. Worth travelling for.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX 15/70mm Film
Screen: 29.8 m × 23 m (685 m²)
Screen shape: 1.30:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film: Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
Sound: IMAX 12-channel
Seats: 435
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 1999
Operator: AMC

Why IQ 96

Screen size34/38

621 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source

Projection36/36

IMAX 15/70mm Film · film and digital projectors, each on its own source

Full 1.43 frame18/18

1.43:1 · on a 15/70mm print

Sound8/8

IMAX 12-channel · as published

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2AMC Metreon 16 IMAX · 29.8×23.0 m · picture 621 m², 9% never lit
3BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

10 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 5 up · 685 m² total)

What you actually see

Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters

The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists

dark

Screen: 685 m²
Picture: 621 m²
Screen used: 91%

2.2 m of this screen's height — 9% of it — stays dark for an IMAX 1.43 showing.

Worth travelling for?

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Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.

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Where this comes from

Single source

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions: one source, listed twice — these copy each other
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
15/70mm film: confirmed by 3 sources
Operating status: verified open

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