AMC Mission Valley 20 & IMAX
San Diego · United StatesSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 25/100 — a small room carrying a premium badge — it fails the large-format premise on size, whatever the projector, 119 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.
1640 Camino Del Rio North, San Diego, CA, 92108 · Open in maps ↗
Map position approximate (city centre)
Premium in name. Weigh it against the surcharge.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 15.1 m × 7.9 m (119 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.91:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 260
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2010
- 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, so a 2021 label is a 2021 state rather than a current one. Treat the score as indicative.
⚠ LIEMAX — at 15.1m wide this is in the smallest tenth of IMAX screens worldwide (the median is 20 m), showing a 1.90 frame. Good projection can't buy back screen size.
Why IQ 25
119 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source
IMAX Digital Xenon · recorded 2021 · one source
1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show
no sound specification 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
- 2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 3AMC Mission Valley 20 & IMAX · 15.1×7.9 m
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
1 double-decker bus fit on this screen (1 across × 1 up · 119 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
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- Screen
- 119 m²
- Picture
- 119 m²
- Screen used
- 99%
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Regal Irvine Spectrum IMAX
Irvine · about 75 mi away
You'd get 363% more screen, real 15/70mm film.
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Chula Vista
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National City
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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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