AMC Norwalk 20 & IMAX

Norwalk · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 26/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 128 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

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12300 E. Civic Center Drive, Norwalk, CA, 90650 · Open in maps ↗

~IQ 26provisional

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Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 16.5 m × 8.2 m (135 m²)
Screen shape: 2.01:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 334
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2012
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.

Why IQ 26

Screen size7/38

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

Projection11/36

IMAX Digital Xenon · recorded 2021 · one source

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound0/8

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 Norwalk 20 & IMAX · 16.5×8.2 m · picture 128 m², 6% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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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 · 135 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 135 m²
Picture: 128 m²
Screen used: 94%

0.9 m of this screen's width — 6% of it — stays dark for an IMAX 1.90 showing, in bands at the sides.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
Operating status: verified open

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