AMC South Bay 12 & IMAX

Dorchester · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 29/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 178 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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Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 18.4 m × 10.2 m (188 m²)
Screen shape: 1.80:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: Not published
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2017
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 29

Screen size10/38

178 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 South Bay 12 & IMAX · 18.4×10.2 m · picture 178 m², 5% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 188 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 188 m²
Picture: 178 m²
Screen used: 95%

0.5 m of this screen's height — 5% of it — stays dark for an 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.

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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

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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