Celebration Cinema Grand Rapids North IMAX

Grand Rapids · United StatesConfirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 75/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 317 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

Michigan's only IMAX 70mm film venue.

IMAX's page for this venue ↗Operator's website ↗

2121 Celebration Dr. NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49525 · Open in maps ↗

IQ 75

Excellent large-format presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX 15/70mm Film
Screen: 21.3 m × 16.1 m (343 m²)
Screen shape: 1.32:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
Sound: IMAX 6-channel
Seats: 281
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2001
Operator: Celebration Cinema

Why IQ 75

Screen size17/38

Projection36/36

Full 1.43 frame18/18

Sound4/8

How big, really?

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
3Celebration Cinema Grand Rapids North IMAX · 21.3×16.1 m · picture 317 m², 7% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

3 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 3 up · 343 m² total)

What you actually see

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

Only on a 15/70mm print here — the digital projector caps at 1.90, so the same film shows smaller on a digital night.

dark

Screen: 343 m²
Picture: 317 m²
Screen used: 93%

1.2 m of this screen — 7% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.43 showing.

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

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

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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
15/70mm film: confirmed by 3 sources
Operating status: verified open

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