CGV Gwangju IMAX

Gwangju · South KoreaSize confirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 28/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 174 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

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904, Mujin-daero, Seo-gu, Gwangju, 61937 · Open in maps ↗

~IQ 28provisional

IMAX in name. Weigh it against the surcharge.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 18.2 m × 10.1 m (184 m²)
Screen shape: 1.80:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 357
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2009
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 — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.

Why IQ 28

Screen size9/38

Projection11/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

Sound0/8

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
3CGV Gwangju IMAX · 18.2×10.1 m · picture 174 m², 5% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 184 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 184 m²
Picture: 174 m²
Screen used: 95%

0.5 m of this screen — 5% of it — stays dark for a 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 to next

Every premium screen in Gwangju · All of South Korea

Also in Gwangju

Elsewhere in South Korea

Where this comes from

Size confirmed ×2

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

Screen dimensions: confirmed by 2 sources
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.

Showtimes

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