CGV Gwangyo & IMAX

Suwon · South KoreaConfirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 43/100 — a modest premium screen, 211 m² of lit picture, with 12% of the screen never lit. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

IQ 43

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen: 20 m × 12 m (240 m²)
Picture area: 211 m² — 12% of the screen is never lit
Screen shape: 1.67:1 — 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: 2020
Operator

Why IQ 43

Screen size11/38

Projection24/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

Sound0/8

⌷ Size is scored on the picture, not the fabric. This screen is taller than its projector's frame, so a chunk of it is never lit and doesn't count.

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 Gwangyo & IMAX · 20×12 m · picture 211 m², 12% 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 · 240 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 240 m²
Picture: 211 m²
Screen used: 88%

1.5 m of this screen — 12% 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.

Worth travelling for?

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CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall IMAX

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You'd get 189% more screen, the full 1.43 frame.

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•Where to next

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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 3 sources
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

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