Chengdu Lumiere & IMAX

Chengdu · ChinaSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 39/100 — a modest premium screen, 243 m² of lit picture. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

~IQ 39provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: Digital — generation not established
Screen: 21.5 m × 12.4 m (267 m²)
Screen shape: 1.73:1 — 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: 2014
Operator

⚠ We could not confirm this venue is still operating — check before travelling. imax.com lists 28 Chengdu venues, none Lumiere; 11 Lumiere IMAX remain in China but none in Chengdu. Unconfirmed.

We went looking for this one. ⚠ The 2021 listing records a xenon projector here, but this screen is 21.5m wide and IMAX specified that system for screens no wider than 21.3 m. Nobody has stated the projector directly, so we don't assert one — the score treats it as unknown rather than assuming the older, dimmer system. This isn't pending — the operator doesn't publish a lamp type and neither does IMAX, so unless the venue says otherwise, nobody publishes it.

Why IQ 39

Screen size13/38

Projection18/36

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
3Chengdu Lumiere & IMAX · 21.5×12.4 m · picture 243 m², 9% 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 · 267 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 267 m²
Picture: 243 m²
Screen used: 91%

1.1 m of this screen — 9% 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 this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
Operating status: could not be confirmed

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