Cinema Loire & IMAX

Tours · FranceSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 42/100 — a modest premium screen, 186 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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IQ 42

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen: 18.8 m × 10.5 m (197 m²)
Screen shape: 1.79:1 — 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: 2018
Operator

Why IQ 42

Screen size10/38

Projection24/36

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
3Cinema Loire & IMAX · 18.8×10.5 m · picture 186 m², 6% 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 · 197 m² total)

What you actually see

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IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are

dark

Screen: 197 m²
Picture: 186 m²
Screen used: 94%

0.6 m of this screen — 6% 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?

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

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You'd get 180% more screen, the full 1.43 frame.

Futuroscope - Arthur the 4D Adventure

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You'd get real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.

Pathe Saran & IMAX

Saran · 66 mi away

You'd get 37% more screen.

Better screens within 75 mi

•Where to next

All of France

Elsewhere in France

Where this comes from

Single source

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

Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

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