Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk & IMAX
North York · CanadaSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 30/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 211 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.
5095 Yonge Street, North York, M2N 6Z4 · Open in maps ↗
IMAX in name. Weigh it against the surcharge.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 20 m × 11.1 m (222 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.80:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 353
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2012
- 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 30
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
- 3Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk & IMAX · 20×11.1 m · picture 211 m², 5% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 222 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are
- Screen
- 222 m²
- Picture
- 211 m²
- Screen used
- 95%
0.6 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.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto IMAX
Toronto · 8.4 mi away
You'd get 96% more screen, the full 1.43 frame.
Cineplex Cinemas Vaughan IMAX
Vaughan · 6.6 mi away
You'd get 58% more screen, real 15/70mm film.
Cineplex Cinemas Mississauga IMAX
Mississauga · 17 mi away
You'd get 56% more screen, real 15/70mm film.
Better screens within 75 mi
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Where this comes from
Single sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- 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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