Cinépolis IMAX - Acuario de Veracruz

Veracruz · MexicoSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 27/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 149 m² of lit picture. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

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Spec sheet

Projection: Not established
Screen: 16.8 m × 9.4 m (158 m²)
Screen shape: 1.79:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: Recorded in 2021, unconfirmed
Sound: Not published
Seats: 263
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2005
Operator

⚠ A 2021 industry listing recorded a 15/70mm film projector here, and we could find nothing to confirm or refute it. Most multiplex film systems were removed years ago; many museum ones still run. Rather than guess either way, this venue is scored as if the projector were unknown — so if it does still run film, the score below understates it substantially.

Why IQ 27

Screen size8/38

149 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source

Projection11/36

digital, generation never established · recorded 2021 · one source

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound0/8

no sound specification published

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3Cinépolis IMAX - Acuario de Veracruz · 16.8×9.4 m · picture 149 m², 6% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 158 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 158 m²
Picture: 149 m²
Screen used: 94%

0.6 m of this screen's height — 6% of it — stays dark for an 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

Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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

Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
15/70mm film: single source
Operating status: verified open

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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