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CineStar Arena IMAX Zagreb

Zagreb · CroatiaSize confirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 36/100 — a modest premium screen, 308 m² of lit picture. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

C
~IQ 36provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
Digital — generation not established
Screen
24.2 m × 13.6 m (329 m²)
Screen shape
1.78:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
Not published
Seats
485
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2011
Operator

We went looking for this one. ⚠ The 2021 listing records a xenon projector here, but this screen is 24.2m 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 36

Screen size17/38

308 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · 2 independent sources

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?

1234

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
  • 3CineStar Arena IMAX Zagreb · 24.2×13.6 m · picture 308 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

6 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 3 up · 329 m² total)

What you actually see

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IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are

dark
Screen
329 m²
Picture
308 m²
Screen used
94%

0.9 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.

•Where to next

All of Croatia

Where this comes from

Size confirmed ×2

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

Screen dimensions
confirmed by 2 sources
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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