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Cineworld Barnsley IMAX

Barnsley · United KingdomEstimated

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 49/100 — a modest premium screen, with no published dimensions, so the size score rests on an estimate. The projector rests on a single source. Data read 5 November 2026.

New-build 13-screen cinema at The Glass Works opened September 2022 with a 313-seat single-laser IMAX with Laser (CoLa) as Screen 1.

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IQ 49*

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen
Not published
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
IMAX 12-channel
Seats
313
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2022
Operator
Cineworld

Why IQ 49

Screen size *9/38

dimensions never published, scored on a conservative estimate · full marks at 700 m² · no source on file

Projection24/36

IMAX Commercial Laser · one source

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound8/8

IMAX 12-channel · as published

* This venue has never published its screen dimensions. Size is scored on a deliberately conservative estimate, so an unmeasured screen can't out-rank a measured one on guesswork.

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
  • 3Cineworld Barnsley IMAX (est.) · 18 m wide, height not published
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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What you actually see

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NOT SHOWN HERENOT SHOWN HERE
A film shot in the full IMAX frame plays here at 1.90:1 — you see 75% of what the camera captured.

Worth travelling for?

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ODEON Luxe Leeds Thorpe Park

Leeds · about 15 mi away

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Where this comes from

Estimated

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

Screen dimensions
not published — estimated
Projector
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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