Cineworld Birmingham NEC IMAX

Birmingham · United KingdomSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 31/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 147 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

Purpose-built IMAX opened with the Resorts World Birmingham multiplex in October 2015 as the Midlands' first purpose-built multiplex IMAX.

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~IQ 31provisional

IMAX in name. Weigh it against the surcharge.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 16.7 m × 9.4 m (157 m²)
Screen shape: 1.78:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: IMAX 6-channel
Seats: 280
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2015
Operator: Cineworld

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 31

Screen size8/38

Projection11/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

Sound4/8

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
3Cineworld Birmingham NEC IMAX · 16.7×9.4 m · picture 147 m², 6% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

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2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 157 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 157 m²
Picture: 147 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.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
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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