Cineworld Dublin IMAX

Dublin · IrelandSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 33/100 — a modest premium screen, 182 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

Screen 17 (403 seats) at the Parnell Street multiplex was converted to dual-projector xenon digital IMAX in 2012 and has never been upgraded to laser.

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~IQ 33provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 18.6 m × 9.9 m (184 m²)
Screen shape: 1.88:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: IMAX 6-channel
Seats: 403
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2012
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 33

Screen size10/38

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 Dublin IMAX · 18.6×9.9 m
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 184 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen: 184 m²
Picture: 182 m²
Screen used: 99%

Worth travelling for?

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

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Where this comes from

Single source

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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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