Cineworld Hemel Hempstead IMAX

Hemel Hempstead · United KingdomSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 32/100 — a modest premium screen, 172 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

The 281-seat IMAX auditorium was built by Empire Cinemas in its October 2015 Jarman Square rebuild and passed to Cineworld with the site in July 2016.

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~IQ 32provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 18.1 m × 9.6 m (174 m²)
Screen shape: 1.89:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: IMAX 6-channel
Seats: 281
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, so a 2021 label is a 2021 state rather than a current one. Treat the score as indicative.

Why IQ 32

Screen size9/38

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

Projection11/36

IMAX Digital Xenon · recorded 2021 · one source

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound4/8

IMAX 6-channel · as 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
3Cineworld Hemel Hempstead IMAX · 18.1×9.6 m
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 · 174 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen: 174 m²
Picture: 172 m²
Screen used: 99%

Worth travelling for?

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BFI IMAX

London · 22 mi away

You'd get 199% more screen, real 15/70mm film.

IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum

London · 21 mi away

You'd get 125% more screen, real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.

Cineworld Leicester Square IMAX

London · 21 mi away

You'd get 138% more screen.

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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

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