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 21 September 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.
Jarman Park, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4JW · Open in maps ↗
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 — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.
Why IQ 32
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 Hemel Hempstead IMAX · 18.1×9.6 m
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 174 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are
- Screen
- 174 m²
- Picture
- 172 m²
- Screen used
- 99%
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
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.
Better screens within 75 mi
•Where to next
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Where this comes from
Single sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- 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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