Cineworld Sheffield IMAX

Sheffield · United KingdomSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 64/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 301 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.

A dual-projector IMAX GT Laser system was fitted in October 2015 — among the world's first laser IMAXes — on a curved 23.91 × 12.92 m screen.

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IQ 64

Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX GT Dual Laser
Screen: 23.91 m × 12.92 m (309 m²)
Screen shape: 1.85:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: IMAX 12-channel
Seats: 548
Screen type: Curved
Opened: 2012
Operator: Cineworld

Why IQ 64

Screen size16/38

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

Projection32/36

IMAX GT Dual Laser · 2 independent sources

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound8/8

IMAX 12-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 Sheffield IMAX · 23.91×12.9 m · picture 301 m², 3% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

4 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 2 up · 309 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen: 309 m²
Picture: 301 m²
Screen used: 97%

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX

Manchester · 34 mi away

You'd get 60% more screen, real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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

Screen dimensions: one source, listed twice — these copy each other
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

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