Cineworld Sheffield IMAX
Sheffield · United KingdomConfirmed ×2
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 21 September 2026.
A dual-projector IMAX GT Laser system was fitted in October 2015 — among the world's first laser IMAXes — on a curved 23.91m x 12.92m screen.
Valley Centertainment, Broughton Lane, Sheffield, S9 2EP · Open in maps ↗
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
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 Sheffield IMAX · 23.91×12.92 m · picture 301 m², 3% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
4 double-decker buss 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.
Better screens within 75 mi
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Where this comes from
Confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- Operating status
- verified open
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