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Cineworld York IMAX

York · United KingdomSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 49/100 — a modest premium screen, with no published dimensions, so the size score rests on an estimate. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.

Opened December 2019 at York Community Stadium with a 382-seat single-laser CoLa IMAX on a 22.29m-wide screen.

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IQ 49*

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen
Not published
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
IMAX 12-channel
Seats
382
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2019
Operator
Cineworld

Why IQ 49

Screen size *9/38

dimensions never published, scored on a conservative estimate · full marks at 700 m² · one source

Projection24/36

IMAX Commercial 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

* This venue has never published its screen dimensions. Size is scored on a deliberately conservative estimate, so an unmeasured screen can't out-rank a measured one on guesswork.

How big, really?

1234

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 York IMAX · 22.29 m wide, height not published
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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What you actually see

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NOT SHOWN HERENOT SHOWN HERE
A film shot in the full IMAX frame plays here at 1.90:1 — you see 75% of what the camera captured.

Worth travelling for?

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

Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX

Manchester · 60 mi away

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

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Cineworld Sheffield IMAX

Sheffield · 43 mi away

B

ODEON Metrocentre

Gateshead · about 70 mi away

B

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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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