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Clark Planetarium IMAX

Salt Lake City · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 32/100 — a modest premium screen, 239 m² of lit picture, with 30% of the screen never lit. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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110 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101 · Open in maps ↗

C
IQ 32

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Digital Xenon
Screen
21.3 m × 16 m (341 m²)
Picture area
239 m² — 30% of the screen is never lit
Screen shape
1.33:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
Not published
Seats
292
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2003
Operator

Why IQ 32

Screen size13/38
Projection11/36
Full 1.43 frame8/18
Sound0/8

⌷ Size is scored on the picture, not the fabric. This screen is taller than its projector's frame, so a chunk of it is never lit and doesn't count.

How big, really?

1234

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
  • 3Clark Planetarium · 21.3×16 m · picture 239 m², 30% never lit
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

3 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 3 up · 341 m² total)

What you actually see

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IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are

dark
Screen
341 m²
Picture
239 m²
Screen used
70%

4.8 m of this screen — 30% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.90 showing. The projector here can't produce the full 1.43 frame, so the top and bottom of the screen are never used at all.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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

Screen dimensions
single source
  • · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
Projector
confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status
verified open

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