Dongguan Wanda & IMAX
Dongguan · ChinaConfirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room S, 89/100 — one of the best rooms we have measured, 572 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.
China's first IMAX GT dual-laser cinema, a converted 2005-era 15/70 giant screen at the South China Mall.
3F, Sector D, Wandao Road, New South China Mall, Wanjiang District, Dongguan, 523017 · Open in maps ↗
Destination screen. Worth travelling for.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser
- Screen
- 28.6 m × 21.9 m (626 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.31:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- IMAX 12-channel
- Seats
- 561
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2007
- Operator
- Wanda Film
Why IQ 89
572 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · 2 independent sources
IMAX GT Dual Laser · 2 independent sources
1.43:1 · the widest frame this room can show
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
- 2Dongguan Wanda & IMAX · 28.6×21.9 m · picture 572 m², 9% never lit
- 3BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
8 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 626 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists
- Screen
- 626 m²
- Picture
- 572 m²
- Screen used
- 91%
1.9 m of this screen's height — 9% of it — stays dark for an IMAX 1.43 showing.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.
•Where to next
Every premium screen in Dongguan · All of China
Also in Dongguan
Where this comes from
Confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · local press ↗
- Projector
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- Operating status
- verified open
Showtimes
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