Edwards Houston Marq*e 23 & IMAX

Houston · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 47/100 — a modest premium screen, 276 m² of lit picture, with 31% of the screen never lit. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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IQ 47

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen: 22.9 m × 17.4 m (398 m²)
Picture area: 276 m² — 31% of the screen is never lit
Screen shape: 1.32:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 409
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 1999
Operator

Why IQ 47

Screen size15/38

Projection24/36

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?

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
3Edwards Houston Marq*e 23 & IMAX · 22.9×17.4 m · picture 276 m², 31% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

6 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 3 up · 398 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 398 m²
Picture: 276 m²
Screen used: 69%

5.3 m of this screen — 31% 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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Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

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