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Emagine Novi - Super EMAX Emagine Super EMAX / Super EMX

Novi · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this Emagine Super EMAX / Super EMX (and standard EMX) room C, 44/100 — a modest premium screen, 328 m² of lit picture, with 20% of the screen never lit. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

Michigan, USA. The original Super EMAX and the venue most often called one of the largest screens in the US: 92ft wide x over 48ft tall (28.0m x 14.6m), created by knocking two auditoriums together in a $5m+ renovation. Christie 4K RGB laser; 64-channel Dolby Atmos with QSC Core 110f DSP, DPA-Q amps and SR surrounds. 300 power recliners with a front row of cuddle chairs, 7ft row spacing. Opened 15 Dec 2017 with Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Emagine's CEO claimed it was 'only comparable nationwide to the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX' - that comparison is marketing, but the 92 x 48ft figure is verified across four independent sources. Coordinates not published.

Map position approximate (city centre)

C
~IQ 44provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
4K Laser(as of 2021)
Screen
28 m × 14.6 m (409 m²)
Picture area
328 m² — 20% of the screen is never lit
Screen shape
1.92:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown
2.39:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
Not published
Seats
300
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2017
Operator
Emagine Entertainment

The projector here comes from a 2021 industry listing that we haven't been able to re-confirm. IMAX has converted a lot of screens to laser since — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.

Why IQ 44

Screen size18/38
Projection22/36
Full 1.43 frame4/18
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
  • 3Emagine Novi - Super EMAX · 28×14.6 m · picture 328 m², 20% 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 · 409 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen
409
Picture
409
Screen used
100%

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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
single source
  • · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
Operating status
verified open

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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