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Event Cinemas Queensgate & IMAX

Lower Hutt · New ZealandSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 47/100 — a modest premium screen, 283 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a single source. Data read 5 November 2026.

37A Bloomfield Terrace, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt, 5010.

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IQ 47

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen
23.2 m × 12.5 m (290 m²)
Screen shape
1.86:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
Not published
Seats
Not published
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
—
Operator

Why IQ 47

Screen size15/38

283 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source

Projection24/36

IMAX Commercial Laser · one source

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound0/8

no sound specification published

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
  • 3Event Cinemas Queensgate & IMAX · 23.2×12.5 m · picture 283 m², 2% never lit
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

4 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 2 up · 290 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen
290 m²
Picture
283 m²
Screen used
98%

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.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions
single source
Projector
single source
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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