Fleet Science Center IMAX

Balboa Park · United StatesConfirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 58/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 634 m² of dome surface, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.

1875 El Prado, Balboa Park.

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1875 El Prado, Balboa Park, California, 92101 · Open in maps ↗

Map position approximate (city centre)

IQ 58

Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Laser for Dome
Screen: 23.2 m dome (~634 m² of surface)
Picture shown: 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 314
Screen type: Dome
Opened: 1973
Operator

This is a dome. The area above is the projected surface, worked out from the diameter by convention rather than measured — and it wraps above and behind you, so it isn't the same thing as the frontal area of a flat screen. Treat the score as a rough peer of the flat screens around it, not a like-for-like comparison.

Why IQ 58

Screen size34/38

23.2 m dome, scored on projected surface · full marks at 700 m² · 2 independent sources

Projection24/36

IMAX Laser for Dome · 3 independent sources

Full 1.43 frame0/18

a dome has no frame aspect ratio, so this axis does not apply

Sound0/8

no sound specification 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
2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3Fleet Science Center (est.) · 18 m wide, height not published
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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What you actually see

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This screen shows the entire photographed frame.

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Confirmed ×2

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

Screen dimensions: confirmed by 2 sources
Projector: confirmed by 3 sources
Operating status: verified open

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