Fleet Science Center IMAX
Balboa Park · United StatesConfirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room S, 84/100 — one of the best rooms we have measured, 634 m² of dome surface, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.
1875 El Prado, Balboa Park.
1875 El Prado, Balboa Park, California, 92101 · Open in maps ↗
Destination screen. Worth travelling for.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser
- 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
- Not published
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- —
- 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 84
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
- 3Fleet Science Center (est.) · 18×12.587412587412588 m
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
What you actually see
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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
Where this comes from
Confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · Wikipedia ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- confirmed by 2 sources
- Operating status
- verified open
Showtimes
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