Fleet Science Center IMAX

San Diego · United StatesSize confirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 66/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 634 m² of dome surface. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

~IQ 66provisional

Excellent large-format presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Commercial Laser(as of 2021)
Screen: 23.2 m dome (~634 m² of surface)
Picture shown: 1.90:1
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.

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 66

Screen size34/38

Projection24/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

Sound0/8

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.) · 18×9.473684210526317 m
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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What you actually see

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A film shot in the full IMAX frame plays here at 1.90:1 — you see 75% of what the camera captured.

Worth travelling for?

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Regal Irvine Spectrum IMAX

Irvine · 73 mi away

You'd get real 15/70mm film.

Fleet Science Center

Balboa Park · 1.3 mi away

You'd get the full 1.43 frame.

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Size confirmed ×2

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

Screen dimensions: confirmed by 2 sources
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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