IMAX 1

Kennedy Space Center · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 57/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 239 m² of lit picture, with 29% of the screen never lit. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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State Road 405, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 32899 · Open in maps ↗

IQ 57

Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX 15/70mm Film
Screen: 21.3 m × 15.9 m (339 m²)
Picture area: 239 m² — 29% of the screen is never lit
Screen shape: 1.34:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 395
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 1984
Operator

⚠ This venue does not screen commercial films. The score above describes the room — how big the picture is and what lights it — not what is on it. However good the auditorium, you probably can't see this week's release here.

Why IQ 57

Screen size13/38

Projection36/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

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?

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
3IMAX 1 · 21.3×15.9 m · picture 239 m², 29% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

3 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 3 up · 339 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 339 m²
Picture: 239 m²
Screen used: 71%

4.7 m of this screen — 29% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.90 showing. The projector here can't produce the full 1.43 frame, so the top and bottom of the screen are never used at all.

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: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

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