IMAX Sydney (Darling Harbour)
Sydney · AustraliaSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 90/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 588 m² of lit picture, with 16% of the screen never lit, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The projector rests on a single source. Data read 5 November 2026.
Rebuilt 2023 with GT dual-laser and a 692 sq m 1.43:1 screen billed as the third largest in the world.
Excellent large-format presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser
- Screen
- 29 m × 24 m (696 m²)
- Picture area
- 588 m² — 16% of the screen is never lit
- Screen shape
- 1.21:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- IMAX 12-channel
- Seats
- 430
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2023
- Operator
- EVT / IMAX Theatres
Why IQ 90
588 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source
IMAX GT Dual Laser · one source
1.43:1 · the widest frame this room can show
IMAX 12-channel · as published
⌷ 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 · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
- 2IMAX Sydney (Darling Harbour) · 29×24.0 m · picture 588 m², 16% never lit
- 3BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
10 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 5 up · 696 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists
- Screen
- 696 m²
- Picture
- 588 m²
- Screen used
- 84%
3.7 m of this screen's height — 16% of it — stays dark for an IMAX 1.43 showing.
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 sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · Wikipedia
- 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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