IMAX Theater
Los Angeles · United StatesSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 79/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 525 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.
Excellent large-format presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 27.4 m × 20.3 m (556 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.35:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 420
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 1998
- Operator
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 79
How big, really?
Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m
- 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
- 2IMAX Theater · 27.4×20.3 m · picture 525 m², 6% never lit
- 3BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
8 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 556 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
- 556 m²
- Picture
- 525 m²
- Screen used
- 94%
1.1 m of this screen — 6% of it — stays dark for a 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
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Operating status
- verified open
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
Showtimes
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