Karo IMAX Moscow

Moscow · RussiaSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 27/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 147 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 October 2026.

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24, Novy Arbat str., October Cinema Theatre, Moscow · Open in maps ↗

Map position approximate (city centre)

~IQ 27provisional

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Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 16.7 m × 9 m (150 m²)
Screen shape: 1.86:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 323
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2010
Operator

⚠ Still trading, but no longer an IMAX venue. KARO's Moscow IMAX opened 16.12.2010 as hall 2 of KARO 11 Oktyabr (Novy Arbat). Cinema still listed with current 2026 schedules; a Novy Arbat reconstruction has been proposed but not executed.

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, so a 2021 label is a 2021 state rather than a current one. Treat the score as indicative.

Why IQ 27

Screen size8/38

147 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source

Projection11/36

IMAX Digital Xenon · recorded 2021 · one source

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound0/8

no sound specification published

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3Karo IMAX Moscow · 16.7×9.0 m · picture 147 m², 2% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 150 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen: 150 m²
Picture: 147 m²
Screen used: 98%

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
Operating status: verified not-imax (2022)

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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