Landmark Waterloo & IMAX
Waterloo, Ontario · CanadaSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 40/100 — a modest premium screen, 141 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a single source. Data read 5 November 2026.
415 The Boardwalk, Waterloo, Ontario.
415 The Boardwalk, Waterloo, Ontario, N2T 0A6 · Open in maps ↗
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Laser XT
- Screen
- 17.2 m × 8.6 m (148 m²)
- Screen shape
- 2.00:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- Not published
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- —
- Operator
Why IQ 40
141 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source
IMAX Laser XT · one source
1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show
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
- 3Landmark Waterloo & IMAX · 17.2×8.6 m · picture 141 m², 5% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
1 double-decker bus fit on this screen (1 across × 1 up · 148 m² total)
What you actually see
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- Screen
- 148 m²
- Picture
- 141 m²
- Screen used
- 95%
0.9 m of this screen's width — 5% of it — stays dark for an IMAX 1.90 showing, in bands at the sides.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto IMAX
Toronto · 61 mi away
You'd get 194% more screen, the full 1.43 frame.
Cineplex Cinemas Vaughan IMAX
Vaughan · 57 mi away
You'd get 137% more screen, real 15/70mm film.
Cineplex Cinemas Mississauga IMAX
Mississauga · 47 mi away
You'd get 134% more screen, real 15/70mm film.
Better screens within 75 mi
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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
- 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.
Showtimes
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