Le Grand Rex - Grande Salle Heritage single-screen picture palaces
Paris · FranceSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this Heritage single-screen picture palaces (reference category) room C, 40/100 — a modest premium screen, 259 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.
Opened 8 Dec 1932, 1 boulevard Poissonniere. Europe's largest cinema auditorium by seats (2,700). The Grande Salle has TWO screens - a standard 16.9m x 7m and the deployable 'Le Grand Large' at 24.9m x 11.35m (~280 sq m), which is the figure given here. Three Barco DP-32 4K projectors in the Grande Salle. Coordinates published on Wikipedia. Independent, not Pathe Gaumont.
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- 4K Laser(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 24.9 m × 11.35 m (283 m²)
- Screen shape
- 2.19:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 2.39:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 2700
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 1932
- Operator
- SAS Le Grand Rex (independent)
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 40
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
- 3Le Grand Rex - Grande Salle · 24.9×11.35 m · picture 259 m², 8% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
4 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 2 up · 283 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are
- Screen
- 283 m²
- Picture
- 283 m²
- Screen used
- 100%
Worth travelling for?
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You'd get 45% more screen.
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You'd get 38% more screen.
Pathé Massy
Massy · 71 mi away
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•Where to next
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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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