Megaplex 17 & IMAX, Jordan Commons

Sandy · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 36/100 — a modest premium screen, 319 m² of lit picture, with 25% of the screen never lit. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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IQ 36

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon
Screen: 24.6 m × 17.2 m (423 m²)
Picture area: 319 m² — 25% of the screen is never lit
Screen shape: 1.43:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 446
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2010
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Worth knowing: a source records xenon here, but at 24.6 m this screen is wider than IMAX sold that system for (21.3 m). We publish what the source says rather than overriding it, though the match to that source is not an exact one.

Why IQ 36

Screen size17/38

Projection11/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

Sound0/8

⌷ 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 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3Megaplex 17 & IMAX, Jordan Commons · 24.6×17.2 m · picture 319 m², 25% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

6 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 3 up · 423 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 423 m²
Picture: 319 m²
Screen used: 75%

4.3 m of this screen — 25% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.90 showing. The projector here can't produce the full 1.43 frame, so the top and bottom of the screen are never used at all.

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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Single source

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

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