Museo Sol del Niño IMAX
Mexicali · MexicoSize confirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 46/100 — a modest premium screen, 317 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- Not established
- Screen
- 21.3 m × 16.1 m (343 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.32:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
- 15/70mm film
- Recorded in 2021, unconfirmed
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 301
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2006
- Operator
⚠ A 2021 industry listing recorded a 15/70mm film projector here, and we could find nothing to confirm or refute it. Most multiplex film systems were removed years ago; many museum ones still run. Rather than guess either way, this venue is scored as if the projector were unknown — so if it does still run film, the score below understates it substantially.
Why IQ 46
317 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · 2 independent sources
digital, generation never established · recorded 2021 · one source
1.43:1 · 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
- 3Museo Sol del Niño · 21.3×16.1 m · picture 317 m², 7% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
3 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 3 up · 343 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
- 343 m²
- Picture
- 317 m²
- Screen used
- 93%
1.2 m of this screen's height — 7% of it — stays dark for an 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.
•Where to next
Where this comes from
Size confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · Wikipedia ↗
- Projector
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- 15/70mm film
- 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.
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