ODEON Luxe Swiss Cottage IMAX

London · United KingdomPublished figures

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 48/100 — a modest premium screen, 150 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

London's largest ODEON IMAX (opened September 2011, Luxe recliner refit 2017-18 with 184 seats), since upgraded from dual-2K xenon to IMAX with Laser.

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~IQ 48provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Commercial Laser(as of 2021)
Screen: 17.6 m × 8.9 m (157 m²)
Screen shape: 1.98:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: IMAX 12-channel
Seats: 184
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2011
Operator: Odeon

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 48

Screen size8/38

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

Projection24/36

IMAX Commercial Laser · recorded 2021 · no source on file

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound8/8

IMAX 12-channel · as 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
3ODEON Luxe Swiss Cottage IMAX · 17.6×8.9 m · picture 150 m², 4% 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 · 157 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 157 m²
Picture: 150 m²
Screen used: 96%

0.7 m of this screen's width — 4% 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

BFI IMAX

London · 3.7 mi away

You'd get 232% more screen, real 15/70mm film.

IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum

London · 3.1 mi away

You'd get 150% more screen, real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.

Cineworld Leicester Square IMAX

London · 2.8 mi away

You'd get 164% more screen.

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Where this comes from

Published figures

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

Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: not established
Operating status: verified open

Sources disagree

The 2021 industry listing records this venue as xenon; we publish laseron the strength of a more recent source. IMAX has converted a great many screens to laser since that listing closed, so the newer record usually wins — but you should know the two don't match.

No source on file names the projector in this room. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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