ODEON Luxe Swiss Cottage IMAX
London · United KingdomPublished figures
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 49/100 — a modest premium screen, 157 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 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.
96 Finchley Road, London, NW3 5EL · Open in maps ↗
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 — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.
Why IQ 49
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
- 3ODEON Luxe Swiss Cottage IMAX · 17.6×8.9 m
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 157 m² total)
What you actually see
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- Screen
- 157 m²
- Picture
- 157 m²
- Screen used
- 100%
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.
Better screens within 75 mi
•Where to next
Every premium screen in London · All of United Kingdom
Also in London
Elsewhere in United Kingdom
Other Odeon screens
Where this comes from
Published figuresWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- 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.
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
Showtimes
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