Pathé Arena IMAX

Amsterdam · NetherlandsSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 53/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 243 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.

The Netherlands' largest IMAX (laser) screen, the Benelux flagship at Amsterdam ArenA Boulevard.

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IQ 53

Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Commercial Laser
Screen: 21.5 m × 11.8 m (254 m²)
Screen shape: 1.82:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: IMAX 12-channel
Seats: 480
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2013
Operator: Pathé Netherlands

Why IQ 53

Screen size13/38

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

Projection24/36

IMAX Commercial Laser · 2 independent sources

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
3Pathé Arena IMAX · 21.5×11.8 m · picture 243 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 · 254 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 254 m²
Picture: 243 m²
Screen used: 96%

0.5 m of this screen's height — 4% of it — stays dark for an 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.

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Where this comes from

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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