Pathe Balexert & IMAX
Genève · SwitzerlandSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 42/100 — a modest premium screen, 180 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.
avenue Louis-Casaï 27, Genève.
avenue Louis-Casaï 27, Genève, 1211 · Open in maps ↗
Map position approximate (city centre)
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Laser XT
- Screen
- 18.5 m × 10 m (185 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.85:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- Not published
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2013
- Operator
Why IQ 42
180 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source
IMAX Laser XT · 2 independent sources
1.90:1 · 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
- 3Pathe Balexert & IMAX · 18.5×10.0 m · picture 180 m², 3% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
2 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 185 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are
- Screen
- 185 m²
- Picture
- 180 m²
- Screen used
- 97%
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Pathé Vaise
Lyon · about 70 mi away
Gaumont Archamps & IMAX
Archamps
You'd get 88% more screen.
Better screens within 75 mi
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Where this comes from
Single sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- confirmed by 2 sources
- 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.
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