Pathe La Valette & IMAX
La Valette-Du-Var · FranceConfirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 59/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 342 m² of lit picture. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.
300 avenue de l’Université, La Valette-Du-Var, 86130 · Open in maps ↗
Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser
- Screen
- 25.5 m × 14.1 m (360 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.81:1 — 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
- 2016
- Operator
Why IQ 59
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
- 3Pathe La Valette & IMAX · 25.5×14.1 m · picture 342 m², 5% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
6 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 3 up · 360 m² total)
What you actually see
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- Screen
- 360 m²
- Picture
- 342 m²
- Screen used
- 95%
0.7 m of this screen — 5% of it — stays dark for a 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.
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
Confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · enthusiast database ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- Operating status
- verified open
Showtimes
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