Regal Edwards Ontario Palace IMAX

Ontario · United StatesSize confirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room S, 86/100 — one of the best rooms we have measured, 514 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. That rests on a single source. Data read 21 September 2026.

One of the original giant Edwards 15/70 GT multiplex screens in the Inland Empire (88.9 x 66.9 ft).

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4900 East 4th Street, Ontario, CA, 91764 · Open in maps ↗

IQ 86

Destination screen. Worth travelling for.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX 15/70mm Film
Screen: 27.1 m × 20.4 m (553 m²)
Screen shape: 1.33:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
Sound: IMAX 6-channel
Seats: 230
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2009
Operator: Regal

Why IQ 86

Screen size28/38

Projection36/36

Full 1.43 frame18/18

Sound4/8

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2Regal Edwards Ontario Palace IMAX · 27.1×20.4 m · picture 514 m², 7% never lit
3BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

8 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 553 m² total)

What you actually see

Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters

Only on a 15/70mm print here — the digital projector caps at 1.90, so the same film shows smaller on a digital night.

dark

Screen: 553 m²
Picture: 514 m²
Screen used: 93%

1.4 m of this screen — 7% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.43 showing.

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.

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Where this comes from

Size confirmed ×2

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

Screen dimensions: confirmed by 2 sources
Projector: single source
15/70mm film: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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