Regal Mall of Georgia IMAX

Buford · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 81/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 430 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The 70mm print is confirmed by IMAX's own engagement list. Data read 5 November 2026.

Georgia's only IMAX 70mm film venue, serving metro Atlanta.

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3333 Buford Drive - Suite 3000, Buford, GA, 30519 · Open in maps ↗

IQ 81

Excellent large-format presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX 15/70mm Film
Screen: 24.8 m × 18.1 m (449 m²)
Screen shape: 1.37:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.43:1 on a 15/70mm print · 1.90:1 digital
15/70mm film: Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
Sound: IMAX 6-channel
Seats: 400
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 1999
Operator: Regal

Why IQ 81

Screen size23/38

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

Projection36/36

IMAX 15/70mm Film · film and digital projectors, each on its own source

Full 1.43 frame18/18

1.43:1 · on a 15/70mm print

Sound4/8

IMAX 6-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
3Regal Mall of Georgia IMAX · 24.8×18.1 m · picture 430 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

8 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 449 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: 449 m²
Picture: 430 m²
Screen used: 96%

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

Single source

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

Screen dimensions: one source, listed twice — these copy each other
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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