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Regal Opry Mills IMAX

Nashville · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room S, 87/100 — one of the best rooms we have measured, 525 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.

One of the largest 1.43 commercial screens in the US South (89.9 x 65.6 ft).

570 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville, TN, 37214 · Open in maps ↗

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IQ 87

Destination screen. Worth travelling for.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX 15/70mm Film
Screen
27.4 m × 20 m (548 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
496
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2000
Operator
Regal

Why IQ 87

Screen size29/38

525 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?

1234

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

  • 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
  • 2Regal Opry Mills IMAX · 27.4×20.0 m · picture 525 m², 4% never lit
  • 3BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% 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 · 548 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
548 m²
Picture
525 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?

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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
Operating status
verified open

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

Showtimes

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