Shanghai Wanda 165 IMAX

Shanghai · ChinaSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 48/100 — a modest premium screen, 288 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

~IQ 48provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Commercial Laser(as of 2021)
Screen: 23.4 m × 13.5 m (316 m²)
Screen shape: 1.73:1 — 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: 2018
Operator

⚠ We could not confirm this venue is still operating — check before travelling. Retired from the public listing: this is a Large Format Examiner sheet row identified only by an internal Wanda site number, and the city has more than one Wanda IMAX. The dimensions belong to a real system but cannot be attributed to a specific building, so publishing them against a named venue would be a guess.

The projector here comes from a 2021 industry listing that we haven't been able to re-confirm. IMAX has converted a lot of screens to laser since, so a 2021 label is a 2021 state rather than a current one. Treat the score as indicative.

Why IQ 48

Screen size16/38

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

Projection24/36

IMAX Commercial Laser · recorded 2021 · one source

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound0/8

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
3Shanghai Wanda 165 · 23.4×13.5 m · picture 288 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

6 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 3 up · 316 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 316 m²
Picture: 288 m²
Screen used: 91%

1.2 m of this screen's height — 9% of it — stays dark for an 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.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
Operating status: could not be confirmed

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

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