Shenzhen New SKY IMAX
Shenzhen · ChinaSize confirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 34/100 — a modest premium screen, 276 m² of lit picture, with 12% of the screen never lit. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.
Map position approximate (city centre)
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- Digital — generation not established
- Screen
- 22.9 m × 13.7 m (314 m²)
- Picture area
- 276 m² — 12% of the screen is never lit
- Screen shape
- 1.67:1 — 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. possible match to one of three Shenzhen CineSky listings but could not disambiguate; left unknown
We went looking for this one. ⚠ The 2021 listing records a xenon projector here, but this screen is 22.9m wide and IMAX specified that system for screens no wider than 21.3 m. Nobody has stated the projector directly, so we don't assert one — the score treats it as unknown rather than assuming the older, dimmer system. This isn't pending — the operator doesn't publish a lamp type and neither does IMAX, so unless the venue says otherwise, nobody publishes it.
Why IQ 34
276 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · 2 independent sources
digital, generation never established · recorded 2021 · one source
1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show
no sound specification published
⌷ Size is scored on the picture, not the fabric. This screen is taller than its projector's frame, so a chunk of it is never lit and doesn't count.
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
- 3Shenzhen New SKY · 22.9×13.7 m · picture 276 m², 12% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
6 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 3 up · 314 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are
- Screen
- 314 m²
- Picture
- 276 m²
- Screen used
- 88%
1.6 m of this screen's height — 12% 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.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Dongguan Wanda & IMAX
Dongguan · about 40 mi away
You'd get 100% more screen, the full 1.43 frame.
Dongguan Science & Technology Museum
Dongguan · about 40 mi away
You'd get 99% more screen, real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.
OMNIMAX, Hong Kong Space Museum
Hong Kong · about 20 mi away
You'd get 99% more screen, real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.
Better screens within 75 mi
•Where to next
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Where this comes from
Size confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · trade press ↗
- Projector
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Operating status
- could not be confirmed
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
Showtimes
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