Shenzhen Upper Hill Emperor UA & IMAX

Shenzhen · ChinaSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 32/100 — a modest premium screen, 241 m² of lit picture. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 October 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

~IQ 32provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: Digital — generation not established
Screen: 21.4 m × 12.2 m (261 m²)
Screen shape: 1.75:1 — 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

⚠ This venue has closed (2022). Emperor UA Cinemas announced closure of its entire mainland circuit on 21 Nov 2022. Not listed on imax.com; the only Shenzhen Emperor IMAX remaining is PAFC Mall (Emperor Cinemas, different brand).

⚠ The 2021 listing records a xenon projector here, but this screen is 21.4m 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.

Why IQ 32

Screen size13/38

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

Projection11/36

digital, generation never established · 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
3Shenzhen Upper Hill Emperor UA & IMAX · 21.4×12.2 m · picture 241 m², 8% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 261 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 261 m²
Picture: 241 m²
Screen used: 92%

0.9 m of this screen's height — 8% 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

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

Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
Operating status: verified closed (2022)

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

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