Showcase Cinemas Bluewater & IMAX

Greenhithe · United KingdomSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 26/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 135 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 October 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

~IQ 26provisional

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Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 16 m × 8.6 m (138 m²)
Screen shape: 1.86:1 — 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: 2013
Operator

⚠ Still trading, but no longer an IMAX venue. Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater is still trading and in Showcase's current UK list, but its venue page now offers XPlus and Dolby as its premium format with no IMAX; de-branding year not documented.

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 26

Screen size7/38

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

Projection11/36

IMAX Digital Xenon · 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
3Showcase Cinemas Bluewater & IMAX · 16×8.6 m · picture 135 m², 2% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

1 double-decker bus fit on this screen (1 across × 1 up · 138 m² total)

What you actually see

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IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are

Screen: 138 m²
Picture: 135 m²
Screen used: 98%

Worth travelling for?

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BFI IMAX

London · about 15 mi away

You'd get 278% more screen, real 15/70mm film.

IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum

London · about 20 mi away

You'd get 184% more screen, real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.

Cineworld Leicester Square IMAX

London · about 20 mi away

You'd get 200% more screen.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
Operating status: verified not-imax

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

Showtimes

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