SM Mall of Asia IMAX

Manila · PhilippinesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 68/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 588 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

~IQ 68provisional

Excellent large-format presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: Not established
Screen: 29 m × 22 m (638 m²)
Screen shape: 1.32:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film: Recorded in 2021, unconfirmed
Sound: Not published
Seats: 586
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2006
Operator

⚠ A 2021 industry listing recorded a 15/70mm film projector here, and we could find nothing to confirm or refute it. Most multiplex film systems were removed years ago; many museum ones still run. Rather than guess either way, this venue is scored as if the projector were unknown — so if it does still run film, the score below understates it substantially.

Why IQ 68

Screen size32/38

Projection18/36

Full 1.43 frame18/18

Sound0/8

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2SM Mall of Asia IMAX · 29×22 m · picture 588 m², 8% never lit
3BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

10 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 5 up · 638 m² total)

What you actually see

Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters

The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists

dark

Screen: 638 m²
Picture: 588 m²
Screen used: 92%

1.7 m of this screen — 8% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.43 showing.

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.

•Where to next

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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
15/70mm film: single source
Operating status: verified open

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

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