Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Science and Technology Centre IMAX

Al Khobar · Saudi ArabiaSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 37/100 — a modest premium screen, 471 m² of dome surface, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

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~IQ 37provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: Not established
Screen: 20 m dome (~471 m² of surface)
Picture shown: 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film: Recorded in 2021, unconfirmed
Sound: Not published
Seats: 192
Screen type: Dome
Opened: 2005
Operator

This is a dome. The area above is the projected surface, worked out from the diameter by convention rather than measured — and it wraps above and behind you, so it isn't the same thing as the frontal area of a flat screen. Treat the score as a rough peer of the flat screens around it, not a like-for-like comparison.

⚠ 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 37

Screen size26/38

20 m dome, scored on projected surface · full marks at 700 m² · one source

Projection11/36

digital, generation never established · recorded 2021 · 2 independent sources

Full 1.43 frame0/18

a dome has no frame aspect ratio, so this axis does not apply

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
3Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Science and Technology Centre (est.) · 18 m wide, height not published
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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

Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
15/70mm film: single source
Operating status: verified open

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