Suzhou Center CGV & IMAX
Suzhou · ChinaSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 32/100 — a modest premium screen, 234 m² of lit picture, with 10% of the screen never lit. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.
6F, Suzhou Center , Industrial Park District, Suzhou, 215100 · Open in maps ↗
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 21.1 m × 12.3 m (260 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.72:1 — 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
- 2017
- Operator
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 — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.
Why IQ 32
How big, really?
Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m
- 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
- 2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 3Suzhou Center CGV & IMAX · 21.1×12.3 m · picture 234 m², 10% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 260 m² total)
What you actually see
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IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are
- Screen
- 260 m²
- Picture
- 234 m²
- Screen used
- 90%
1.2 m of this screen — 10% of it — stays dark for a 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 sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Operating status
- verified open
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
Showtimes
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