TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX
Los Angeles · United StatesSize confirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 72/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 372 m² of lit picture. The 70mm print is confirmed by IMAX's own engagement list. Data read 5 November 2026.
Historic 1927 movie palace and largest IMAX auditorium by seats; dual 15/70 film and IMAX laser, but its 1.90 screen means 1.43 film is presented pillarboxed.
Excellent large-format presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX 15/70mm Film
- Screen
- 28.7 m × 14 m (402 m²)
- Screen shape
- 2.05:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
- Sound
- IMAX 12-channel
- Seats
- 932
- Screen type
- Curved
- Opened
- 1927
- Operator
- Independent
Why IQ 72
372 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · 2 independent sources
IMAX 15/70mm Film · film and digital projectors, each on its own source
1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show
IMAX 12-channel · as 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
- 3TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX · 28.7×14.0 m · picture 372 m², 7% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
6 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 3 up · 402 m² total)
What you actually see
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IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are
- Screen
- 402 m²
- Picture
- 372 m²
- Screen used
- 93%
2.1 m of this screen's width — 7% of it — stays dark for an IMAX 1.90 showing, in bands at the sides.
Worth travelling for?
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You'd get 38% more screen.
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Irvine · 46 mi away
You'd get 37% more screen.
Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood IMAX
Universal City · 2.4 mi away
You'd get the full 1.43 frame.
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Where this comes from
Size confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · Wikipedia
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- 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.
Showtimes
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