Telus World of Science Edmonton IMAX
Edmonton · CanadaConfirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 50/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 192 m² of lit picture, with 23% of the screen never lit. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.
11211 142nd Street NW, Edmonton, T5M 4A1 · Open in maps ↗
Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser
- Screen
- 19.1 m × 13 m (248 m²)
- Picture area
- 192 m² — 23% of the screen is never lit
- Screen shape
- 1.47:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 274
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 1984
- Operator
⚠ This venue screens commercial films only occasionally. The score above describes the room — how big the picture is and what lights it — not what is on it. However good the auditorium, you probably can't see this week's release here.
Why IQ 50
⌷ Size is scored on the picture, not the fabric. This screen is taller than its projector's frame, so a chunk of it is never lit and doesn't count.
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
- 3Telus World of Science Edmonton · 19.1×13 m · picture 192 m², 23% 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 · 248 m² total)
What you actually see
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- Screen
- 248 m²
- Picture
- 192 m²
- Screen used
- 77%
2.9 m of this screen — 23% 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.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton IMAX
Edmonton · 3.7 mi away
You'd get 37% more screen, real 15/70mm film.
Better screens within 75 mi
•Where to next
Where this comes from
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
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- Operating status
- verified open
Showtimes
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