TGV Sunway Pyramid & IMAX

Petaling Jaya · MalaysiaSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 28/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 162 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

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Level R - Sunway Pyramid Shopping Centre - No. 3 Jalan PJS 11/15 - Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, 46149 · Open in maps ↗

~IQ 28provisional

IMAX in name. Weigh it against the surcharge.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 17.6 m × 9.2 m (162 m²)
Screen shape: 1.91:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 292
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2011
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 28

Screen size9/38

Projection11/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

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
2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3TGV Sunway Pyramid & IMAX · 17.6×9.2 m
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 162 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen: 162 m²
Picture: 162 m²
Screen used: 100%

Worth travelling for?

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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
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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