USS Lexington Museum IMAX
Corpus Christi · United StatesSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 56/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 104 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 October 2026.
Map position approximate (city centre)
Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 12.2 m × 9.1 m (111 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.34:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 193
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2001
- Operator
⚠ Still trading, but no longer an IMAX venue. Operating as the 'Joe Jessel 3D MEGA Theater', free with admission; no IMAX branding.
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, so a 2021 label is a 2021 state rather than a current one. Treat the score as indicative.
Why IQ 56
104 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source
IMAX GT Dual Laser · recorded 2021 · one source
1.43:1 · the widest frame this room can show
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
- 3USS Lexington Museum · 12.2×9.1 m · picture 104 m², 6% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
2 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 111 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists
- Screen
- 111 m²
- Picture
- 104 m²
- Screen used
- 94%
0.6 m of this screen's height — 6% of it — stays dark for an IMAX 1.43 showing.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.
•Where to next
Also in Corpus Christi
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 not-imax
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
Showtimes
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