VOX Cinemas IMAX, Mall of the Emirates
Dubai · United Arab EmiratesSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 63/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 278 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.
The Middle East's first IMAX with Laser and its flagship venue, relaunched in 2025 with the world's first IMAX Theatre Pods.
Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 23 m × 12.3 m (283 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.87:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- IMAX 12-channel
- Seats
- Not published
- Screen type
- Curved
- Opened
- 2015
- Operator
- VOX Cinemas
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 63
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
- 3VOX Cinemas IMAX, Mall of the Emirates · 23×12.3 m · picture 278 m², 2% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
4 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 2 up · 283 m² total)
What you actually see
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- Screen
- 283 m²
- Picture
- 278 m²
- Screen used
- 98%
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
Every premium screen in Dubai · All of United Arab Emirates
Also in Dubai
Elsewhere in United Arab Emirates
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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