Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX
Manchester · United KingdomSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room S, 88/100 — one of the best rooms we have measured, 484 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.
IMAX here dates to the Printworks' November 2000 opening; a dual-4K IMAX with Laser GT system and new screen arrived November 2018, and it joined the worldwide 15/70 film roster (one of three UK venues) for The Odyssey in 2026.
The Printworks - 27 Withy Grove, Manchester, M4 2BS · Open in maps ↗
Destination screen. Worth travelling for.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser
- Screen
- 26.3 m × 18.8 m (494 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.40:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
- 15/70mm film
- Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
- Sound
- IMAX 12-channel
- Seats
- 345
- Screen type
- Curved
- Opened
- 2000
- Operator
- Vue
Why IQ 88
484 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source
IMAX GT Dual Laser · 2 independent sources
1.43:1 · on a 15/70mm print
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
- 3Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX · 26.3×18.8 m · picture 484 m², 2% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
8 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 494 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
- 494 m²
- Picture
- 484 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 Manchester · All of United Kingdom
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Where this comes from
Single sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- one source, listed twice — these copy each other
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- 15/70mm film
- confirmed by 2 sources
- Operating status
- verified open
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