- The IMAX ® theater format relies on 65mm film that requires special cameras weighing up to 100lbs. which move film horizontally at 24 frames per second. The IMAX 3D camera weighs 240lbs.
- The film frame is ten times larger than conventional film, providing projected images ten times sharper.
- The films are shown on 80 ft. high screens creating a powerful, lifelike experience.
- Films usually run 40-50 minutes and show every hour.
- The theater's six-channel digital sound system is designed in a surround sound pattern so that every moviegoer can hear even the smallest sound effect. A network of 44 speakers bathes every seat in 12,000 watts of sound.2
- The size of the IMAX film is so large that one 40-minute film is approximately three miles long or 15,840 feet! 2
- The screen is 4,500 times bigger than an average TV screen.2
- If a large log were held in front of the light beam from the projector, it would spontaneously combust from the heat. 2
- The 15,000-watt IMAX projector light bulb is so bright that it can be seen with the naked eye from the moon! 2
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