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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 03-31-2003, 01:07 PM:

We've talked a bit about the largest movie screens in the world before, but this one's a little different.

A friend of mine is writing a piece for an LF industry publication and is requesting the following information:

In multiplexes built after about 1995 (you know, when screens started getting big again), what are your two largest 35mm screen sizes?

Please indicate flat size, scope size, and number of seats. Year of construction would be helpful if you know it.

Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 03-31-2003, 01:18 PM:

Ballpark figures for Cinemark 17 in Springfield OR, which opened in 1999:

Largest screens: ~42 feet (common-width, same in scope and flat)
Seating capacity: ~325

For Regal Valley River Cinema World 8 in Eugene OR, which was expanded from 4 to 8 screens in 1995:

Largest new screens: ~40 feet scope; ~32 feet flat.
Seating capacity in those houses: ~200 (guesstimate, haven't counted them).
(Their actual largest house is one of the older ones with seating for 480; scope screen ~30 feet; flat ~24 feet.)

Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 03-31-2003, 05:57 PM:

Cinema West Los Banos #1 (stadium seating): 46 x 19 scope; 36 x 19 flat. Opened July 2002.

Cinema West Fairfax #2 (sloped floor): 44 x 18 scope; 34 x 18 flat. Screen enlarged in a June 2001 remodel.

I cannot remember the exact seating capacities, I know both are over 225 seats.

-Aaron

Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 04-01-2003, 09:03 AM:

Carmike 10, Huntsvile, AL, opened March 5, 1998

largest screen is scope ~35 feet, flat ~27 feet (width)

Note that this is smaller than the older theatres that Cobb built in 1985 and 1994, with their largest screens being 40 feet in scope and around 30 feet in flat. I always try to note screen width in my presentation quality reviews on my hsvmovies.com site.

Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 04-01-2003, 09:16 AM:

Cinemark Legacy 24 - #12/#13 (stadium seating):
Ordered Screen Size is 33 x 61
Seats: 563
Opened June 1999.

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 04-01-2003, 10:30 AM:

2000-seat Kodak "Theater on the Ridge" in Rochester NY:

Harkness Hall Matte White Plus MP screen installed flat on "flying" frame, sheet size 25 x 63 feet:

http://www.harknesshall.com/n0600_6.htm

Used for screening films for employee "family matinees", and for testing and evaluation of Kodak Digital Cinema projectors. Throw is 112 feet. We chose a matte surface because we could not "fly" a curved screen, and the seating area is wide and with a high balcony. It also provided a challenge to have a projector with sufficient light output to light such a big screen (e.g., the new lamphouse and intermittent design from Kodak's Enhanced Theatrical Experience (ETE) program, detailed in the November 2001 SMPTE Journal).

I believe the Cinemark Tinseltown 16 theatre in Rochester NY has at least two screens that are about 60 feet wide. Likewise the Hoyts 12 here has two very large screens.

Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 04-01-2003, 11:04 AM:

The screens at Consolidated Ward Stadium 16 in Auditoriums #4, #5, #6 and #7 have scope screens 60 feet wide here in Honolulu. The chain's other mall theatre, the Kahala 8 has a screen just as wide or slightly bigger in House #1. Signature Theatre's Dole Cannery 18 also has some very large screens in their larger auditoriums.

-Claude

Posted by Robert Throop (Member # 61) on 04-01-2003, 11:16 AM:

John,
Doesn't the Theatre on the Ridge still have the DP70's from the Riviera?

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 04-01-2003, 01:06 PM:

quote:
Doesn't the Theatre on the Ridge still have the DP70's from the Riviera?

The two DP70's are still in the booth above the balcony. There's a new "projection lab" booth downstairs for both film and digital projection evaluation.

Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 04-01-2003, 01:41 PM:

It's not an "Indoor Multiplex", but I'll give you an idea of what setup we have.

Stardust Drive-In Theatre
Screen No. 1 - 25' x 59.75' - bottom of screen image 16' above grade, top of screen image @ 41' above grade.
Throw: 328' from plate to screen

(The screen will be installed in 3 weeks)

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 04-01-2003, 03:53 PM:

Brenden Palms 14; Las Vegas, NV; screens 1 and 14:

'Scope = Approx. 22x53'
Flat = Approx. 28.5x53'
About 400 seats each. All screens are stadium houses built in 2001.

Posted by Oliver Pasch (Member # 1335) on 04-02-2003, 02:29 AM:

Adam,

don't know if you're only interested in US-multiplexes, but if you like some screen-sizes from our company as well...

CinemaxX Kopenhagen / Denmark, opened in 2000, screen 1, 750 seats, 81,3 x 34 feet scope, 63 x 34 feet flat, 35mm

CinemaxX Muelheim / Germany, opened in 1998, screen 1, 670 seats, 77,3 x 32,9 feet scope, 59,8 x 32,9 feet flat, 35mm

CinemaxX Hamburg / Germany, opened in 1997, screen 1, 1.001 seats, 76,8 x 32,8 feet scope, 59,4 x 32,8 feet flat, 35 + 70mm

That's just our Top-3 relating to image-size.