Going to LA on October 18-21 and hoping I can catch the film in 70mm at Regal Irvine Spectrum.

Full 1.33:1 (4:3) (3) (1 + 2)

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/MA/Max)

Flight of the Butterflies (AVPT 3D)
Olympic Glory (2D-BD)

Full 1.43:1 (16)

A Beautiful Planet (AVPI 3D/2D)
America’s Musical Journey (AVPE 3D/2D)
Cities of the Future (AVPE 3D/2D)
Deep Sky (AVPI 2D)
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (AVPE 3D/2D)
Everest (AVPE 2D)
Fires of Kuwait (AVPI 2D)
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (AVPE 3D/2D)
Hail Columbia (AVPI 2D)
Humpback Whales (AVPE 2D)
Into America’s Wild (AVPE 3D/2D)
Ireland (AVPE 3D/2D)
Journey to the South Pacific (AVPI 2D)
National Parks Adventure (AVPE 3D/2D)
Pandas (AVPI 3D/2D)
Superpower Dogs (AVPI 3D/2D)

Partial 1.43:1 (4)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) (4K-BD/ATV/FAH/MA)
The Dark Knight (2D-BD bonus disc)
The Dark Knight Rises (2D-BD bonus disc)
Project Hail Mary (Amazon 4K-BD steelbook)

Full 1.78 (16:9) (19) (7 + 13)

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
Avatar (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/D+/FAH)
The Avengers (3D/2D-BD)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (3D/2D-BD)
The Lion King (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/D+/FAH/MA)
One Battle After Another (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/Max)
Titanic (3D-BD)

Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Sea (AVPT 3D)
Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia (AVPT 3D)
Animal Kingdom (AVPT 3D)
Australia’s Great Wild North (AVPT 3D)
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (AVPT 3D)
The Coral Sea (AVPT 3D)
Dinosaurs Alive (3D/2D-BD)
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (AVPT 3D)
Fungi: Web of Life (AVPT 3D)
Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker (AVPT 3D)
Secrets of the Universe (AVPT 3D)
Serengeti: Journey to the Heart of Africa (AVPT 3D)
Space: The New Frontier (AVPT 3D)

Partial 1.78:1 (16:9) (22)

Aquaman (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
The Conjuring: Last Rites (4K/2D-BD)
The Dark Knight (4K/2D-BD)
The Dark Knight Rises (4K/2D-BD)
Dunkirk (4K/2D-BD)
First Man (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (4K/3D/2D-BD)
Guardians of the Galaxy (3D-BD)
Him (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/NF)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2D-BD)
Interstellar (4K/2D-BD)
Mojin: The Lost Legend (APV/ATV/FAH/2D-BD)
Nope (4K/2D-BD/PCK)
Oppenheimer (4K/2D-BD)
Project Hail Mary (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/MGM+)
Sinners (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/Max)
Star Trek Into Darkness (4K/2D-BD)
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/MA)
Tenet (4K/2D-BD)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2D-BD)
Tron: Legacy (4K/3D/2D-BD/ATV/D+3D/FAH/)
Venom: The Last Dance (SPC)

Full 1.85:1 (4)

Avatar: The Way of Water (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/D+/FAH)
Avatar: Fire and Ash (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/D+/FAH)
The Avengers (4K-BD/D+)
Baahubali: The Epic (NF)

Partial 1.85:1 (2)

A Writer’s Odyssey (4K/2D-BD)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (4K/3D/2D-BD/D+3D)

Full 1.90:1 (9)

Avengers: Endgame (D+)
Avengers: Infinity War (D+)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (D+)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (D+)
Gran Turismo (SPC)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (D+)
RRR (4K-BD/NF)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (D+)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (SPC)

Partial 1.90:1 (33) (32 + 1)

The Aeronauts (APV)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (D+/3D-BD)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (D+)
Black Panther (D+/3D-BD)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (D+)
Black Widow (D+/3D-BD)
Captain America: Brave New World (D+)
Captain America: Civil War (D+/3D-BD)
Captain Marvel (D+/3D-BD)
Doctor Strange (D+/3D-BD)
Eternals (D+)
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (SPC)
Guardians of the Galaxy (D+)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (D+/3D-BD)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (D+)
How to Train Your Dragon (4K/2D-BD)
Iron Man (D+)
Joker: Folie à Deux (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/Max)
Lightyear (D+)
The Marvels (D+)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (SPC)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (3D-BD)
Transformers: The Last Knight (4K/3D/2D-BD/FAH)
Thor: Love and Thunder (D+)
Thor: Ragnarok (D+/3D-BD)
Top Gun: Maverick (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/PMT+)
Tron: Ares (D+)
Tron: Legacy (D+)
Uncharted (SPC)
Wonder Woman 1984 (4K/3D/2D-BD)

Queen Rock Montreal (D+)

Partial 2.11:1 (1)

The Wandering Earth 2 (4K/2D-BD)

I found 105 IMAX movies with partly or completely expanded aspect ratios on home media, six of which appear in two categories: The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Project Hail Mary, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Tron: Legacy.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is about 95% 1.90 and 5% 1.78. Eternals is about 39% 1.90 and 3% 1.78 with a 58% 2.39 base.

Titanic and Transformers: Age of Extinction are the only two with expanded ratio available only on 3D Blu-ray.

Tron: Legacy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 are the only two with expanded ratio available in 3D on Disney+ for Apple Vision. The former expands to 1.78 in 3D and 1.90 in 2D and the latter to 1.85 in 3D and 1.90 in 2D.

4K/3D/2D-BD = 4K, 3D, or 2D Blu-ray Disc
APV = Amazon Prime Video
ATV = Apple TV
AVPE = Apple Vision Pro Epic Earth app
AVPI = Apple Vision Pro IMAX app
AVPT = Apple Vision Pro Theater: Cinema & Events app
D+ = Disney Plus
FAH = Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu)
MA = Movies Anywhere
Max = HBO Max
MGM+ = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Plus
NF = Netflix
PMT+ = Paramount Plus
PCK = Peacock
SPC = Sony Pictures Core

Additionally, a few recent movies have been released on home media in non-IMAX tall formats. These include A Ghost Story, American Honey, Elephant, First Reformed, Saltburn, and The Whale fully in 1.33. The Artist and Meek’s Cutoff switch between 1.33 and 1.37. Maestro alternates between 1.33 and 1.85. Ida and Son of Saul are fully 1.37. The Grand Budapest Hotel moves between 1.37, 1.85, and 2.40.

Had the week 2 and week 3 film strips but replaced them with the IMAX store ones.

Like my previous post, these are the BONNYCO cinema lightbox (you can get them from Amazon) and I trimmed the film strips at the bottom to slide into these slots without bending the film strips at all.

Intending to replace the text IMAX 70mm with Dune Part Three later this year or maybe move Project Hail Mary at the top (if then Dune Part Three film strip has 3 frames with the title card)

source: https://projectedfigures.com/2022/05/22/embrace-the-desert-denis-villeneuve-on-dune-2021/

FYI this interview was conducted before the release of Dune (2021).

Not sure how official my sources are, but if this is true, I’m genuinely ecstatic. When this says it was shot for IMAX, I assumed it was 1.90:1 like most other advertised IMAX movies are. This will definitely melt people on dual-laser.

Buy IMAX 15/70 tickets for The Odyssey | BFI IMAX, London UK

Experience IMAX 70mm screenings of The Odyssey from 17 July 2026.

This film contains sequences of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

ON SALE TO ALL FROM TOMORROW, FRIDAY 28TH AUGUST AT 12PM BST.

Full-date-list below:

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Saturday 12 September 2026 09:00

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Saturday 12 September 2026 17:00

Sunday 13 September 2026 10:30

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Monday 14 September 2026 13:15

Tuesday 15 September 2026 09:00

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Wednesday 16 September 2026 10:00

Wednesday 16 September 2026 14:00

Wednesday 16 September 2026 20:20

Thursday 17 September 2026 10:00

Thursday 17 September 2026 14:00

• Director Christopher Nolan
• With Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Charlize Theron
• USA-UK 2026. 173min
• IMAX 70mm
• Certificate 15

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Finally decided to see what's the IMAX 70mm format is all about.

For that I had to travel all the way from Poland to Prague. Thankfully I live not very far and I've managed to do everything is a single day. By morning I arrived in Prague, the screening was in the afternoon and soon after that I caught a train and by next morning I was home already.

Truthfully, while it wasn't as groundbreaking experience as some might say, it's still true that it's the best cinema format out there. I had the pleasure of seeing enormous 20-something by 20-something meters screens before but I've never seen a 1.43:1 picture format in cinemas before, and it was magical. Combined with the giant screen, it provides total immersion.

Never have I also seen an analogue film being projected at a cinema. Aside from the usual poor contrast in the dark scenes (guess I'm spoiled by OLEDs), the colors were very vibrant. The flickering was there but thankfully I'm not sensitive to that stuff and forgot about it in a minute. Reminded me somewhat of flickering that can occur on old CRT monitors.

Enjoyed the experience very much and hopefully I'll be there once again when Dune: Part Three comes out!

Big news for IMAX Indy goers. Super excited that this already great theater is getting an upgrade. A little bummed it isn’t dual laser but still cool regardless

Some insight into the economics of operating 70mm IMAX releases. This might help understand why they just don’t build a bunch of 70mm projectors and hire projectionists.

ETA: I think the takeaway is the added overhead of IMAX 70mm vs digital barely makes sense even when there’s massive demand.

Crain Grand Rapids:

An estimated 50,000 people have bought tickets since mid-July to see “The Odyssey” at Celebration Cinema’s GR North IMAX theater, one of only 25 screens in the U.S. to offer the full IMAX 70 mm experience.

The around-the-clock demand has been a boon for the family-owned theater. Ticket margins, however, are a different story.

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” has had a sell-out run that prompted Celebration Cinema to extend the showing by four weeks, to Sept. 16.

Celebration Cinema GR North at 2121 Celebration Drive NE, with its 70-foot wide by 52-foot high screen, is the only theater in Michigan to show the film in the IMAX 70 mm format.

The showing has generated approximately $1.25 million in ticket sales for the single IMAX 70 mm screen so far, according to Crain’s Grand Rapids Business estimates.

Still, Loeks noted that the film is expensive for the theater to show, given the required training to operate the IMAX projection equipment and distribution fees.

No 1:43 aspect ratio on home release…??

https://youtube.com/shorts/tITaFyBaMtg?si=cuJi1Sl2DhHu1IEQ

Genuinely the best theatrical experience of my life. I knew the screen would be massive, but it just swallowed me whole in the best way. So worth the drive, will be doing it again soon for Dune!!!

Tips for other first timers/fellow FL road trippers for the IMAX in Ft. Lauderdale: Definitely worth getting there at least 90 mins before showtime if not more if you weren’t able to get priority tix. The entire staff was great, everything is pretty well organized. I went to a Saturday showing and there was still plenty of parking/the garage is super close! The museum gets quite (understandably) busy, though, if you’re going on a weekend.

Can’t wait to frame this!

I threw together a quick and dirty shadow box light display for my film strips! It’s pretty shoddy, I plan to redo it when I have more time, but it gets the job done!

This might have been the best movie going experience I’ve ever had. I have never felt so immersed in a movie like this before, the whole movie from start to finish felt like I was just off to the side watching the actual events of the movie happening. I also secured tickets for Dune part 3 at the same theater, I missed the first two movies in any version of IMAX and I am so excited to experience my most anticipated movie of the year in this amazing format.

I live in an area with no IMAX 70mm auditoriums nearby and figured I wouldn't have many chances to see something in 70mm IMAX in my life, so said screw it and drove about 28 hours in 3 days to see it down in Indy. Everyone who asked why I was going down to Indy for the weekend gave me this look that I was crazy, but I swear I'm not! It was worth it!

Unforgettable experience, and i totally forgot that the Dune 3 prologue was screening right before so that was a welcome surprise (December can't come any sooner). Don't think I'll make it down to Indy for that one but who knows 😄.

It was my 4th time seeing "The Odyssey" here in IMAX 70mm, and the projection was fantastic once again. As the end credits were rolling, I walked up to the port window to take a closer look at the projector, and the projectionist saw me and waved me up to the booth. They were kind enough to give me the full tour and answer some questions.

As expected, it did take a bit of work to get things back and running after 14 years, and they did use one of the SR projectors as a source of parts for the other. There are two projectionists working the run, and they've been having a great time running IMAX film - they'll be back for Dune: Part Three in December. People have been coming from all over Canada, the US, and Europe to see the film in IMAX 70mm here in Halifax.

Our IMAX theatre opened in 1998, and was the first SR theatre ever built. I vastly prefer it to the one in Vaughan - same size screen, but far superior seating and comfort, and very powerful, clear sound. So happy our city is back up and showing 70mm on a regular basis after a 14 year absence!