Editing IMAX (section)

== Theatres ==
IMAX theatres are described as either "Classic Design" (purpose-built structures), or "Multiplex Design" (retrofitted auditoriums).<ref name="IMAX">{{cite web|url=http://www.imax.com/ |title=Imax |access-date=July 3, 2010}}</ref> Classic IMAX theatre construction differs significantly from conventional theatres. The increased resolution lets the audience be much closer to the screen. Typically all rows are within one screen height{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}} – conventional theatre seating runs 8 to 12-screen heights.{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}} Also, the rows of seats are set at a steep angle (up to 30° in some domed theatres) so that the audience is facing the screen directly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatscience.com/visit/omnihome.php |title=The Omnimax Theatre |publisher=Great Lakes Science Center |date=June 27, 1996 |access-date=July 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922060052/http://greatscience.com/visit/omnihome.php |archive-date=September 22, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[Traumpalast Leonberg Theater|The world's largest IMAX screen]] currently stands in [[Leonberg]] near [[Stuttgart]], Germany and measures {{convert|38|by|22|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=Koordinaten: 48.782625, 9.015733|url=https://leonberg.traumpalast.de/index.php/PID/11385.html|access-date=2021-09-16|website=leonberg.traumpalast.de|language=de}}</ref> Until the Leonberg IMAX opened in 2021, the largest operating IMAX screen was in [[IMAX Melbourne]], located within the [[Melbourne Museum]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia, measuring {{convert|32|x|23|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imaxmelbourne.com.au/about_imax|title=About Us &#124; IMAX Melbourne|website=imaxmelbourne.com.au}}</ref> Until its demolition in 2016, the world's largest IMAX screen had been in [[IMAX Sydney]] in [[Darling Harbour]], [[Sydney]], Australia, measuring {{convert|35.72|x|29.57|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/technology/worlds-biggest-movie-screen-that-is-297m-high-and-357m-wide-lifted-into-position-at-sydney-imax-theatre/story-e6frfro0-1226267360235 World's biggest movie screen – 29.7m high and 35.7m wide – installed at Sydney Imax] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503075122/http://www.news.com.au/technology/worlds-biggest-movie-screen-that-is-297m-high-and-357m-wide-lifted-into-position-at-sydney-imax-theatre/story-e6frfro0-1226267360235 |date=May 3, 2016 }}. [[News.com.au]] February 10, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imax.com.au/ |title=IMAX Sydney - World's Biggest Screen at Darling Harbour |access-date=2007-03-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016102050/https://www.imax.com.au/ |archive-date=October 16, 2016 |df=mdy }}. Retrieved September 14, 2013.</ref> It reopened on 12 October 2023, with a screen measuring 693 square meters {{convert|31.2|by|22.2|m|ft|abbr=on}} within [[The Ribbon, Sydney|The Ribbon]] building, after years of extensive redevelopment, making it the world's third-largest screen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maddox |first=Garry |date=2023-02-15 |title=At long last, Sydney's IMAX cinema is almost ready to re-open |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/at-long-last-sydney-s-imax-cinema-is-almost-ready-to-re-open-20230215-p5cko8.html |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Maddox|first=Garry|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/after-seven-years-sydney-s-imax-is-reopening-just-in-time-for-taylor-swift-20231009-p5eapf.html|title=After seven years, Sydney's IMAX is reopening, just in time for Taylor Swift|date=October 10, 2023|website=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|publisher=[[Nine Entertainment]]|access-date=October 10, 2023}}</ref>