Utah IMAX Movie Theaters
Jordan Commons Best
9335 State St, Sandy
Gateway District Best
400 W 200 S, Downtown, Salt Lake City
Valley Fair Mall Best
3601 S 2700 W, West Valley City, UT 84119
Of the three Megaplex IMAX screens (Jordan Commons, Valley Fair, The District), only JC’s screen has a full IMAX aspect ratio of 1.43:1. The other two are 1.80:1 (aka LieMAX aspect ratio). Some of Oppenheimer was shot in 1.43, which means the 1.80 screens would be missing about 20% of the complete picture of the 1.43 scenes. All three of the IMAX theaters use digital 2k xenon projectors, which are relatively low resolution. Unfortunately, there aren’t any 70mm or 4k laser IMAX theaters here. The Cinemark “XD” screens are equivalent scale to the Megaplex LieMAX screens.
For the best available picture quality (better than above IMAX screens), but smaller screens with cropped aspect ratio, Broadway Theater is showing in 35mm, and the Gateway Megaplex has theaters with new laser projectors with Dolby Atmos sound.
So depends on what you prefer – the largest/complete picture (JC IMAX) or better picture quality (Broadway 35mm, Gateway laser). —u/al00f_0wl, Reddit, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Area
Broadway Centre Cinemas
Operated by Salt Lake Film Society
111 E Broadway, 300 S, Salt Lake
Sugar House Cinemark
2227 S Highland Dr, Sugar House, Salt Lake
Jordan Landing Cinemark 24 and XD
Jordan Landing, West Jordan
Draper Cinemark and XD
12129 S State St, Draper
Riverton Cinemark and XD
13257 S Teal Rdg Wy, Riverton
Thanksgiving Point Megaplex Theatre
Thanksgiving Point Lehi
Drive-In Theaters
Redwood Drive-In Theater
3688 South Redwood Road, West Valley City
