Premium large-format options have been around for many years. We've got Cinemark XD, and the IMAX brand is familiar worldwide. ScreenX is a new way for audiences to see movies in a way that is more immersive than ever.
ScreenX doesn't just use a larger screen than other systems. It's a wraparound panoramic experience that expands movies to a 270-degree field of view, basically ensuring that your entire visual range is filled with the movie.
The Idea Behind ScreenX
In short, ScreenX uses three walls rather than one. A multiple-projector system keeps the movie's primary action centered on the main screen, as you would expect. The left and right walls of the theater are also screens, however, and they are filled with images that expand the movie's visual scope.
In a movie like TOP GUN: MAVERICK, ScreenX puts you inside the co*ckpit as the left and right-side screens offer peripheral views of the action. The effect is immersive and make the epic scene even more astonishing.
How ScreenX Footage Is Created
Footage for the left and right screens in a ScreenX theater is created in two ways: During a movie's primary production phase, and with post-production effects work.
The movies that have produced extra footage for ScreenX during the primary production phase are produced in China and South Korea so far. The zombie movie TRAIN TO BUSAN, for example, was released in the ScreenX format.
Movies produced in the United States have so far all created the extra footage for ScreenX during the post-production phase. The first American studio movies released in the format were KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, both released in 2017.
What Movies Have Been Released in the ScreenX Format?
We can't provide a comprehensive list here, but the main thing to know is that more American studios have been working with ScreenX over the last few years. Disney (including the Marvel and Pixar companies), Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros. have all released ScreenX formatted movies.
These include SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, NO TIME TO DIE, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE, BULLET TRAIN, ELVIS, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, and all of the recent movies from Marvel Studios.
How Long Has ScreenX Been Around?
ScreenX was first introduced a decade ago, in 2012.
ScreenX currently has 364 screens in 37 countries, with more being added in the United States on a regular basis. We have two new ScreenX theatres coming to San Jose, CA and El Paso TX in the months to come.
More ScreenX theatres are coming soon!
All images courtesy of ScreenX.
FAQs
In short, ScreenX features not one screen, but three. The primary screen is the same as in every movie theatre: It's right in front of you. But the walls to left and right are screens, too. For key sequences in a ScreenX movie, the action expands to fill those extra screens for a 270-degree experience.
What is special about ScreenX? ›
ScreenX is the world's first multi-projection theatre technology. This technology provides moviegoers with a 270-degree panoramic viewing experience by expanding the screen onto the side walls of the auditorium.
What is the difference between ScreenX and Standard? ›
ScreenX is a new way for audiences to see movies in a way that is more immersive than ever. ScreenX doesn't just use a larger screen than other systems. It's a wraparound panoramic experience that expands movies to a 270-degree field of view, basically ensuring that your entire visual range is filled with the movie.
What is ScreenX format? ›
ScreenX is a panoramic film format which presents films with an expanded, dual-sided, 270-degree screens projected on the walls in a theater.
Is ScreenX the same as IMAX? ›
For those that don't know, ScreenX is a format that offers additional images down the side walls of the auditorium (yes, really), expanding the image to the sides, rather than above and below that image as IMAX does.
What is the best format to watch a movie? ›
Dolby Cinema is arguably the most technically accomplished digital format – a dual-laser Barco projector delivering up to 22 foot-lamberts of brightness, Dolby Atmos sounds and plush, recliner seats – a feast for the eyes and the posterior.
Is ScreenX any good? ›
It is immersive in the sense that there's more going on but once you have seen it once, it just becomes repetitive and underwhelming, arguably a little distractive. The fact that it isn't there all the time is also a little odd. It was good to experience it once. Really not bothered about seeing it again.
Do you wear glasses for ScreenX? ›
Screen X presents viewers with a 270-degree field of vision that creates an immersive experience without the need to wear 3D glasses.
What does ScreenX mean at Regal theaters? ›
ScreenX's multi-projection technology expands the picture beyond the screen and onto the auditorium walls, making you feel like you're in the middle of the scene. You have to see it to appreciate just how much it adds to a movie.
What is ScreenX seats? ›
ScreenX Coming Soon to Landmark Cinemas
Advancing the movie-going experience, ScreenX expands select sequences onto the left and right-side walls of the auditorium, surrounding audiences with extended imagery that naturally fills your peripheral vision and provides a unique audience experience.
In superscreen you miss out on a lot of immersion that IMAX gives with it's large aspect ratio. An imax screen has a different aspect ratio compared to other screens. IMAX cameras also film with a different ratio so it's capturing more within the shot, hence the marketing for IMAX being “see 40% more picture.”
How much of the movie is ScreenX? ›
Using award-winning, cutting-edge technology, ScreenX takes audiences beyond the frame of a traditional movie screen by expanding the action to specially formatted side walls that open up during key moments in the story. It's 3 times the movie!
What's the best cinema screen? ›
The real difference is between IMAX Digital, IMAX with Laser, and IMAX 70mm. IMAX 70mm is the original IMAX format, using the greatest image area of any film format, and is generally considered the gold standard of premium movie presentation.
What is the best cinema technology? ›
Cinema technology
- Real|Laser cinema projectors. One of the most recent modern advances in cinema projection brings RGB pure laser illumination to mainstream cinemas. ...
- Vive Audio loudspeakers. ...
- Xenolite cinema projector lamps. ...
- CineLife.
ScreenX is one of the newest movie formats, and it stands apart from every other movie option. In short, ScreenX features not one screen, but three. The primary screen is the same as in every movie theatre: It's right in front of you. But the walls to left and right are screens, too.
What is ScreenX at Cinemark? ›
What is a ScreenX movie? ScreenX highlights cinema's scope and scale across 3 screens, in 270-degree panorama. Elevated action sequences, breathtaking scenery, heightened emotions—an unforgettable movie theatre experience.
Which movie format is best in theater? ›
Branded IMAX (aka “LieMAX”)
Still, these theaters tend to offer superior visuals and audio compared to your standard digital fare.
Which screen is better IMAX or 4DX? ›
4DX is often mistaken for or compared to IMAX 3D. However, both are vastly different standards. IMAX screens have more to do with the picture quality and the sound, whereas 4DX is more about the seats and practical effects. 4DX cinemas can screen both 2D and 3D movies.
Is Dune good in ScreenX? ›
We saw Dune Part 2 in a ScreenX theater, the world's first multi-projection panoramic movie screen. It offers an incredible 270-degree cinematic experience, making it the best way to experience an action filled movie like Dune Part 2.
What is ScreenX RPX? ›
Experience the ultimate in movie sight and sound
RPX presents movies the way filmmakers intended with powerful, uncompressed surround sound and bright eye-popping images in 2D and RealD 3D. Guests will enjoy the custom-built premium environment creating the perfect moviegoing experience.
Is the entire movie on three screens? No. ScreenX wing content will only appear during specific sequences throughout each title. Each title will feature approximately 60 minutes of added exclusive story-enhancing imagery.
Is ScreenX worth it for Dune 2? ›
We saw Dune Part 2 in a ScreenX theater, the world's first multi-projection panoramic movie screen. It offers an incredible 270-degree cinematic experience, making it the best way to experience an action filled movie like Dune Part 2.
