imax theater

Meaning

An IMAX theater is a specialized movie theater equipped with an enormous screen and a high-fidelity sound system. It is designed to offer a highly immersive viewing experience, making the audience feel like they are inside the movie. People usually visit them to watch big-budget action films, sci-fi movies, or documentaries.

Examples

• We should watch the new sci-fi movie in an IMAX theater to get the full experience.

  We should watch the new sci-fi movie in an IMAX theater to get the full experience.

• The screen at the local IMAX theater is almost eight stories tall.

  The screen at the local IMAX theater is almost eight stories tall.

• Tickets for the IMAX theater are a bit more expensive, but it's definitely worth it.

  Tickets for the IMAX theater are a bit more expensive, but it's definitely worth it.

• I've never seen a movie in an IMAX theater before; the sound design was incredible.

  I've never seen a movie in an IMAX theater before; the sound design was incredible.

• They are re-releasing the classic space film in the IMAX theater next weekend.

  They are re-releasing the classic space film in the IMAX theater next weekend.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Let's go to the IMAX cinema theater.

  ✓ Let's go to the IMAX theater.

  Adding 'cinema' before 'theater' is redundant because IMAX already implies a cinema or movie theater experience.

• ✗ I watched a movie in IMAX theater.

  ✓ I watched a movie in an IMAX theater.

  'IMAX theater' is a countable noun phrase and needs the indefinite article 'an' when referred to in the singular.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If you want to see the spaceship launch on a giant screen, you should go to an ___.

  💡 A type of cinema with an exceptionally large screen and powerful sound.

  Show answer

  IMAX theater

• The tickets at the ___ cost five dollars more than the standard ones.

  💡 A premium, large-format cinema.

  Show answer

  IMAX theater