The largest IMAX movie screen in the world is located in Darling Harbour Sydney Australia. This month it is being replaced with a brand new screen. It's big (naturally), so it's a big job, which means the IMASX theatre will be closed from 6-17 February, reopening for business as usual on Saturday 18 February.
The screen measures 29.5m high x 35.7m wide and weighs approximately 800kg. It's the biggest cinema screen in the world.
On the day the screen is lifted onto the frame, it will require 20 riggers working simultaneously to raise it 30 metres to its full height. It will be painted on site using 350kg of special high gain silver paint. It will need four coats and each coat requires 24 hours to dry. A special paint rig scaffold has been brought in from IMAX in Canada to perform this task.
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