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German cinema installs world's largest IMAX screen

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Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A German movie theater broke two Guinness World Records with an IMAX screen measuring a whopping 8770.43 square feet.

The Traumplast Leonberg, a multiplex chain in Baden-Württemberg, installed an IMAX screen measuring 127.2 feet by 68.8 feet, setting the Guinness World Records for the largest permanent IMAX screen and the largest permanent cinema screen (overall).

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"To put this into perspective, the screen is wider than a Boeing 737 airliner," Guinness World Records said in announcing the records.

GWR said the screen was measured by a specialist company using laser sensor technology, which allowed them to confirm the screen's size with millimeter precision.

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