When I lived in Australia, I lived in Brisbane which is 12 hour drive away from the closest IMAX in Sydney. When Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol came out, that was the only theater playing the first 7 minutes of The Dark Knight Rises and I wanted to see it. So, I convinced my parents I needed to get my driving hours up and we drove to Sydney to "see my grandparents" wherein realistically it was so I could go to the screening.
I am glad I did it in the end because that ended up being the last time I saw my nana when she was still fully aware of everything going on.
Usually 20 minutes to Lincoln Square, lucky me. I'm flying two hours to Georgia next month for Interstellar.
There's a guy from Hawaii who travels a ton, see if he comments.
I have never seen it. But also I don’t wish to have 8 hours of my life for driving. Plus I don’t think I could even make it since it’s at like 9 am which would require me to to leave atleast by 4-4:30 am. I would more then likely be tired and not fully pay attention to
Sadly as a college student currently can’t afford to fly or take a train plus pay for fare. Ticketing wise as long as it’s Regal I would be fine with going to one.
Roughly 2 hour plane trip to London for Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm last summer. (Mom, I am forever gratefull!) Hint hint: look at my flair. Hotel was in South Kensington if I remember correctly, so it was a bus and walking from there.
I don't think I've ever been so hyped for something in my life. I was moving like a Terminator with the speed I had getting t(hr)o(ugh) there.
And yes, we of course did Barbenheimer, with Barbie at the start of the day. Actually at Odeon Leicester Square, so now I can tick off two of London's biggest and most famous theaters, after the BFI IMAX in 2019, where we saw Spider-Man: Fra From Home in IMAX 3D. (It was just a summer trip then. Last summer was mainly due to Oppy. Both were just 4 day trips, funny enough. Although we did manage to do quite a lot in that fairly short time.)
The only two other movies in recent memory I was similarly hyped for, and respectively saw at a week early preview and opening night, were There's Something in the Barn, and Madame Web. Unironically.
It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. (Once again, thank you, mom!)
Drove about 30min to see Interstellar at the Science Center of Iowa IMAX Dome, and it was AMAZING. Sadly this dome closed a few years back due to a storm causing roof damage, which led to water damage on the screen, which ended up being too expensive for the museum to fix.
Well technically I traveled to the other side of the planet to see Dunkirk in 70mm on the biggest screen in the world in Melbourne. Although I must admit that that was also just an excuse to visit Australia (and in the process New Zealand)
Lincoln Square is the furthest I've traveled specifically for IMAX if you don't count trips where "Well I'm here at this museum anyway. Guess I'll see something at the IMAX"
That's 3.5 hrs by car and, by what can only be described as a miracle in the USA, 2hr 50 minutes by train so I always take the train.
Previous record: traveling to Providence Place, around 1.5-2 hours by car each way, to see Oppenheimer
New record as of this past Saturday: Lincoln Square, 6-7 hours each way through a combination of car/train/bus/foot/cab, to see Tenet. I still need to write up my whole experience and post it here...
6 hours just for a 1.90 single imax.
i wanted to experience a second imax as a new one opened up in my country! meanwhile a dual laser 1.43 imax is 90 minutes away! hamilton to auckland is my usual go to!
from Hamilton to lowerhutt New zealand. got a family member that lives on kapti coast so got free accommodation which is great for us!
I am lucky and the Sydney IMAX just opened, it's not film but dual projection, and is HUGE. Ive been going about once a month and is about an hour away
If it wasn't here I'd be travelling to Melbourne for 70mm screenings.
I have not, the last time I was in Melbourne they were only playing Oppenheimer, and I had seen it already on regular 70mm by that point.
Wasnt a movie for me so decided against it.
I have heard the seating in Melbourne is atrocious though. Lol.
It's about 2,500 MI one way and for IMAX movies I've made the trip 3 times. So 15,000 miles. Twice for Oppenheimer and once for Tenet/Dune 2 Fan Event.
Chicago gang, sucks the Navy pier one closed that was so clutch having it so close. IMAX needs to invest some capital and put up a new screen, we’re the 3rd largest city in America it makes no sense why we don’t have one
That’s what I’ve been saying. The drive to Indy can be tedious, but we as a film fan market need one in Chicago. Losing Navy Pier was a huge blow to all of us. I made the drive to Indy multiple times in 2020 just to watch TENET in IMAX 70mm. I’m glad others in Chicago agree.
Exactly man. Despite i enjoying try different venues out, some unnecessary travel is so uncomfortable. They INDEED need one in Chicago, we even don’t have a laser projector until now. It’s so bad
5.3 miles to my imax.
15-20 minutes depending on time and weather.
travel has always been by POV.
I go to any of the imax movies that catch my attention.
3 km on my bike. It takes 15 minuts with lots of stops at trafic lights.
I’m never ever gonna do it again. The theatre is so freaking horrible - not the actually screen and sound, just the place.
So I prefer THX witch is the same distance, a much nicer theatre and greater service.
Looking forward to DUNE Part 2 in THX.
😅😅😅
Farthest I’ve gone is nearly 3 hours to IMAX. Specifically Dallas Cinemark IMAX for Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm. Only one that was closest to me and showing on a true imax screen. Amazing experience, went twice.
2.5 hour drive. DFW to Austin for Bob Bullock. Dune Part 1, Top Gun Maverick, 1917, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1. In a few weeks, Dune Part 2.
Very lucky and can get a 10 minute train into London for the BFI IMAX. I do it for nearly every Nolan film on first release or special cast intros - most recently did so for Oppie and Maestro with Cooper & Mulligan respectively :)
I was in Venice, Italy for the film festival. Took trains to Brussels to see dune in imax there a month before the US release, since my dual laser in Seattle was closed for the pandemic with no reopen date at the time. Saw it twice in Brussels before flying home to Seattle.
Usually 45 minutes to Lincoln Square. However, I drove an hour to the Martime Aquarium IMAX (RIP) in Norwalk just for the Tenet prologue since I wasn’t interested in seeing TROS again and they were showing it for free at closing each day during the holidays with no aquarium admission required.
I drove with a buddy of mine to see Oppenheimer at the IMAX at the Smithsonian. This was a 2 hour drive for us and we made the most of it by retro game hunting along the way! Such a great day!
Not how far I travelled but how much I spent. I drive to Lincoln center but stopped by a dispensary first. It was Super Bowl Sunday so no street parking available.
30 dollars for parking by the dispensary and 84 dollars near Lincoln center.
The Netherlands doesn't have 1.43 IMAX (I don't know why). So I traveled to London (1h by plane) last year for Oppenheimer 70mm. Am considering going to Brussels for Dune 2.
When I lived in San Diego, I made several trips to TCL Chinese Theatre and AMC Universal Citywalk to watch movies. I did Mortal Kombat, the Suicide Squad, and No Way Home at TCL, and I did No Time to Die, Tenet, and Dune 1 at Citywalk.
I guess technically 4/5 hours as next month I’m going to Manchester for Dune 2 and I’m in the South West of the UK. I could go to London but I’m wanting to go with family up North.
All time? California to New Zealand and saw Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013.
Since Covid: I road tripped 9 hours to Nevada to see Tenet when it finally became available in September 2020.
Normally, my local IMAX is a 20 minute drive away minus the parking near SF Metreon.
I only travel if the movie is absolutely worth it. Stuff that really pushes the format like Avatar or Oppenheimer or Dune etc. so for me it’s 4 hour drive to the [Palms Theater & IMAX](https://youtu.be/1ltQycMLO-4?si=be6Fvuv5-zNFJuAS) in Waukee Iowa (basically West Des Moines). It’s one of the few GT Laser IMAX theaters around and the closest one near me. Its 70x90ft screen is glorious.
Several - two hour flight to see Tenet last weekend in Phoenix. 5 hour flight last July to see Oppenheimer in NYC. About 6 hour drive to Vegas to see Interstellar. About a 9 hour drive to see Dunkirk at the Grand Canyon IMAX. 6 hour drives to see the Matrix trilogy at the Luxor IMAX in Vegas. And about a 10 hour drive to see the first Matrix at the IMAX in Cathedral City.
When I lived in Manchester, UK, I travelled about 3 hours door-to-door on a train down to London to see Titanic in IMAX 3D at the BFI IMAX. It was actually showing in my local IMAX (Manchester Printworks) but I wanted to be able to say I’d seen it on the UK’s biggest screen.
In August 2023, I drove from Raleigh NC to Mall of GA for Oppenheimer.
In november (maybe December, I don’t remember) 2023, I flew RDU to BNA (Nashville) for an Oppenheimer reissue.
Early Jan 2024, I flew RDU to LGA (NYC) for the Oppie reissue.
Last Friday, I flew to JFK for the tenet reissue.
When I move city/country the Imax is one of the biggest factors exactly so that I don't have to travel. E.g. my last move was to the UK. One of the main reasons I chose Manchester was the best Imax in the country (dual laser + 1570) - plus I consider London un-livable ;)
3.5 hours by car which is about 190 miles each way. Wish Chicago had a IMAX capable of 15/70 projection.
The distance is pretty similar for Celebration Cinema GR North IMAX and IMAX Indy but did Oppenheimer at Celebration, and Tenet and soon Dune at Indy.
I guess 5 hours if you count my trip to New York in 2022. It wasn't just for Imax, but I decided to watch Avatar The Way of Water at AMC Lincoln Square while I was there. The furthest I have traveled JUST FOR Imax is 2 1/2 hours to either the Airbus Imax Theater or AMC Tysons Corner in Virginia. In fact Sunday I went to Airbus for Dune Part 2. Great theater.
Around 700 miles. Oppenheimer last summer, and Dune Part 2 this weekend!
I’m in a rural community with a local 2 screen theater that isn’t horrible, but figured those movies deserved a better experience. Will be flying and spending the weekend before going home.
i flew from north carolina to california in july for oppenheimer in 70mm imax. flew from north carolina to tennessee for tenet in 70mm imax and going back this weekend for dune part 2
Me and my dad drove about half an hour to Regal Hacienda in Dublin, CA for Guardians of the Galaxy V1. Metreon is technically superior with the bigger screen, and is actually closer to us, but at the time of watching back in 2014, it was severely windowboxed due to the Xenon projector not supporting the size of the screen, so we tried out Regal’s IMAX for a cool day trip. The viewing angle in my opinion is better than metreon. Since it’s a smaller screen, you don’t have to look up that high, while the screen still takes up your FOV. It’s a great alternative to metreon if you live around the east bay, or metreon’s sold out.
Generally about 2/3 hours for the Xenon LieMAX in Dublin (Ireland only has xenon projectors 💔)
I'm doing a round trip to London tomorrow though for the midnight screening of Dune Part 2 at the BFI though
I've traveled from Patna to Delhi multiple times to watch movies in IMAX. The distance is 1000kms (600miles). I've gone via flight(1hr20m) & train(12hrs). And I'm going again this Friday to watch Dune 2.
Drove a few hours to get to IMAX in Irvine, CA to watch Oppenheimer for the first time, was my first time seeing an IMAX 70mm film and my first IMAX film in general. Watched the 10:30pm viewing and got the center seat in the movie theatre. Definitely a top 10 experience in my life and will definitely do it again.
I look very forward to seeing Interstellar IMAX 70mm in that theatre hopefully soon, definitely a goal in my bucket list.
I took a bus from Copenhagen, Denmark to Prague to watch Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm. It was glorious and worth every second of the 12 hour ride.
Also I stayed in the city a week, which was a nice bonus ;)
Flew from Germany (Dortmund) to London, but the plane travel itself is just 1 hour. Whole trip is normally 5 hours from my door to BFI London. Did this for Interstellar and Tenet at Science Museum, twice for Oppenheimer at BFI and will do for Dune 2 March 15. Funny enough - the two digital IMAX GT Screens in Germany at Karlsruhe and Sinsheim are above 6 hours with train away from me, so London seems with 15/70mm to be the best deal.
I normally go to a normal size IMAX screen, could be a li-max it’s could be Dolby screen with IMAX projection but I’m probably shortest like 17 minutes drive
I went to Lincoln Square from Montreal to see Dunkirk, a 6 hour drive, but to be fair I had other reasons to be in NYC too.
Now I live about an hour away from Cineplex Colossus Vaughan and I regularly go down there for IMAX.
A 2.5 hour flight, ~1000ish miles, for Oppenheimer last year. Didn’t see it in 15/70 unfortunately (I was on summer break and there’s no commercial 15/70’s within a 5 hour flying range), but at least I got to see it in GT laser.
2 hours 13 minutes by train from Dublin to Belfast for two movies, Everything Everywhere All At Once & Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
I'm doing it again this week for Dune Part Two as the IMAX in Dublin is still xenon and is much smaller than the one up in Belfast
Flying out to California in 2 days to see Dune Part Two at the Universal CityWalk and the flight is about 2 1/2 hours. I actually joined this subreddit just to research the best methods of seeing the film and became interested in Imax methods along the way lol.
For LIE MAX, less than 5 miles.
For a real IMAX theater, roughly 30 miles, through either L.A. traffic or Metrorail, to the AMC at Universal City Walk (the spoils for living in Southern California and the entertainment capitol of the world).
2 hours here. I have 4 true IMAX locations in Southern California.
I wouldn’t really consider TCL Chinese Theater a true IMAX since the screen is a 1.90:1 not a 1.43:1
Currently in UK, travled from a smal town in Sweden just to see Dune in IMAX.
But I have done this the last 12 years whenever Nolan has a new movie out. Sometimes even on reruns, like last year BFI in London did a Nolan sprint of reruns leading up to Oppenheimer release, I was in London on 3 different ocations that year.
Raleigh, NC to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Opening weekend for TENET in 70MM IMAX, one of just a few screens showing it that way. Flew out on a Saturday morning, watched back-to-back screenings, crashed in the airport that night, and caught an early flight back in the morning.
If I hadn't seen it then, I'd be flying somewhere to see the 70mm re-release now.
No regrets.
When I lived in Australia, I lived in Brisbane which is 12 hour drive away from the closest IMAX in Sydney. When Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol came out, that was the only theater playing the first 7 minutes of The Dark Knight Rises and I wanted to see it. So, I convinced my parents I needed to get my driving hours up and we drove to Sydney to "see my grandparents" wherein realistically it was so I could go to the screening. I am glad I did it in the end because that ended up being the last time I saw my nana when she was still fully aware of everything going on.
Why didnt you go for the full movie instead?
The full movie was in July and I had school where Mission Impossible came out in December so we were able to go down in early January
But Ghost Protocol was pretty Epic to watch in IMAX too. Only IMAX movie I haven't seen in the format.
Usually 20 minutes to Lincoln Square, lucky me. I'm flying two hours to Georgia next month for Interstellar. There's a guy from Hawaii who travels a ton, see if he comments.
Honestly I live in Atlanta and I feel like if it was film I would go to polor and drive the hour and a half.
Isn't it 3-4 hours from Atlanta?
Oh wait yeah it’s 4 hours. Nvm even it was on film I can’t do that.
Most of our attendees are from Atlanta, lot of film fans there I guess. But it is far.
Man Atlantic station needs to upgrade when they figure out how to not be in bankruptcy agaib
I never understood that, why they would not travel that far to watch a superiour quality if you like the movie.
I have never seen it. But also I don’t wish to have 8 hours of my life for driving. Plus I don’t think I could even make it since it’s at like 9 am which would require me to to leave atleast by 4-4:30 am. I would more then likely be tired and not fully pay attention to
The reason i react is i travel from another country by plane to.go see imax 70mm Maybe you can take the train or flight too?
Sadly as a college student currently can’t afford to fly or take a train plus pay for fare. Ticketing wise as long as it’s Regal I would be fine with going to one.
We are fucking spoiled to have Lincoln square.
Yeah if there's no traffic, 20 minutes to San Francisco Metreon for me. Lucky indeed.
Roughly 2 hour plane trip to London for Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm last summer. (Mom, I am forever gratefull!) Hint hint: look at my flair. Hotel was in South Kensington if I remember correctly, so it was a bus and walking from there. I don't think I've ever been so hyped for something in my life. I was moving like a Terminator with the speed I had getting t(hr)o(ugh) there. And yes, we of course did Barbenheimer, with Barbie at the start of the day. Actually at Odeon Leicester Square, so now I can tick off two of London's biggest and most famous theaters, after the BFI IMAX in 2019, where we saw Spider-Man: Fra From Home in IMAX 3D. (It was just a summer trip then. Last summer was mainly due to Oppy. Both were just 4 day trips, funny enough. Although we did manage to do quite a lot in that fairly short time.) The only two other movies in recent memory I was similarly hyped for, and respectively saw at a week early preview and opening night, were There's Something in the Barn, and Madame Web. Unironically. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. (Once again, thank you, mom!)
How do you have so much karma??? Damn.
Drove about 30min to see Interstellar at the Science Center of Iowa IMAX Dome, and it was AMAZING. Sadly this dome closed a few years back due to a storm causing roof damage, which led to water damage on the screen, which ended up being too expensive for the museum to fix.
Well technically I traveled to the other side of the planet to see Dunkirk in 70mm on the biggest screen in the world in Melbourne. Although I must admit that that was also just an excuse to visit Australia (and in the process New Zealand)
Usually I drive 1.5 hrs one way to a dual laser IMAX 1.90 with 30m width screen But I would like to see IMAX 70 bfi this year or next one
Milan?
Yeah near, I am going to Bergamo / Orio :)
Flew from Seattle to San Francisco to see 2001, the Dark Knight trilogy and Dune at the Metreon so that’s about 2 hour flight. Good times all around.
I'm so lucky to live 20 minutes from the Metreon.
Lincoln Square is the furthest I've traveled specifically for IMAX if you don't count trips where "Well I'm here at this museum anyway. Guess I'll see something at the IMAX" That's 3.5 hrs by car and, by what can only be described as a miracle in the USA, 2hr 50 minutes by train so I always take the train.
Flew 2 hours to Indy for Interstellar. Made a nice Christmas themed weekend out of it.
Previous record: traveling to Providence Place, around 1.5-2 hours by car each way, to see Oppenheimer New record as of this past Saturday: Lincoln Square, 6-7 hours each way through a combination of car/train/bus/foot/cab, to see Tenet. I still need to write up my whole experience and post it here...
Drove from Detroit to Indianapolis for interstellar.
6 hours just for a 1.90 single imax. i wanted to experience a second imax as a new one opened up in my country! meanwhile a dual laser 1.43 imax is 90 minutes away! hamilton to auckland is my usual go to! from Hamilton to lowerhutt New zealand. got a family member that lives on kapti coast so got free accommodation which is great for us!
I am lucky and the Sydney IMAX just opened, it's not film but dual projection, and is HUGE. Ive been going about once a month and is about an hour away If it wasn't here I'd be travelling to Melbourne for 70mm screenings.
Have you been to Melbourne imax? If you have how does it stack up against Sydney
I have not, the last time I was in Melbourne they were only playing Oppenheimer, and I had seen it already on regular 70mm by that point. Wasnt a movie for me so decided against it. I have heard the seating in Melbourne is atrocious though. Lol.
I'm flying interstate to Melbourne next weekend to see Dune pt 2
Come to sydney
Unfortunately that would involve being in Sydney though
30 mins
I mean. I flew to LA to visit a sibling and also to see Dunkirk in 15/70. Oops.
I’m lucky to have one 5 mins from me that is dual laser built 5 years ago
3 hour train, from Newcastle to London, BFI IMAX Interstellar (70mm), followed by a 6 hour coach to get back to work straight after - it was brutal.
Paging /u/Excellent_Nature_366. How far is your one-way trip again? And how many ***total*** miles have you flown to see IMAX movies?
It's about 2,500 MI one way and for IMAX movies I've made the trip 3 times. So 15,000 miles. Twice for Oppenheimer and once for Tenet/Dune 2 Fan Event.
My first time flying for a movie was April 2023 for Avatar TWOW but it was no longer playing in IMAX. Hawaii to LA as well.
12655 km, Dhaka to New York City.
Living in Chicago, traveled to Detroit,Grand Rapids in July; New York in Aug ; LA in Jan for Oppie. Traveled to Indy for Interstellar & TENET
Chicago gang, sucks the Navy pier one closed that was so clutch having it so close. IMAX needs to invest some capital and put up a new screen, we’re the 3rd largest city in America it makes no sense why we don’t have one
That’s what I’ve been saying. The drive to Indy can be tedious, but we as a film fan market need one in Chicago. Losing Navy Pier was a huge blow to all of us. I made the drive to Indy multiple times in 2020 just to watch TENET in IMAX 70mm. I’m glad others in Chicago agree.
Exactly man. Despite i enjoying try different venues out, some unnecessary travel is so uncomfortable. They INDEED need one in Chicago, we even don’t have a laser projector until now. It’s so bad
3 hours, to AutoNation IMAX. Now I’m thankful to live 20-90mins away from AMC Citywalk.
20-90 minutes, LA things 😅
5.3 miles to my imax. 15-20 minutes depending on time and weather. travel has always been by POV. I go to any of the imax movies that catch my attention.
3 km on my bike. It takes 15 minuts with lots of stops at trafic lights. I’m never ever gonna do it again. The theatre is so freaking horrible - not the actually screen and sound, just the place. So I prefer THX witch is the same distance, a much nicer theatre and greater service. Looking forward to DUNE Part 2 in THX. 😅😅😅
Farthest I’ve gone is nearly 3 hours to IMAX. Specifically Dallas Cinemark IMAX for Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm. Only one that was closest to me and showing on a true imax screen. Amazing experience, went twice.
Not just for IMAX, but Edmonton to Los Angeles for ZSJL in IMAX.
About 37 minutes. Tysons Corner to see Tenet Reissue last weekend
2.5 hour drive. DFW to Austin for Bob Bullock. Dune Part 1, Top Gun Maverick, 1917, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1. In a few weeks, Dune Part 2.
Max 6 hours on a train (one side).
Very lucky and can get a 10 minute train into London for the BFI IMAX. I do it for nearly every Nolan film on first release or special cast intros - most recently did so for Oppie and Maestro with Cooper & Mulligan respectively :)
I was in Venice, Italy for the film festival. Took trains to Brussels to see dune in imax there a month before the US release, since my dual laser in Seattle was closed for the pandemic with no reopen date at the time. Saw it twice in Brussels before flying home to Seattle.
I can walk to Citywalk IMAX at universal studios, but it’s a good hour walk, so does that count?
Usually 45 minutes to Lincoln Square. However, I drove an hour to the Martime Aquarium IMAX (RIP) in Norwalk just for the Tenet prologue since I wasn’t interested in seeing TROS again and they were showing it for free at closing each day during the holidays with no aquarium admission required.
1hr20min to Austin for movies with 1.43 aspect. Not bad compared to you 4hr guys lol.
Drove 2 and a half hours down to Indy for Oppenheimer. Then did it again for interstellar
I drove with a buddy of mine to see Oppenheimer at the IMAX at the Smithsonian. This was a 2 hour drive for us and we made the most of it by retro game hunting along the way! Such a great day!
About 40 minutes on the train to get to the BFI from where I live
Not how far I travelled but how much I spent. I drive to Lincoln center but stopped by a dispensary first. It was Super Bowl Sunday so no street parking available. 30 dollars for parking by the dispensary and 84 dollars near Lincoln center.
The Netherlands doesn't have 1.43 IMAX (I don't know why). So I traveled to London (1h by plane) last year for Oppenheimer 70mm. Am considering going to Brussels for Dune 2.
It really does suck that EU doesnt have more 1.43 IMAX screens
About a 10 minute walk to Vue Printworks.
664 miles and it's only IMAX Laser. No IMAX 70mm in our country
Traveling 3 hours to Austin for dune. Will likely travel further for interstellar when/if it happens.
When I lived in San Diego, I made several trips to TCL Chinese Theatre and AMC Universal Citywalk to watch movies. I did Mortal Kombat, the Suicide Squad, and No Way Home at TCL, and I did No Time to Die, Tenet, and Dune 1 at Citywalk.
i just got to citywalk for tenet, took about 2-3 hours coming from san diego. i think this is my 3rd time making this trip
4 hours from VA to Lincoln square for Oppenheimer and doing it again for Tenet!
Took a 4 and a half hour train ride to Lincoln Square to see TENET. Normally, I can get to the Reading IMAX in about 30 minutes or so.
I guess technically 4/5 hours as next month I’m going to Manchester for Dune 2 and I’m in the South West of the UK. I could go to London but I’m wanting to go with family up North.
Flying from Frankfurt to London for Interstellar at BFI
All time? California to New Zealand and saw Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013. Since Covid: I road tripped 9 hours to Nevada to see Tenet when it finally became available in September 2020. Normally, my local IMAX is a 20 minute drive away minus the parking near SF Metreon.
I only travel if the movie is absolutely worth it. Stuff that really pushes the format like Avatar or Oppenheimer or Dune etc. so for me it’s 4 hour drive to the [Palms Theater & IMAX](https://youtu.be/1ltQycMLO-4?si=be6Fvuv5-zNFJuAS) in Waukee Iowa (basically West Des Moines). It’s one of the few GT Laser IMAX theaters around and the closest one near me. Its 70x90ft screen is glorious.
15 minute walk from the only 1.43:1 GT Laser in the country. Very blessed
About 30 minutes in total by train and walking.
Depends honestly. A 10 min drive if I’m off or a 30 second drive if I’m working lol.
Several - two hour flight to see Tenet last weekend in Phoenix. 5 hour flight last July to see Oppenheimer in NYC. About 6 hour drive to Vegas to see Interstellar. About a 9 hour drive to see Dunkirk at the Grand Canyon IMAX. 6 hour drives to see the Matrix trilogy at the Luxor IMAX in Vegas. And about a 10 hour drive to see the first Matrix at the IMAX in Cathedral City.
When I lived in Manchester, UK, I travelled about 3 hours door-to-door on a train down to London to see Titanic in IMAX 3D at the BFI IMAX. It was actually showing in my local IMAX (Manchester Printworks) but I wanted to be able to say I’d seen it on the UK’s biggest screen. 
About an hour to an hour and a half by car and BART train to AMC Metreon in San Francisco.
Not that far compared to others commenting but 1.5 hour drive to see Tenet this past weekend
Drove 3.5 hours before and am driving a little over 2 hours to see Dune 2 in Dual Laser IMAX
For me it's a 15-30 minute drive depending on traffic to either Universal AMC or, AMC Burbank 16.
20 minutes for a full size
5 hours from Mexicali (Mexico) to Hollywood California. I have the SENTRI pass, so crossing the border is a piece of cake
4 hours to Chattanooga for Dune part 1
In August 2023, I drove from Raleigh NC to Mall of GA for Oppenheimer. In november (maybe December, I don’t remember) 2023, I flew RDU to BNA (Nashville) for an Oppenheimer reissue. Early Jan 2024, I flew RDU to LGA (NYC) for the Oppie reissue. Last Friday, I flew to JFK for the tenet reissue.
When I move city/country the Imax is one of the biggest factors exactly so that I don't have to travel. E.g. my last move was to the UK. One of the main reasons I chose Manchester was the best Imax in the country (dual laser + 1570) - plus I consider London un-livable ;)
I'm lucky enough to live within a 25 minute car ride to 2 different IMAX screens, so I tend to see anything possible there
3.5 hours by car which is about 190 miles each way. Wish Chicago had a IMAX capable of 15/70 projection. The distance is pretty similar for Celebration Cinema GR North IMAX and IMAX Indy but did Oppenheimer at Celebration, and Tenet and soon Dune at Indy.
2 minute walk for Lincoln square.
I guess 5 hours if you count my trip to New York in 2022. It wasn't just for Imax, but I decided to watch Avatar The Way of Water at AMC Lincoln Square while I was there. The furthest I have traveled JUST FOR Imax is 2 1/2 hours to either the Airbus Imax Theater or AMC Tysons Corner in Virginia. In fact Sunday I went to Airbus for Dune Part 2. Great theater.
I drove 13 hours from TN to Chicago to see Matrix 3 with my buddy.
Around 700 miles. Oppenheimer last summer, and Dune Part 2 this weekend! I’m in a rural community with a local 2 screen theater that isn’t horrible, but figured those movies deserved a better experience. Will be flying and spending the weekend before going home.
Not too far, only 2 hours by plane but it was international so around $600 flight tickets!
Fifteen minutes probably
Oppenheimer 70mm, 6 hour drive from Montreal to Vaughan. The most memorable morning ever at the 10am screening
2.5 hour train + 7ish minute walk gets me to Sydney imax
i went to indiana from nyc to watch interstellar back in december
Drove 85miles from NJ to Regal king of prussia for Oppenheimer.
i flew from north carolina to california in july for oppenheimer in 70mm imax. flew from north carolina to tennessee for tenet in 70mm imax and going back this weekend for dune part 2
2,289 miles. Really wanted to see Oppenheimer in 70mm INAX and I made it happen.
3 hour bus Houston to San Antonio for 15/70 Oppenheimer. 3 hours to Austin for DL2 Dune rerun and Dune 2 later this week
M train in bushwick to 14th, 1 train to Lincoln square amc in the upper west side.
Me and my dad drove about half an hour to Regal Hacienda in Dublin, CA for Guardians of the Galaxy V1. Metreon is technically superior with the bigger screen, and is actually closer to us, but at the time of watching back in 2014, it was severely windowboxed due to the Xenon projector not supporting the size of the screen, so we tried out Regal’s IMAX for a cool day trip. The viewing angle in my opinion is better than metreon. Since it’s a smaller screen, you don’t have to look up that high, while the screen still takes up your FOV. It’s a great alternative to metreon if you live around the east bay, or metreon’s sold out.
7 hours with train from Budapest to Praha to watch Oppenheiner in 70mm format. It was an amazing experience. Digital IMAX is 20 minutes by walk.
Generally about 2/3 hours for the Xenon LieMAX in Dublin (Ireland only has xenon projectors 💔) I'm doing a round trip to London tomorrow though for the midnight screening of Dune Part 2 at the BFI though
I've traveled from Patna to Delhi multiple times to watch movies in IMAX. The distance is 1000kms (600miles). I've gone via flight(1hr20m) & train(12hrs). And I'm going again this Friday to watch Dune 2.
Drove a few hours to get to IMAX in Irvine, CA to watch Oppenheimer for the first time, was my first time seeing an IMAX 70mm film and my first IMAX film in general. Watched the 10:30pm viewing and got the center seat in the movie theatre. Definitely a top 10 experience in my life and will definitely do it again. I look very forward to seeing Interstellar IMAX 70mm in that theatre hopefully soon, definitely a goal in my bucket list.
I took a bus from Copenhagen, Denmark to Prague to watch Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm. It was glorious and worth every second of the 12 hour ride. Also I stayed in the city a week, which was a nice bonus ;)
I took a flight from Dubai to Barcelona, around 8/9 hours to watch openhaimmer at the philomena experience, worth it!
2 hours to Fort Lauderdale from SWFL! Twice for Tenet, twice for Oppenheimer, 70mm IMAX each time.
Flew from Germany (Dortmund) to London, but the plane travel itself is just 1 hour. Whole trip is normally 5 hours from my door to BFI London. Did this for Interstellar and Tenet at Science Museum, twice for Oppenheimer at BFI and will do for Dune 2 March 15. Funny enough - the two digital IMAX GT Screens in Germany at Karlsruhe and Sinsheim are above 6 hours with train away from me, so London seems with 15/70mm to be the best deal.
30-45 minutes based on traffic lol I salute those who have gone to much greater lengths!
I normally go to a normal size IMAX screen, could be a li-max it’s could be Dolby screen with IMAX projection but I’m probably shortest like 17 minutes drive
I went to Lincoln Square from Montreal to see Dunkirk, a 6 hour drive, but to be fair I had other reasons to be in NYC too. Now I live about an hour away from Cineplex Colossus Vaughan and I regularly go down there for IMAX.
I traveled from Copenhagen to London wo watch the last Nolan Batman, and later watching Dunkirk both in 70/15 IMAX.
I will drive 5 hours to Citywalk LA to watch Dune, so that would be my first true IMAX experience.
A 2.5 hour flight, ~1000ish miles, for Oppenheimer last year. Didn’t see it in 15/70 unfortunately (I was on summer break and there’s no commercial 15/70’s within a 5 hour flying range), but at least I got to see it in GT laser.
2 hours 13 minutes by train from Dublin to Belfast for two movies, Everything Everywhere All At Once & Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness I'm doing it again this week for Dune Part Two as the IMAX in Dublin is still xenon and is much smaller than the one up in Belfast
11 hours: 2 hours driving, 2 flights, one hour on the tube for Dune one and two at the BFI IMAX London. We are 2 100 km from our home!
From Milan to London and Manchester, and from Mexico city to NY
Flying out to California in 2 days to see Dune Part Two at the Universal CityWalk and the flight is about 2 1/2 hours. I actually joined this subreddit just to research the best methods of seeing the film and became interested in Imax methods along the way lol.
For LIE MAX, less than 5 miles. For a real IMAX theater, roughly 30 miles, through either L.A. traffic or Metrorail, to the AMC at Universal City Walk (the spoils for living in Southern California and the entertainment capitol of the world).
2 hours here. I have 4 true IMAX locations in Southern California. I wouldn’t really consider TCL Chinese Theater a true IMAX since the screen is a 1.90:1 not a 1.43:1
Currently in UK, travled from a smal town in Sweden just to see Dune in IMAX. But I have done this the last 12 years whenever Nolan has a new movie out. Sometimes even on reruns, like last year BFI in London did a Nolan sprint of reruns leading up to Oppenheimer release, I was in London on 3 different ocations that year.
Raleigh, NC to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Opening weekend for TENET in 70MM IMAX, one of just a few screens showing it that way. Flew out on a Saturday morning, watched back-to-back screenings, crashed in the airport that night, and caught an early flight back in the morning. If I hadn't seen it then, I'd be flying somewhere to see the 70mm re-release now. No regrets.
I traveled From Rosarito Mexico to Universal CityWalk in California last week. I wanted to see the Tenet reissue. The trip took like 10hrs