Is 988 virgates as big as an IMAX screen?
It's about 350,000 times as big as an IMAX screen
The size of an IMAX screen is about 0.002917 virgates.
(standard)
An IMAX movie theater screen measures 22 m (72 ft) by 16 m (52 ft) for a total area of 0.002917 virgates. Because the film used in an IMAX movie is more than eight times larger than regular film, the platters of a two-and-a-half hour feature film can weigh up to 250 kg (550 lbs).
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