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IMAX 70mm film strip showing three frames of Earth from space, with clouds and land visible against a black background. This infographic compares film formats by showing side-by-side images of IMAX 70 mm, standard 70 mm, and 35 mm film strips, highlighting their relative sizes and perforation counts. Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer walks down a dusty street in a suit and fedora in a still from the 2023 IMAX film Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan. Astronauts Jeff Wisoff and Michael Lopez-Alegria work outside the International Space Station with Earth and a rainbow arc visible in the background, photographed from space. The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery, with its solar panels extended and Earth's horizon and the sun visible in the background.
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IMAX: References & Edit History

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  • Arpit Nayak
    Arpit Nayak is an editor at Encyclopedia Britannica.
  • Laura Payne
    Laura Payne is a freelance writer whose work covers many topics. She is a former Wayne State University linguistics instructor.

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Added media. Jul 22, 2026
Added top question. Jul 16, 2026
New article added. Jul 15, 2026
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