The Grand Rex cinema in Paris at dusk, showing a My Hero Academia movie poster.
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THE Grand Rex, nestled in the heart of Paris, boasts the title of the world’s largest cinema.

Its main hall seats over 2,700 people across three tiers – all beneath a dazzling starry ceiling that towers nearly 100 feet high.

The Grand Rex cinema in Paris at dusk, showing a My Hero Academia movie poster.
Le Grand Rex (‘The Big King’) cinema and concert venue is located in Paris’ 2nd arrondissement on the grands boulevardsCredit: Getty
Audience watching a concert film in a large theater.
Its main hall has a capacity of over 2,700 peopleCredit: AFP
A large audience watching a film in a grand movie theater.
It also has three tiers and a starry vaulted ceilingCredit: AFP

The venue features a massive screen called “Le Grand Large” (“The Great Large”) that measures 81 feet in width and 37 feet in height, covering an area of over 3,000 square feet.

Another of the hall’s stage screens, used for live performances and concerts, spans nearly 55 feet wide and 23 feet tall.

The screens are powered by three projectors.

The building complex has seven screening halls, one concert and show venue, a club and a museum.

The giant cinema was envisioned in the early 1930s by wealthy French film producer Jacques Haïk.

His goal was to build a cinema with a capacity of over 5,000 spectators, spanning more than 21,500 square feet.

While he may not have reached that seating capacity, the Grand Rex’s hall certainly matches the envisioned size.

Haïk’s Tunisian roots are said to have inspired the cinema’s Mediterranean ambience and baroque style.

The architects responsible for the building specialized in creating “atmospheric halls” and have designed over 400 settings of imaginary American cities with cloudy or starry skies.

The Grand Rex’s decor has earned it the title of the most beautiful cinema in the world by Time Out in February.

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Le Grand Rex theatre in Paris with a crowd waiting for a documentary preview.
The Grand Rex was built in the early 1930sCredit: AFP
Map showing the location of the Grand Rex cinema in Paris, France.

The facades, roof, hall, and decorative elements of the building have been recognized as a “Monument historique” (“historical monument”), similar to a national heritage site in France.

The Grand Rex hall first opened its doors in December 1932.

Louis Lumière, the French engineer who played a key role in cinema’s development, was among the first guests to take a seat in the hall.

During the German occupation of France, the Grand Rex was requisitioned by the German army and transformed into a Soldatenkino – a cinema reserved for soldiers on leave.

In September 1942, it even became the target of a bombing by the Détachement Valmy.

The cinema reopened in October 1944 after the Liberation of Paris.

It is now visited by over one million people each year.

Meanwhile, Madrid boasts a huge cinema complex that can seat almost 1,000 viewers and has 25 screens.

The Spanish complex is called Kinepolis Madrid Ciudad de la Imagen, meaning Movie City.

This multiplex, featuring up to 25 screening rooms, holds the title of the world’s largest cinema by total capacity.

Ciudad de la Imagen belongs to Kinepolis Group, a Belgian cinema chain formed in 1997.

The cinema first opened its doors in 1998.

Large movie theater auditorium with many empty seats.
The multiplex has a total of 9,200 seats – making it similar in size to a small stadium
Exterior of Cinepolis, a large cinema with 25 screens.
It has maintained the status of the biggest cinema multiplex in the world for 25 years
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