Dolby® Atmos™ delivers audiences a more natural and realistic soundfield, transporting them into the story with a lifelike sensory experience. Developed with input from professionals throughout the movie industry, Dolby Atmos represents a dynamic shift in audio, reinventing the traditional surround sound methodology and offering a complete platform for sound now and well into the future.
See a complete list of Dolby Atmos movies.
Allows for more powerful storytelling by giving content creators unprecedented control of the placement and movement of sound within the cinema.
Greatly simplifies movie distribution by eliminating multiple format inventories. With Dolby Atmos, the same file will play in any theatre.
Delivers a compelling experience that audiences can only get in a cinema and optimises playback for any speaker configuration.
Brings a powerful new listening experience with more natural, realistic cinema sound that truly envelops the audience and allows them to hear the whole picture.
Top Surround Speakers With the addition of speakers on the cinema ceiling, Dolby Atmos introduces new possibilities for sound design.
Pan-Through Arrays Rather than assigning sounds to a group of speakers, mixers can now position sounds precisely around the audience with higher resolution.
Up to 64 Speaker Channels With support for up to 64 channels, Dolby Atmos can render detailed audio optimised to match any cinema configuration.
Side Surrounds Additional side surround speakers placed closer to the screen improve audio transitions to better match offscreen action.
More Screen Speakers Additional speakers behind the screen create smoother pans, particularly in rooms with very wide screens.
Hybrid System Dolby Atmos layers dynamic sound elements on top of a channel-based audio foundation to deliver a consistent experience to any cinema.
Dolby Atmos introduces a number of cinema innovations. Roll your cursor over the blue dots to learn more.
The following theatres and Dolby offices will be the first in the world to provide the future of entertainment sound through Dolby Atmos. Check your local listings for Dolby Atmos movie titles currently playing at theatres near you.
Cinesa Barcelona, Spain
CJ CGV Yeongdeungpo Seoul, Korea
Megabox Baek-suk Il-san, Korea
Megabox COEX M2 Seoul, Korea
Megabox Mok-dong Seoul, Korea
MegaStar Hung Vuong Plaza Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Palms 10 Theatre Muscatine, IA, USA
Pathé Wepler Paris, France
Poly Wanhe Cinema Chengdu, China
Premiere Cinemas, Park Hostivař Prague, Czech Republic
PVR Juhu Mumbai, India
Regal Hacienda Crossings Stadium 20 & IMAX Dublin, CA, USA
SF Kino Stavanger Stavanger, Norway
Showplace ICON at Roosevelt Collection Chicago, IL, USA
Showtime Cinemas Banqiao, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Dolby Offices: Europe• Dolby Soho Screening Room (London, United Kingdom) • Dolby Royal Wootton Bassett, Screen 1 (Royal Wootton Bassett, United Kingdom)
The following postproduction houses will be the first in the world to provide the future of entertainment sound through Dolby Atmos.
China Film Studio Beijing, China
Disney, Stage A Re-recording Theatre Burbank, CA, USA
Media Artists Chennai, India
Media Business Services Limited (MBS Studios) Hong Kong, China
NTV-Kino Moscow, Russia
Park Road Post Production, Re-recording Theatre 1 Wellington, New Zealand
Pinewood Studios, Powell Theatre Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Post Republic Berlin, Germany
Rajkamal Studio Mumbai, India
Skywalker Sound Marin County, CA, USA
Twentieth Century Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck Theatre Los Angeles, CA, USA