Atmos Bubble and boom! Index measured, not opinion

Avatar (2009)

DEMO 5.0 · BUBBLE 4.6 · BOOM 5.4 (with BEQ 8.6). Bass measured on the disc, DTS-HD MA 5.1. Directed by James Cameron. Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Adventure.

Avatar (2009) poster
Front
57%
L71%
59%
R72%
100%
C93%
LFE
19%
LFE30%
Surround
14%
Ls38%
14%
Rs38%
12%
Lrs35%
14%
Rrs37%
Wide
1%
Lw1%
1%
Rw1%
Height
1%
Ltf2%
1%
Rtf2%
2%
Ltm3%
2%
Rtm3%
1%
Ltr2%
1%
Rtr2%

Bar and top figure — level against the film’s most active channel. Bottom figure — share of the runtime the channel carries signal.

DEMO
5.0 / 10
Bubble
4.6 / 10
Boom, as released
5.4 / 10
Boom with BEQ
8.6 / 10
Measured release
Disc · DTS-HD MA 5.1 · Extended · chart by aron7awol
Also in the catalogue
Disc · Atmos; Disc · Atmos / DD+ Atmos — not measured here
Deep bass peak, 10–30 Hz
-30.6 dBFS · with BEQ -20.7
Depth, 10–20 vs 30–60 Hz
-12.5 dB · with BEQ +2.2
Average level, 10–30 Hz
-55.1 dBFS · with BEQ -45.2
Minutes of deep bass
38 min · with BEQ 61 min at ≥ −30 dBFS
Chart
its scale clips the curve, so the peak is at least what is shown
Filtered release
its BEQ restores up to 21.1 dB at 10–20 Hz
Tomatometer
81% · as of 11 Jan 2026
Metascore
83 / 100 · as of 9 Jan 2026
Chart scale read
-15 to -69.9 dBFS
Height uptime
2.3%
LFE uptime
30.3% (shown, not scored)
Dynamic range
26.6 dB
Channels used
16 of 16
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Tags
action, adventure, epic, live-action/animated, military science fiction, science fiction
Audio
DTS-HD MA 5.1, Atmos, DD+ Atmos
Released
16 Dec 2009
First listed
4 Dec 2018
Sources
PerceptualPro + BEQ
Render
current

Channel by channel, through the film

One lane per speaker, the whole film from left to right. Bar height is how loud that speaker gets (square-root scale against this film's loudest moment, so quiet passages stay visible). The amber line under a lane marks the moments counted as playing, and the figure on the right is their share of the film. For the six height speakers that share is part of BUBBLE.

Front
L
71%
R
72%
C
93%
LFE
LFE
30%
Surround
Ls
38%
Rs
38%
Lrs
35%
Rrs
37%
Wide
Lw
1.4%
Rw
1.2%
Height
Ltf
1.9%
Rtf
1.6%
Ltm
3.3%
Rtm
2.7%
Ltr
2.1%
Rtr
2.2%
0:001:212:42

Read from PerceptualPro's channel-activity graph, pixel by pixel. A lane marked unused never rises out of its line.

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