Resize a Photo to 27×40 Movie Poster Size
27×40 inches = 8,100 × 12,000 px at 300 DPI, or 4,050 × 6,000 px for a print viewed from a step away (150 DPI).
27×40 inches is the one-sheet, the poster cinemas hang in their display cases. It's taller and narrower than any photo. Upload yours below and we'll extend the scene to 27×40 instead of cutting the sides off to fit.
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Set to 27×40 inches — 8,100 × 12,000 px at 300 DPI. You can change it after uploading.
Why 27×40 Cuts Things Off
27:40 is about 1:1.48: a touch wider than a camera's 2:3 and much narrower than a phone's 3:4. Filling a one-sheet with a phone photo trims about a tenth of its width, half off each side; a camera photo loses only about one percent of its height. The size comes from the cinema case, not from photography: studios have printed one-sheets at 27×40 since the 1980s, and older ones were 27×41, so a vintage frame may be a size up. If the poster is for your own wall rather than a cinema case, 24×36 is the cheaper, more common frame and fits camera photos exactly. At 300 DPI, 27×40 would be 8,100×12,000 pixels; we deliver about 3,286×4,868, roughly 120 pixels per inch, which is sharp from the few feet a poster is seen from.
Instead of trimming your photo down to the shape, we generate more of the scene around it until it fits — and sharpen the whole image in the same pass.
Where 27×40 shows up
- Custom movie-style posters of family, pets or a wedding
- Reprints for 27×40 cinema display frames and light boxes
- Film festival, student film and premiere posters
- Gifts for film fans, made to the real one-sheet size
Pixels a 27×40 print needs
- Sharp in your hand (300 DPI)
- 8,100 × 12,000 px
- Sharp on a wall (150 DPI)
- 4,050 × 6,000 px
A smaller photo still prints, just softer. Check yours against every size on the print size chart. Changing the DPI setting alone doesn’t add pixels: how to convert an image to 300 DPI.
27×40 Questions
What size is a movie poster?
A standard theatrical one-sheet is 27×40 inches (68.6×101.6 cm). Posters made before the mid-1980s are often 27×41. Posters sold for home walls are usually 24×36.
What is 27×40 in pixels?
8,100×12,000 pixels at 300 DPI, or 4,050×6,000 at 150 DPI, the usual target for a poster seen from a few feet away. We deliver about 3,286×4,868.
Will a 27×40 poster fit a 24×36 frame?
No. 27×40 is three inches wider and four taller, and a slightly different shape, so it needs a 27×40 frame. To use a 24×36 frame, make the photo 24×36 instead.
More answers on the Resly AI FAQ.