Charleston's got one. Augusta, too. So does Jacksonville. Even St. Augustine has an IMAX.

At long last, the oversized theater is coming to Savannah ... um ... scratch that. To little 'ole Pooler.

The booming west Chatham municipality will be home to the Coastal Empire's first IMAX theater.

It'll be four stories high, seven stories wide and will have 350 seats. Construction is set to begin on the IMAX, an expansion of the Royal Cinemas, next week, according to Falgun Patel, the theater's owner. Patel hopes to have it finished by mid-June, in time to show "Men In Black III." If work doesn't go quickly enough for the "Men In Black III" release, the Royal IMAX's premier show will be "The Amazing Spider-Man," which heads to theaters July 3.

The Royal IMAX will be capable of showing both 3-D and 2-D movies.

"The philosophy was either go big or go home," Patel said of the decision to open the oversized theater.

The cost to build the IMAX, including franchise fees and equipment, is expected to be well more than $3 million, Patel said.

Patel hasn't decided on a ticket price. The cost of an adult Saturday night ticket to "John Carter" in 3-D ranges from $14 in Charleston to $17 in Augusta. Tickets definitely won't be more than $17, Patel said. IMAX has some say in ticket price negotiations, Patel said, but he hopes they'll be a little less than the Augusta price.

IMAX spokeswoman Ann Sommerlath said that, for now, Royal Cinemas' theater will be the only IMAX in the Savannah area. The company typically zones its theaters based largely on the population of the area where they are being built.

"I think it's definitely something to be proud of, Pooler being the first and having the only IMAX," Pooler mayor Mike Lamb said. "It's just a great location to put something to not only to reach the fast-growing city of Pooler, but also reach the fast-growing westside and the areas that surround it."

Pooler's population grew from 6,455 in 2000 to 19,140 in 2010, according to census data, making it the fifth fastest-growing city in Georgia.

Patel also is planning to build two additional regular-sized theaters at the Royal Cinemas, located off Benton Boulevard at 5 Towne Center Court, bringing the total number of theaters to 13.