BigScreen Journal

When the Columbia City Cinema in Seattle, Washington closed in July 2011, it left the future of showing movies in the building in question, due to issues with building codes and the fact that many in...

The Moviedome in Calgary, Alberta closed December 20, 2012, according to an article in the Calgary Herald: After 17 years of offering discount films in Calgary, the Moviedome is closing its doors...

The new B & B Theatres - Grain Valley Marketplace 8 in Grain Valley, Missouri opens to the public today, and they are celebrating by offering customers a free small popcorn with the purchase of a...

The Regal River Oaks Cinema 8 in Decatur, Alabama closed December 16, 2012, according to an article published that day in the Decatur Daily: Today is your last chance to see a movie at the Regal...

Carmike Cinemas announced last last week that it acquired two movie theaters in Kentucky and Tennessee from Phoenix Big Cinemas. The Big Cinemas Capitol 8 in Madisonville, Kentucky and Big...

The Regal Sehome Cinemas 3 and Regal Sunset Square Cinemas 6 in Bellingham, Washington are now closed, which was the outcome that was expected with the opening of the Regal Barkley Village...

The Encore Upper Canada Place in Burlington, Ontario closed December 14, 2012, according to the following notice posted on their web site: After 13 amazing years, Encore Cinemas has ceased...

Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. (Digiplex) announced today that it will acquire seven movie theaters from UltraStar Cinemas. Six are in southern California and the seventh is near Phoenix, Arizona....

The Compass Room Theater at Grand Lodge in Forest Grove, Oregon has discontinued showing movies, according to a posting on their web site: As of December 2012, we made the difficult decision to...

The AMC Meridian Mall 6 in Okemos, Michigan, which closed in September 2011, is now the Studio C! Meridian Mall. The new theater opened to the public today, December 10, 2012, and is operated by...

Carmike Cinemas announced that the new Carmike Bradley Square 12 in Cleveland, Tennessee will celebrate its Grand Opening on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 7pm. The new 12-screen theater is located...

Regal Entertainment Group has acquired Great Escape Theatres, which operated 25 theaters in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Caroline, Tennessee,...

The Rave Motion Pictures Cityplace 14 in Kalamazoo, Michigan closed November 25, 2012 according to an article on Mlive.com published November 21st: Rave Cityplace 14 in downtown Kalamazoo will...

Regal Entertainment Group has announced that the Grand Opening for the Regal Barkley Village Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX in Bellingham, Washington will take place December 14, 2012. Regal...

There will be a preview of the first nine minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness shown in IMAX 3D theaters worldwide on December 14, 2012. The full press release from Paramount Pictures appears...

The Galaxy Cinema in Cary, North Carolina closed on November 11, 2012. Their web site contains the following message: After eight years of bringing the best in foreign, documentary, independent...

The Visulite Cinema - Lynchburg in Lynchburg, Virginia has closed, effective November 30, 2012. Their Facebook page simply states: Unfortunately we are now CLOSED. We have enjoyed serving the...

The Cedar Lane Cinemas 4 in Teaneck, New Jersey has closed. According to a story published on northjersey.com, the owner, Majestic-Star Entertainment, could not justify the cost of converting to...

The Great Escape Princess 4 in Oxford, Ohio closed its doors on November 25, 2012, according to an article that appeared in The Miami Student, the student newspaper of Miami University in...

AMC Entertainment announced yesterday that it will be acquiring four locations from Rave Cinemas. The four theaters total 61 screens, all of which have been converted to Digital Cinema Projection...