| Title | Released | End of 70mm run | Cinema | Notes | |
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"South Pacific" | 21.04.1958 | 03.09.1962 | Dominion | |  |
“Sleeping Beauty” | 29.07.1959 | 26.10.1959 | Astoria | |  |
“Solomon and Sheba” | 27.10.1959 | 07.05.1960 | Astoria | |  |
“Ben-Hur” | 16.12.1959 | 28.05.1961 | Empire | |  |
Oklahoma! | 26.12.1959 | 06.03.1960 | Metropole | Original release date was September 6, 1956 at Odeon Leicester Square in CinemaScope and stereophonic sound. |  |
“Can.Can” | 22.03.1960 | 06.12.1960 | Metropole | |  |
"The Alamo" | 27.10.1960 | 05.05.1961 | Astoria | | |
"Spartacus"
| 07.12.1960 | 12.08.1961 | Metropole | |  |
EXODUS | 09.05.1961 | 24.02.1962 | Astoria | |  |
| “Ben-Hur” (Transferred from Empire) | 29.05.1961 | 06.05.1962 | Royalty Theatre | |  |
“The King and I” | 13.08.1961 | 12.11.1961 | Metropole | 70mm Re-issue |  |
“Black Tights” | 04.09.1961
| 01.10.1961 | Coliseum | |  |
"King of Kings" | 15.11.1961 | 13.03.1962 | Coliseum | |  |
"El Cid" | 06.12.1961 | 06.02.1963 | Metropole | |  |
| "El Cid" (Transferred from Metropole) | 07.02.1963 | 03.04.1963 | Odeon Haymarket | | |
"West Side Story" | 27.02.1962 | 19.12.1963 | Astoria | Premiered at Odeon Leicester Square
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“Barabbas” | 04.06.1962 | 06.01.1963
| Odeon Haymarket | |  |
“Porgy and Bess” | 02.10.1962 | 03.03.1963 | Dominion | |  |
“Mutiny on the Bounty” | 19.11.1962 | 10.07.1963 | Royalty | |  |
"Lawrence of Arabia"
| 10.12.1962 | 06.02.1963 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
| "Lawrence of Arabia" (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 07.02.1963 | 06.12.1964 | Metropole | | |
Flying Clipper Traumreise Unter Weissen Segeln
Der Reisefilm "Flying Clipper – Traumreise unter weißen Segeln" in Deutschland und in den USA
The German Travelogue "Flying Clipper – Traumreise unter weißen Segeln" in Germany and in the USA
| 04.03.1963 | 05.05.1963 | Dominion | |  |
TARAS BULBA | 04.04.1963 | 06.06.1963 | Odeon Haymarket | |  |
55 DAYS AT PEKING | 06.05.1963 | 30.07.1963 | Dominion | |  |
55 DAYS AT PEKING (Transferred from Dominion) | 18.07.1963 | 05.04.1964 | Odeon Haymarket | "55 DAYS AT PEKING" ran concurrent with the Dominion for a few weeks | |
“Cleopatra” | 31.07.1963 | 28.03.1965 | Dominion | |  |
"It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" | 02.12.1963 | 15.07.1964 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
"It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (Transferred from Coliseum Cinerama) | 16.07.1964 | 07.08.1966 | Royalty | | |
“The Cardinal” | 20.12.1963 | 12.03.1964 | Astoria | |  |
THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE | 24.03.1964 | 02.06.1965 | Astoria | |  |
“Becket” | 25.03.1964
| 29.07.1964 | Plaza | |  |
“Becket” (Transferred from Plaza) | 30.07.1964 | 07.01.1965 | Odeon Haymarket | | |
THE MAGNIFICENT SHOWMAN / “Circus World” | 16.07.1964 | 09.01.1965 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
“Cheyenne Autumn”: | 15.10.1964 | 19.01.1965 | Warner | |  |
LA FAYETTE | 10.01.1965 | 07.03.1965 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
MY FAIR LADY | 21.01.1965 | 06.07.1966 | Warner | |  |
“Lord Jim” | 15.02.1965 | 24.03.1965 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Lord Jim” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 25.03.1965 | 07.09.1965 | Metropole |
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THE FLAMING YEARS | 11.03.1965 | 22.04.1965 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
THE SOUND OF MUSIC | 29.03.1965 | 29.06.1968 | Dominion | |  |
THE GOLDEN HEAD | 08.04.1965 | 02.06.1965 | Royalty Cinerama | |  |
“The Greatest Story Ever Told” | 08.04.1965 | 21.07.1965 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
“The Greatest Story Ever Told” (Transferred from Casino Cinerama) | 22.07.1965 | 27.10.1965 | Royalty | | |
MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY | 22.04.1965 | 02.06.1965 | Coliseum Cinerama
| See Flying Clipper Traumreise Unter Weissen Segeln |  |
MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY (Transferred from Coliseum) | 03.06.1966 | 07.08.1966 | Royalty | | |
“In Harm’s Way” | 14.05.1965 | 21.07.65 | Plaza | |  |
OPERATION CROSSBOW | 19.05.1965 | 07.09.1965 | Empire | |  |
OPERATION CROSSBOW (Transferred from Empire) | 08.09.1965 | 21.10.1965 | Metropole | | |
“Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines”
| 03.06.1965 | 21.10.1965 | Astoria | |  |
“Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines” (Transferred from Astoria) | 22.10.1965 | 06.07.1966 | Metropole | | |
THE BLACK TULIP | 03.06.1965 | 14.07.1965 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
“The Hallelujah Trail” | 22.07.1965 | 16.12.1965 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY | 07.10.1965 | 19.01.1966 | Odeon Haymarket | USSR Ballet version. |  |
“The Great Race” | 14.10.1965 | 26.02.1966 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY | 27.10.1965 | 22.02.1966 | Astoria | |  |
“Battle of the Bulge”
| 17.12.1965 | 09.06.1966 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
| “Battle of the Bulge” (Transferred Casino Cinerama) | 10.06.1966 | 03.10.1966 | Coliseum
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HOLIDAY IN SPAIN / SCENT OF MYSTERY | 27.02.1966 | 06.04.1966 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
RUSSIAN ADVENTURE | 07.04.1966 | 07.06.1966 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO | 26.04.1966 | 09.09.1968 | Empire | |  |
OTHELLO | 02.05.1966 | 19.10.1966 | Odeon Haymarket | Premiered at Odeon Leicester Square |  |
“Khartoum” | 09.06.1966 | 08.03.1967 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
"The Bible ...in the beginning"
| 07.10.1966 | 03.06.1967 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
“Is Paris Burning?” | 07.12.1966 | 03.03.1967 | Odeon Haymarket | Premiered at the Plaza |  |
“Grand Prix” | 09.03.1967 | 07.11.1967 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
| “Grand Prix” (Transferred from Casino Cinerama) | 08.11.1967 | 17.01.1968 | Coliseum | |  |
THE SAND PEBBLES | April 5, 1967 | 21.07.1967 | Metropole | |  |
WAR AND PEACE | 08.06.1967 | 05.07.1967 | Coliseum Cinerama | 1956 version 70mm Re-issue |  |
THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT | 06.07.1967 | 19.07.1967 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD | 16.10.1967 | 11.12.1967 | Odeon Marble Arch | |  |
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (Transferred from Odeon Marble Arch) | 12.12.1967 | 13.03.1968 | Metropole | | |
“Custer of the West” | 09.11.1968 | 09.05.1969 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
CAMELOT | 16.11.1967 | 21.04.1968 | Warner | |  |
“Doctor Dolittle” | 12.12.1967 | 09.11.1968 | Odeon Marble Arch | |  |
HALF A SIXPENCE | 22.12.1967 | 02.10.1968 | Astoria | |  |
THE COMEDIANS | 18.01.1968 | 20.03.1968 | Coliseum Cinerama | |  |
"Around the World in 80 Days" | 21.03.1968 | 22.05.1968 | Coliseum Cinerama | Original release date was 02.07.1957 at the Astoria, in 34mm and Cinestage format.
Last film shown at the Coliseum
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"2OO1: A Space Odyssey" | 01.05.1968 | 26.03.1969 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
“Play Time”
The Reconstruction of the 70mm print of Jacques Tati's "Play Time"
| 14.07.1968 | 04.11.1968 | Odeon Haymarket | |  |
“Star!” | 18.07.1968
| 05.06.1969 | Dominion | |  |
“Gone with the Wind” | 10.09.1968
| 21.01.1969
| Empire | 70mm Re-issue
The run at the Empire was interrupted so they could put in a short season of "WHERE EAGLES DARE" (22.01.1969 - 11.03.1969) |  |
“Oliver!” | 26.09.1968
| 14.01.1969 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
BOLSHOI BALLET: SECRET OF SUCCESS | 03.10.1968 | 17.10.1968 | Odeon Kensington | |  |
MAYERLING | 22.10.1968 | 04.12.1968 | Warner | |  |
“Finian’s Rainbow” | 10.10.1968 | 29.01.1969 | Odeon Marble Arch | |  |
MAYERLING (Transferred from Warner) | 05.12.1968 | 21.02.1969 | Odeon Kensington | | |
“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” | 12.12.1968 | 01.07.1969 | Astoria | Premiered at Odeon Leicester Square |  |
“Oliver!” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 15.01.1969 | 10.06.1970 | Leicester Square Theatre | | |
FUNNY GIRL | 15.01.1969 | 24.02.1969 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Where Eagles Dare” | 22.01.1969 | 11.03.1969 | Empire | |  |
WAR AND PEACE | 23.01.1969 | 09.04.1969 | Curzon Mayfair | USSR Version |  |
HELLFIGHTERS | 30.01.1969 | 20.02.1969 | Odeon Marble Arch | |  |
“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” | 21.02.1969 | 16.04.1969
| Odeon Marble Arch | 70mm Re-issue |  |
FUNNY GIRL (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 25.02.1969 | 23.01.1970 | Columbia
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“Sweet Charity” | 25.02.1969 | 08.04.1969 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Gone with the Wind” (Continued) | 12.03.1969
| 13.07.1969
| Empire | | |
“Ice Station Zebra” | 27.03.1969 | 08.10.1969 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
“Mackenna’s Gold” | 10.04.1969 | 02.06.1969 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
THE LONGEST DAY | 06.06.1969 | 14.09.1969 | Dominion | 70mm Re-issue |  |
“Gone with the Wind” (Transferred from Empire) | 14.07.1969 | 21.12.1969 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
ALFRED THE GREAT | 14.07.1969 | 22.09.1969 | Empire | |  |
“Krakatoa, East of Java” | 31.07.1969 | 01.01.1970 | Astoria | |  |
“The Jolson Story” | 14.08.1969 | 22.10.1969 | Metropole | 70mm Re-issue |  |
“The Wild Bunch” | 21.08.1969 | 28.10.1969 | Warner | |  |
WINNING | 09.10.1969 | 21.12.1969 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
JULIUS CAESAR | 01.11.1969 | 12.11.1969 | Empire | 70mm Re-issue |  |
“The Dirty Dozen” | 13.11.1969 | 23.11.1969 | Empire | 70mm Re-issue |  |
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS | 24.11.1969 | 16.9.1970 | Empire | |  |
HELLO, DOLLY! | 22.12.1969 | 27.08.1970 | Odeon Marble Arch | |  |
“Ben-Hur” | 26.12.1969 | 06.05.1970 | Casino Cinerama | 70mm Re-issue with reformatted flat image |  |
PAINT YOUR WAGON | 14.01.1970 | 22.07.1971 | Astoria | |  |
“Marooned” | 20.01.1970 | 22.02.1970 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Marooned” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 23.02.1970 | 14.03.1970 | Metropole | | |
“Anne of the Thousand Days” | 23.02.1970 | 23.04.1970 | Odeon Leicester Square | | 
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“Anne of the Thousand Days” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 24.04.1970 | 02.06.1971 | Odeon St Martins Lane | |
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“Airport” | 22.04.1970 | 03.06.1970 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Airport” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 04.06.1970 | 05.07.1970 | Metropole | | |
“Oliver!” (Transferred from Leicester Square Theatre) | 11.06.1970 | __.__.1970 | Columbia | | |
"Patton: Lust for Glory" | 07.05.1970 | 14.10.1970 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
CROMWELL | 17.07.1970 | 26.08.1970 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
CROMWELL (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 27.08.1970 | 27.01.1971 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
TOO LATE THE HERO | 27.08.1970 | 23.09.1970 | Odeon Leicester Square | | |
“Kelly’s Heroes” | 17.09.1970 | 08.12.1970 | Empire | |  |
“Darling Lili” | 02.10.1970 | 06.01.1971 | Plaza | |  |
“Tora! Tora! Tora!” | 08.10.1970 | 11.02.1971 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“Waterloo” | 26.10.1970 | 02.12.1970 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Waterloo” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 03.02.1970 | 02.06.1971 | Metropole | | |
“Anne of the Thousand Days” (Transferred from Odeon St Martins Lane) | 03.06.1971 | 17.06.1971 | Metropole Victoria | |
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“Waterloo” (Transferred from Metropole) | 03.06.1971 | 01.09.1971 | Columbia | | |
TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA | 15.10.1970 | 09.12.1970 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
“Scrooge” | 30.11.1970 | 21.05.1971
| Dominion | |  |
RYAN'S DAUGHTER | 09.12.1970 | 02.02.1972 | Empire | |  |
“Song of Norway” | 10.12.1970 | 02.02.1972 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
“The Last Valley” | 07.04.1971 | 02.06.1971 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
LE MANS | 15.07.1971 | 25.08.1971 | Odeon Marble Arch | |  |
THE HORSEMEN | 23.07.1971 | 07.09.1971 | Astoria | |  |
THE GREAT BATTLE | 08.09.1971 | 21.10.1971 | Astoria | |  |
WILD ROVERS | 03.11.1971 | 20.11.1971 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
“How the West Was Won” | 25.11.1971 | 27.12.1971
| Astoria | 70mm Re-issue |  |
NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA | 29.11.1971 | 29.12.1971 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Fiddler on the Roof” | 08.12.1971 | 19.12.1972 | Dominion | |  |
NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 30.12.1971 | 11.11.1972 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“Zulu” | 03.02.1972 | 21.03.1972 | Casino Cinerama | 70mm Re-issue |  |
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA | 02.03.1972 | 24.05.1972 | Astoria | Gala World Premiere
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“The Cowboys” | 21.03.1972 | 03.05.1972 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
“Mary, Queen of Scots” | 27.03.1972 | __.__.1972 | Odeon Leicester Square | Premiere only in 70mm | |
THE REVENGERS | 31.05.1972 | 21.06.1972 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN | 08.06.1972 | 21.06.1972 | Empire | |  |
THE GREAT CARUSO | 22.06.1972 | 13.07.1972 | Empire | 70mm Re-issue |  |
“The Ten Commandments” | 18.07.1972 | 27.09.1972 | Casino Cinerama | 70mm Re-issue |  |
SILENT RUNNING | 22.09.1972 | 19.10.1972 | Casino Cinerama | Douglas Trumbull's "Silent Running" screens in Bradford
|  |
THE PROFESSIONALS | 12.11.1972 | 03.12.1972 | Odeon Marble Arch | 70mm Re-issue |  |
“The Great Waltz” | 29.11.1972 | 09.05.1973 | Casino Cinerama | |  |
“Man of La Mancha” | 20.12.1972 | 18.04.1973 | Dominion | |  |
TCHAIKOVSKY | 01.02.1973 | 01.03.1973 | Odeon Haymarket | |  |
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW | 15.02.1973 | 13.05.1973 | Odeon St. Martins Lane | 70mm Re-issue |  |
LOST HORIZON | 26.03.1973 | 09.05.1973 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Tom Sawyer” | 19.04.1973 | 21.06.1973 | Dominion | |  |
LOST HORIZON (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 10.05.1973 | 30.09.1973 | Columbia | | |
“The Bridge on the River Kwai” | 17.05.1973 | 20.06.1973 | Casino Cinerama | 70mm Re-issue |  |
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL | 02.08.1973 | 12.09.1973 | Dominion | |  |
“Jesus Christ Superstar” | 23.08.1973 | 28.11.1973 | Plaza | |  |
"This is Cinerama" | 18.10.1973 | 16.01.1974 | Casino Cinerama | 70mm Re-issue |  |
THE LION IN WINTER | 18.11.1973 | 19.12.1973 | Odeon Marble Arch | 70mm Re-issue |  |
THE LION IN WINTER (Transferred Odeon Marble Arch) | 20.12.1973 | 07.02.1974 | Astoria | | |
PAPILLON | 11.03.1974 | 24.07.1974 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
RUN RUN JOE | 11.04.1974 | 01.05.1974 | Casino Cinerama | Last film shown on the Cinerama screen |  |
“That’s Entertainment!” | 02.10.1974 | 19.03.1975 | Dominion | |  |
“Earthquake”
…in Sensurround “Earth-Shattering” - A new dimension to the motion picture
…in Sensurround - Weltbewegend - Eine neue Dimension für den Film | 28.11.1974 | 11.06.1975 | Empire | Casino |  |
“The Towering Inferno” | 30.01.1975 | 05.06.1975 | Warner | |  |
FUNNY LADY | 17.03.1975 | 09.05.1975 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
FUNNY LADY (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 10.05.1975 | 24.07.1975 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
THE WIND AND THE LION | 26.06.1975 | 12.09.1975 | Dominion | |  |
“Rollerball” | 02.09.1975 | 15.10.1975 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
THE WIND AND THE LION (Transferred from Dominion) | 13.09.1975 | 09.10.1975 | Columbia | | |
“Lucky Lady” | 26.12.1975 | 04.02.1976 | Dominion | |  |
“That’s Entertainment, Part II” | 20.05.1976 | 24.06.1976 | Empire | |  |
“Logan’s Run” | 30.09.1976 | 27.10.1976 | Empire | |  |
“The Return of a Man Called Horse” | 28.10.1976 | 15.12.1976 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
| “The Return of a Man Called Horse” | 16.12.1976 | __.__.1977 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“A Star is Born” | 29.03.1977
| 24.08.1977 | Warner | |  |
“A Star is Born” | 29.03.1977
| 03.11.1977 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | | |
A BRIDGE TOO FAR | 03.10.1977 | 05.01.1978 | Odeon Marble Arch | 70mm at Odeon Marble Arch only once the Odeon 35mm run had ended
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"Star Wars" | 27.12.1977 | 23.11.1978 | Dominion | | |
"Star Wars" | 27.12.1977 | 01.03.1978 | Leicester Square Theatre | | |
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” | 13.03.1978 | 12.07.1978 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
| “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 13.07.1978 | 16.11.1978 | Odeon Marble Arch
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| “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (Transferred Odeon Marble Arch) | 17.11.1978 | 12.01.1979 | Columbia
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THE WIZ | 04.04.1978 | 12.07.1979 | Dominion | |  |
| "Dersu Uzula" | 15.06.1978 | 20.09.1978 | Curzon Mayfair | |  |
“Grease” | 14.09.1978 | 23.12.1978 | Empire | |  |
“Capricorn One” | 11.01.1979 | 17.03.1979 | Classic Haymarket | |  |
“The Deer Hunter” | 27.02.1979 | 04.11.1979 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
“The Muppet Movie” | 31.05.1979 | 12.07.1979 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“Days of Heaven” | 01.06.1979 | 12.07.1979 | Plaza | |  |
THE CHAMP | 09.07.1979 | 29.08.1979 | Empire | |  |
“Hair” | 18.07.1979 | 11.11.1979 | Dominion | |  |
“Alien” | 06.09.1979 | 17.12.1979 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
Apocalypse Now | 18.12.1979 | 29.05.1980 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
“The Black Hole” | 18.12.1979 | 16.03.1980 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“The Rose” | 07.02.1980 | 20.03.1980 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN | 13.03.1980 | 30.4.1980 | Empire | |  |
“The Black Hole” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 17.03.1980 | 10.07.1980 | Odeon St Martins Lane | | |
SATURN 3 | 08.05.1980 | 12.06.1980 | Classic Haymarket | |  |
“The Empire Strikes Back” | 20.05.1980 | 27.08.1980 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Fame” | 23.07.1980 | 10.09.1980 | Empire | |  |
“Can’t Stop the Music” | 31.07.1980 | 24.08.1980 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
“The Empire Strikes Back” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 28.08.1980 | 24.12.1980 | Dominion | | |
“The Empire Strikes Back” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 28.08.1980 | 05.10.1980 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: SPECIAL EDITION | 18.09.1980 | 24.12.1980 | Columbia | |  |
THE BLUES BROTHERS | 23.10.1980 | 24.12.1980 | Empire | |  |
“The Blue Lagoon” | 16.10.1980 | 16.12.1980 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Raise the Titanic” | 12.11.1980 | 14.01.1981 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“Divine Madness” | 22.01.1981 | 25.03.1981 | Warner | |  |
“The Jazz Singer” | 30.01.1981 | 08.04.1981 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
"Dance Craze"
Speech for Joe Dunton
Joe Dunton Q/A
“Dance Craze”: The North American 70mm Engagements
| 19.02.1981 | 07.03.1981 | Dominion | |  |
TESS | 09.04.1981 | 29.07.1981
| Empire | |  |
“Altered States” | 09.07.1981 | 01.09.1981 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Altered States” | 09.07.1981 | 26.08.1981 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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TESS (Transferred from Empire) | 30.07.1981 | 26.11.1981 | Columbia | | |
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” | 30.07.1981 | 22.10.1981 | Empire | |  |
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” | 30.07.1981 | __.__.1982 | Plaza | | |
“Outland” | 02.08.1981 | 10.10.1981 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
“Outland” | 27.08.1981 | 17.10.1981 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Quest for Fire” | 08.04.1982 | 06.07.1982 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Annie” | 07.07.1982 | 25.08.1982 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Pink Floyd: The Wall” | 15.07.1982 | 22.09.1982 | Empire | |  |
“Rocky III” | 23.07.1982 | 25.08.1982 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” | 22.07.1982 | 29.09.1982 | Plaza | |  |
“Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” | 22.07.1982 | 08.09.1982 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | | |
“Annie” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 26.08.1982 | 14.11.1982 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“The Thing” | 26.08.1982 | 29.09.1982 | Plaza | |  |
Blade Runner | 09.09.1982 | 27.10.1982 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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Blade Runner | 09.09.1982 | 16.12.1982) | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | | |
“Heaven’s Gate” | 10.09.1981 | 14.10.1981 | Odeon Haymarket | |  |
“Poltergeist” | 16.09.1982 | 10.11.1982 | Empire | |  |
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“The Entity” | 30.09.1982 | 21.10.1982 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
"Tron"
| 22.10.1982 | 01.12.1982 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Gandhi” | 02.12.1982 | 09.02.1983 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“E.T. . The Extra Terrestrial” | 10.12.1982 | 13.04.1983 | Empire | |  |
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“Gandhi” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 10.02.1983 | 19.07.1983 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“Gandhi” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 10.02.1983 | 09.06.1983 | Warner | | |
“The Dark Crystal” | 17.02.1983 | 20.04.1983 | Plaza | |  |
“Let’s Spend the Night Together” | 24.03.1983 | 11.05.1983 | Classic Shaftsbury Avenue | Formerly Columbia cinema
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"Return of the Jedi" | 02.06.1983 | 21.09.1983 | Leicester Square Theatre
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"Return of the Jedi" | 02.06.1983 | 29.06.1983 | Dominion
| The Dominion then went to stage shows | |
"Return of the Jedi" | 02.06.1983 | 09.07.1983 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“WarGames” | 18.08.1983 | 19.10.1983 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Blue Thunder” | 25.08.1983 | 21.09.83 | Classic Haymarket | |  |
“Staying Alive” | 22.09.1983 | 22.12.1983 | Empire | |  |
“The Star Chamber” | 03.11.1983 | 30.11.1983 | Plaza | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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"Brainstorm"
Douglas Trumbull. A Great Legend Departs | 23.12.1983 | 02.02.84 | Empire | |  |
“The Right Stuff” | 02.03.1984 | 09.05.84 | Warner | |  |
GREYSTOKE:THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES | 13.04.1984 | 19.07.1984 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom” | 15.06.1984 | 20.09.1984 | Empire | |  |
“Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom” | 15.06.1984 | __.__.1984 | Plaza | | |
SUPERGIRL | 19.07.1984 | 05.09.1984 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
“Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” | 27.07.1984 | 29.11.1984 | Plaza | |  |
"Streets of Fire" | 21.09.1984 | 18.10.1984
| Empire | |  |
"Streets of Fire" (Transferred from Empire) | 19.10.1984 | 11.11.1984 | Plaza | | |
“Ghostbusters” | 07.12.1984 | 17.01.1985 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Gremlins” | 07.12.1984 | 07.02.1985 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“The Last Starfighter” | 11.12.1984 | 02.01.1985 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“Dune” | 14.12.1984 | 24.01.1985 | Empire | |  |
“Ghostbusters” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 18.01.1985 | 10.03.1985 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“Amadeus” | 15.01.1985 | 13.03.1986 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
| “Dune” (Transferred from Empire) | 25.01.1985 | 13.03.1985 | Plaza | |  |
“City Heat” | 01.03.1985 | 21.03.1985 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“2010” | 05.03.1985 | 12.05.1985
| Empire | |  |
“Starman” | 10.05.1985 | 09.07.1985 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“2010” (Transferred from Empire) | 13.05.1985 | 06.06.1985 | Plaza | | |
“Return to Oz” | 10.07.1985 | 29.09.1985 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“Ladyhawke” | 09.08.1985 | 29.09.1985
| Classic Haymarket | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Rambo: First Blood Part II” | 30.08.1985 | 17.10.1985 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Cocoon” | 13.09.1985 | 10.10.1985 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
| “Lifeforce” | 04.10.1985 | 04.12.1985 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“The Black Cauldron” | 11.10.1985 | 31.10.1985 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” | 18.10.1985 | 02.02.1986 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“The Black Cauldron” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 01.11.1985 | 23.01.1986 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“Santa Claus” | 21.11.1985 | 08.01.1986 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Back to the Future” | 04.12.1985 | 24.01.1986 | Empire | Royal Premiere on December 3rd before opening to the public on the 4th.
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“Silverado” | 03.01.1986 | 23.01.1986 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“A Chorus Line” | 09.01.1986 | 19.03.1986 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Year of the Dragon” | 10.01.1986 | 27.02.1986 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Silverado” (Transferred from Leicester Square Theatre) | 24.01.1986 | 06.03.1986 | ODEON Marble Arch | | |
“Rocky IV” | 24.01.1986 | 03.04.1986 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“Revolution” | 31.01.1986 | 21.03.1986 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Spies Like Us” | 14.02.1986 | 08.04.1986 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Out of Africa” | 04.03.1986 | 17.07.1986
| Empire | |  |
“Young Sherlock Holmes” | 13.03.1986 | 08.04.1986 | Plaza | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“A Chorus Line” (Transferred Odeon Leicester Square) | 20.03.1986 | 03.04.1986. | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“White Nights” | 20.03.1986 | 24.04.1986 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Bring on the Night” | 27.06.1986 | 08.07.1986
| Prince Charles | |  |
| “Cobra” | 01.08.1986 | 11.09.1986 | Warner West End | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Aliens” | 29.08.1986 | 09.10.1986 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Aliens” | 29.08.1986 | 16.10.1986 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“Top Gun” | 03.10.1986 | 22.01.1987 | Empire | |  |
“The Mission” | October 24, 1986 | 09.04.1987 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Big Trouble in Little China” | 14.11.1986 | 12.12.1986 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“Howard the Duck” | 12.12.1986 | 24.12.1986 | Plaza | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“The Color of Money” | 06.03.1987 | 02.04.1987 | Leicester Square Theatre | |  |
“Little Shop of Horrors” | 27.03.1987 | 23.07.1987 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” | 10.04.1987 | 26.06.1987 | Empire | |  |
PLATOON | 23.04.1987 | 04.06.1987 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Lethal Weapon” | 28.08.1987 | 22.10.1987 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“The Untouchables” | 18.09.1987 | 25.12.1987 | Empire | |  |
“The Witches of Eastwick” | 23.10.1987 | 11.02.1988 | Warner | |  |
“Cry Freedom” | 26.11.1987 | 14.04.1988 | Empire | |  |
“Innerspace” | 27.11.1987 | 04.02.1988 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Spaceballs” | 11.12.1987 | 14.01.1988 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Predator” | 01.01.1988 | 07.04.1988 | Leicester Square Theatre
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“Predator” | 01.01.1988 | 25.02.1988 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“The Last Emperor” | 26.02.1988 | 31.03.1988 | Odeon Leicester Square | | 
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“Stakeout” | 26.02.1988 | 14.04.1988 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“Empire of the Sun” | 22.03.1988 | 10.06.1988 | Warner | Royal Film Performance Odeon Leicester Square 21.03.1988
After 10.06.1988, 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Empire of the Sun” | 22.03.1988 | 30.04.1988 | ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | | |
“The Last Emperor” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 01.04.1988 | 23.06.1988 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“Three Men and a Baby” | 07.04.1988
| 28.04.1988 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Three Men and a Baby” (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 29.04.1988 | 21.07.1988 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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PATHFINDER | 23.09.1988 | 13.10.1988 | Cannon Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
“The Last Emperor” (Transferred from Odeon Marble Arch) | 24.06.1988 | 04.08.1988 | Cannon Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | | |
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” | 02.12.1988 | 05.01.1989 | Odeon Leicester Square | | |
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” | __.__.1988 | __.__.1989 | Warner | | |
“Willow” | 06.12.1988 | 12.01.1989 | Empire | |  |
"Die Hard" | 03.02.1989
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| Odeon West-End | |  |
"Die Hard" | 03.02.1989
| 16.03.1989
| Odeon Marble Arch
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SLIPSTREAM | 10.02.1989 | 02.03.1989 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“The Big Blue” | 24.02.1989 | 16.04.1989 | Lumiere | | |
SLIPSTREAM (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 03.03.1989
| 16.03.1989 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
"Lawrence of Arabia" | 26.05.1989 | 13.06.1989 | Odeon Marble Arch
| 70mm Re-issue
Restored Version
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"Lawrence of Arabia" (Transferred from Odeon Marble Arch) | 14.06.1989 | 11.09.1988 | Warner West End | Restored Version
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“Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade” | 28.06.1989
| 27.10.1989 | Empire | Royal Premiere Empire: 27.06.1989
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“Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade” | 28.06.1989 | 27.07.1989
| Plaza
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“Batman” | 11.08.1989 | 23.11.1989 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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"Lawrence of Arabia" (Transferred from Warner West End) | 12.09.1988 | 31.09.1989 | Cannon Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | Restored Version
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“Lethal Weapon 2” | 15.09.1989 | 23.11.1989 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“The Bear” / “L’Ours”
A Conversation with Jean-Jacques Annaud, Director of "The Bear" (1988) | 22.09.1989 | 19.10.1989 | Odeon West-End | |  |
“The Abyss” | 13.10.1989 | 09.11.1989 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
Young Einstein | 13.10.1989 | 20.10.1989 | Warner
| Was in 70mm at the Warner for a week. Transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Star Trek V: The final Frontier” | 20.10.1989 | 24.11.1989 | Plaza | |  |
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“Back to the Future Part II” | 24.11.1989 | 25.01.1990 | Empire | |  |
“Casualties of War” | 26.01.1990 | 22.02.1990 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Black Rain” | 26.01.1990 | 01.03.1990 | Empire | |  |
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“Born on the Fourth of July” | 02.03.1990 | 16.04.1990 | Empire | |  |
“Glory” | 02.03.1990 | 05.04.1990 | Cannon Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | |  |
“Always” | 20.031990 | 26.04.1990 | Plaza | Odeon Leicester Square 19.03.1990 Royal Film Performance only
70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“The Hunt for Red October” | 17.04.1990 | 01.06.1990 | Empire | |  |
“Mountains of the Moon” | 20.04.1990 | 10.05.1990 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Dick Tracy” | 06.07.1990 | 16.08.1990 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Back to the Future Part III” | 11.07.1990 | 09.08.1990 | Empire | |  |
“Back to the Future Part III” | 11.07.1990 | __.__.1990 | Plaza | | |
“Total Recall”L | 27.07.1990
| 30.08.1990 | Odeon West-End | |  |
“Total Recall” | 27.07.1990
| 30.08.1990 | Odeon Marble Arch | |  |
“Gremlins 2: The New Batch” | 27.07.1990 | 14.09.1990 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Gremlins 2: The New Batch” | 27.07.1990 | 23.08.1990 | Cannon Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | | |
“Days of Thunder” | 10.08.1990 | 20.09.1990 | Empire | |  |
“Total Recall” (Transferred from Odeon Marble Arch) | 31.08.1990 | 20.09.1990 | Cannon Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | | |
“Memphis Belle” | 07.09.1990 | 11.10.1990 | Warner | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“The Sheltering Sky” | 30.11.1990 | 03.01.1991 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Flatliners” | 09.11.1990 | 23.11.1990 | Odeon West-End | |  |
“Flatliners” (Transferred from Odeon West-End) | 24.11.1990 | 20.12.1990 | Cannon Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | | |
“Air America” | 04.01.1991 | 24.01.1991 | Odeon West End | |  |
“Arachnophobia” | 03.01.1991 | 24.01.1991 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Air America” (Transferred from Odeon West End) | 25.01.1991 | 14.02.1991 | Cannon Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2 | | |
“Havana” | 25.01.1991 | 02.02.1991 | Empire | |  |
“Havana” (Transferred from Empire) | 03.02.1991 | 21.02.1991 | Plaza | 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“The Godfather Part III” | 08.03.1991 | 02.05.1991 | Empire | | |
“The Doors” | 29.04.1991 | 06.06.1991 | Odeon Marble Arch | |  |
“Edward Scissorhands” | 26.07.1991 | 15.08.1991 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Backdraft” | 02.08.1991 | 19.09.1992 | Empire | |  |
“The Rocketeer” | 02.08.1991 | 26.09.1991 | Odeon Marble Arch | |  |
“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” | 16.08.1991 | 12.09.1991 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
"Spartacus" | 01.11.1991 | 12.12.1991 | Odeon Marble Arch | 70mm Re-issue
Restored Version | |
“Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” | 14.02.1992 | 05.03.1992 | Empire | | |
“Hook” | 10.04.1992 | 07.05.1992 | Odeon Leicester Square | | |
“Howards End” | 01.05., 1992 | 31.12.1992 | Curzon Mayfair | |  |
“Far and Away” | 30.70.1992 | 24.09.1992 | Empire | |  |
“Lethal Weapon 3” | 14.08.1992 | 17.09.1992 | MGM Trocadero
| 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Lethal Weapon 3” | 14.08.1992 | 24.09.1992 | MGM Haymarket
| 70mm engagement completed, and then transferred to a smaller screen in 35mm
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“Lethal Weapon 3” | 14.08.1992 | 24.09.1992 | Odeon Marble Arch | | |
“Alien 3” | 21.08.1992 | 10.09.1992 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
“Patriot Games” | 25.09.1992 | 22.10.1992 | Empire | |  |
“Beauty and the Beast” | 09.10.1992 | 12.11.1992 | Odeon West-End | |  |
"Baraka" | 16.07.1993 | 12.08.1992 | MGM Haymarket | Gala Premiere 15.07.1993 |  |
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“Last Action Hero” | 30.07.1993 | 26.08.1993 | Odeon Leicester Square | | |
“The Remains of the Day” | 12.11.1993 | 31.03.1984 | Curzon Mayfair | |  |
LITTLE BUDDHA | 29.04.1994 | 25.05.1994 | Lumiere | |  |
“Gettysburg” | 23.09.1994 | 13.10.1994 | MGM Shaftsbury Avenue | |  |
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| "My Fair Lady" | __.11.1994 | __.__.1994 | MGM Shaftsbury Avenue | 70mm Re-issue
Restored Version | |
"Hamlet"
| 14.02.1997 | 03.04.1997 | Curzon Mayfair | |  |
“Vertigo” Restoration of "Vertigo"
| 25.04.1997 | 22.05.1997 | Lumiere | 70mm Re-issue | |
“Titanic” That Sinking Feeling...... | 23.01.1998 | 16.03.1998
| Odeon Leicester Square | Royal Film Performance at the Empire 18.11.1997 |  |
ARMAGEDDON | 05.08.1998 | 27.08.1998 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
| 2OO1: A Space Odyssey | 30.03.2001 | __.__.2001 | Curzon Mayfair | 70mm Re-issue |  |
| "The Master" | 02.11.2012 | __.__.2012 | Odeon West End | Exclusive 70mm run.
Substandard format versions opens after 16. November
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| "Interstellar" | 06.11.2014 | 20.11.2014 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
| "Interstellar" (Transferred from Odeon Leicester Square) | 21.11.2014 | 24.12.2014 | Odeon West-End | Replaced by a Digital print.
Until the cinema closed 2 weeks later, this was the last film shown in Screen 2 | |
| "The Hateful Eight" | 08.01.2016 | 04.02.2016 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"
| 25.03.2016 | 14.04.2017 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
"Dunkirk"
| 21.07.2017 | 14.09.2017 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
"Murder on the Orient Express"
| 03.11.2017 | 13.12.2017 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
"Phantom Thread"
| 02.02.2018 | 01.03.2018 | Picturehouse Central
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| 2OO1: A Space Odyssey | 18.05.2018 | __.__.2018 | Picturehouse Central | 70mm Re-issue | |
| "Roma" | 28.01.2019 | 14.02.2019 | BFI NFT1 | |  |
| "Joker" | 11.10.2019 | __.__.2019 | Picturehouse Central | |  |
| “The Aeronauts” | 04.11.2019 | __.__.2019 | Picturehouse Central | |  |
| "Tenet" | 26.08.2020 | 22.10.2020 | Odeon Leicester Square | Selected showings in 70mm then Transferred to a smaller screen.
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| "Licorice Pizza" | 01.01.2022
| 16.01.2022 | Picturehouse Central | Played selected performances only, then run continued with Digital print.
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| "Death on the Nile" | 11.02.2022
| 01.03.2022
| Odeon Leicester Square | Run continued in a smaller screen with digital print.
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| "Oppenheimer" | 21.07.2023 | __.__.2023 | Odeon Leicester Square | |  |
| “Dune: Part Two” | 01.03.2024 | __.__.2024 | Odeon Leicester Square
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Tickets thanks for David Page's collection