The 70mm-Equipped Cinemas in North America (1985) |
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| Compiled by: Michael Coate | Date: 23.10.2021 |
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Theatre, San Francisco May 1980, courtesy Dolby LabsHave you ever wondered how many North American cinemas were capable of screening 70mm prints during the peak period of the format? • Go to The 70mm-Equipped Cinemas in North America (1960) • Go to The 70mm-Equipped Cinemas in North America (1970) • Go to The 70mm-Equipped Cinemas in North America (1992) • Go to The 70mm-Equipped Cinemas in North America (2015) Which year was the peak year for 70mm, though? In terms of number of titles released with 70mm prints, the answer appears to be the year 1985 with twenty-three confirmed titles (plus at least six holdovers from late 1984, along with two re-releases utilizing extant prints, and at least eight difficult/impossible-to-verify titles other historians have cited in their works). In terms of the number of prints struck, the answer appears to be the year 1984 with approximately 900 prints between sixteen confirmed titles, with about half of that output released late in the year and playing into the early months of 1985. So, the conclusion to be drawn here is that the mid-1980s ought to be considered the peak period for 70mm (as an exhibition format) and the point in time the industry was a well-oiled machine in regard to large format in so far as exhibitor and studio support and the film laboratories’ ability to manufacture large 70mm print runs in a timely fashion. The 70mm-equipped cinemas in North America during 1985 were … ALABAMA Birmingham — Cobb’s Village East Twin Huntsville — Cobb’s Madison Square 8-plex Huntsville — United Amusement’s Madison Twin ALASKA Anchorage — Festival Enterprises’ University 6-plex Anchorage — LT’s Fireweed Triplex Anchorage — LT’s Polar Triplex ALBERTA Calgary — Cineplex Odeon’s North Hill Calgary — Cineplex Odeon’s Odeon Twin Calgary — Cineplex Odeon’s Showcase Grand Twin Calgary — Cineplex Odeon’s Southland 4-plex Calgary — Famous Players’ Chinook Calgary — Famous Players’ Palace Calgary — Famous Players’ Palliser Square Twin Calgary — Famous Players’ Sunridge 5-plex Edmonton — Cineplex Odeon’s Capilano Edmonton — Cineplex Odeon’s Meadowlark Edmonton — Cineplex Odeon’s Plaza Twin Edmonton — Cineplex Odeon’s West Mall 8-plex* Edmonton — Cineplex Odeon’s Westmount 4-plex* [THX] Edmonton — Famous Players’ Garneau (?) Edmonton — Famous Players’ Londonderry Twin Edmonton — Famous Players’ Paramount Edmonton — Famous Players’ West Mall 5-plex Edmonton — Famous Players’ Westmount Twin Edmonton — Famous Players’ Westmount Centre 4-plex ARIZONA Mesa — Mann’s Superstition 5-plex Phoenix — Mann’s Chris-Town 5-plex [THX] Phoenix — Plitt’s Cine Capri Phoenix — UA’s Chris-Town Mall 6-plex Scottsdale — Blair’s Kachina Tucson — AMC’s Campbell Plaza Triplex Tucson — AMC’s El Con 6-plex Tucson — AMC’s Showcase Twin Tucson — Mann’s Buena Vista Twin Tucson — Plitt’s El Dorado Twin Tucson — Plitt’s Foothills 4-plex ARKANSAS Little Rock — UA’s Cinema 150 Little Rock — UA’s Cinema City 7-plex Little Rock — UA’s Heights BRITISH COLUMBIA Burnaby — Famous Players’ Lougheed Mall Triplex New Westminster — Cineplex Odeon’s Westminster Mall Triplex Vancouver — Cineplex Odeon’s Oakridge Centre Triplex* [THX] Vancouver — Cineplex Odeon’s Odeon Vancouver — Cineplex Odeon’s Park Vancouver — Cineplex Odeon’s Varsity Vancouver — Cineplex Odeon’s Vogue Vancouver — Famous Players’ Capitol 6-plex Vancouver — Famous Players’ Denman Place Vancouver — Famous Players’ Stanley [THX] Vancouver — Famous Players’ Vancouver Centre Twin Victoria — Cineplex Odeon’s Haida Victoria — Famous Players’ Coronet West Vancouver — Famous Players’ Park Royal Twin CALIFORNIA Alhambra — Edwards’ Alhambra Place 5-plex Anaheim — Vinstrand’s Brookhurst Twin Arroyo Grande — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6-plex Azusa — Edwards’ Foothill Center 6-plex Bakersfield — UA’s Movies 6-plex Berkeley — Cinerama’s Berkeley Berkeley — Cinerama’s California Triplex Beverly Hills — AMPAS’ Samuel Goldwyn Buena Park — UA’s Buena Park Mall 8-plex [THX] Burlingame — Syufy’s Hyatt Triplex Campbell — UA’s Pruneyard Triplex Carlsbad — SoCal’s Plaza Camino Real 4-plex Carmichael — Crestview Cerritos — UA’s Cerritos Mall Twin Chula Vista — UA’s Park Plaza 6-plex Clovis — Festival Enterprises’ Regency 6-plex Clovis — UA’s Clovis Towne Center 8-plex [THX] Corte Madera — Marin’s Cinema Costa Mesa — Edwards’ South Coast Plaza Triplex Costa Mesa — Edwards’ Town Center 4-plex* Daly City — Plitt’s Plaza Twin Del Mar — Edwards’ Flower Hill 4-plex El Cajon — UA’s Parkway Plaza Triplex* El Toro — Edwards’ El Toro 5-plex Escondido — Edwards’ Carousel 6-plex Escondido — UA’s Del Norte Plaza 8-plex [THX] Fairfax — Marin’s Fairfax Fremont — Syufy’s Cinedome East 7-plex* Fresno — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6-plex Fresno — Pacific’s Sunnyside Drive-In Glendale — Mann’s Glendale Twin Glendale — Pacific’s Roxy Hayward — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6-plex Hayward — UA’s Hayward 5-plex* Huntington Beach — Edwards’ Charter Centre 5-plex Irvine — Edwards’ University 6-plex La Mesa — Pacific’s Cinema Grossmont La Mesa — Pacific’s Grossmont Mall Triplex La Mirada — Pacific’s Gateway 5-plex La Mirada — Pacific’s La Mirada Mall 6-plex* Laguna Hills — Edwards/SoCal’s Laguna Hills Mall Triplex Lakewood — Pacific’s Lakewood Center 4-plex* Long Beach — UA’s Marketplace 6-plex Los Angeles (Century City) — Plitt’s Century Plaza Twin* [HPS-4000 / THX] Los Angeles (Downtown) — Metropolitan’s Globe Los Angeles (Fairfax) — Cineplex Odeon’s Showcase Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Mann’s Chinese Triplex* [THX] Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Mann’s Fox Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Mann’s Hollywood Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Mann’s Vogue Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Pacific’s Cinerama Dome Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Pacific’s Hollywood Pacific Triplex Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Pacific’s Paramount Los Angeles (Hollywood) — UA’s Egyptian Triplex Los Angeles (Mid-Wilshire) — Four Star Los Angeles (North Hollywood) — UA’s Valley Plaza 6-plex* Los Angeles (Northridge) — Pacific’s Northridge 6-plex* Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks) — GCC’s Sherman Oaks 5-plex [THX] Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks) — Mann’s La Reina Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks) — Pacific’s Galleria 4-plex Los Angeles (Studio City) — Mann’s Studio Los Angeles (Tarzana) — Mann’s Valley West 6-plex* Los Angeles (University Park) — USC’s Eileen Norris Los Angeles (West Los Angeles) — Pacific’s Picwood Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — GCC’s Avco Center Triplex* [THX] Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s Bruin [THX] Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s National [THX] Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s Plaza Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s Regent Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s Village [THX] Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Pacific’s Metro Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — UA’s Coronet 4-plex* [THX] Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — UA’s Egyptian [THX] Los Angeles (Woodland Hills) — Pacific’s Topanga Twin Los Angeles (Woodland Hills) — UA’s Warner Center 6-plex [THX] Marina del Rey — UA’s Marina Marketplace 6-plex Modesto — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6-plex Modesto — Redwood’s Briggsmore 7-plex Monrovia — Mann’s Huntington Oaks 6-plex Montclair — Pacific’s Montclair Triplex* Montclair — UA’s Towne Center Plaza 6-plex Monterey — UA’s Cinema 70 Mountain View — Syufy’s Century 10-plex* Napa — Syufy’s Cinedome 7-plex* National City — Pacific’s Sweetwater 6-plex* Newark — Syufy’s Cinedome West 7-plex* Newhall — Great Western’s Plaza Newport Beach — Edwards’ Newport Twin* Oakland — Cinerama’s Piedmont Oakland — Renaissance Rialto’s Grand Lake 4-plex* Oakland — Syufy’s Century 4-plex* Orange — Syufy’s Cinedome 6-plex* Orange — Syufy’s City Center 4-plex Oxnard — Pacific’s Carriage Square 5-plex Palm Desert — Metropolitan’s Town Center 7-plex* Palm Springs — Metropolitan’s Camelot Triplex* Palo Alto — Renaissance Rialto’s Stanford Pasadena — Pacific’s Hastings 4-plex Pasadena — Terrace Amusement’s Uptown Pasadena — UA’s United Artists Pinole — Syufy’s Century 9-plex* Pleasant Hill — Syufy’s Century 5-plex* Redwood City — UA’s Redwood 6-plex Riverside — SoCal’s Canyon Crest 9-plex* Riverside — UA’s Park Sierra 6-plex Riverside — UA’s Tyler Mall 4-plex Sacramento — Landmark’s Tower Triplex Sacramento — Syufy’s Capitol 4-plex* Sacramento — Syufy’s Century 6-plex* Sacramento — Syufy’s Cinedome 5-plex* Sacramento — UA’s Arden Fair 6-plex* San Diego — Mann’s Cinema 21 San Diego — Mann’s Loma San Diego — Mann’s Valley Circle San Diego — Pacific’s Cinerama San Diego — Pacific’s La Jolla Village 4-plex San Diego — UA’s Glasshouse 6-plex San Diego — UA’s Horton Plaza 7-plex [THX] San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Regency I San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Regency II San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Regency III San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Royal San Francisco — Plitt’s Northpoint San Francisco — Syufy’s Cinema 21 San Francisco — Syufy’s Empire Triplex San Francisco — UA’s Alexandria Triplex San Francisco — UA’s Coronet San Francisco — UA’s Galaxy 4-plex* [THX] San Francisco — UA’s Metro San Jose — Syufy’s Century 21 San Jose — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex* San Jose — Syufy’s Century 23 Twin* San Jose — Syufy’s Century 24 Twin* San Jose — Syufy’s Century 25 Twin San Jose — Syufy’s Town & Country San Rafael — Marin’s Regency 6-plex* San Ramon — Festival Enterprises’ Crow Canyon 6-plex Santa Barbara — Metropolitan’s Arlington Santa Barbara — Metropolitan’s Granada Triplex Santa Clara — UA’s Cinema 150 South Lake Tahoe — LT’s Stateline South San Francisco — Syufy’s Century Plaza 8-plex* Stanton — Edwards’ Village Center 6-plex Stockton — Festival Enterprises’ Regency 4-plex Sunnyvale — Westside Valley’s Hacienda Triplex Temple City — Edwards’ Temple 4-plex Thousand Oaks — UA’s Oaks 5-plex Torrance — Mann’s Old Towne 6-plex* Torrance — UA’s Del Amo 6-plex Ventura — Mann’s Buenaventura 6-plex* Ventura — Mann’s Fox Twin West Covina — SoCal’s Eastland 5-plex West Covina — SoCal’s Wescove Triplex West Hollywood — Directors Guild Westminster — UA’s Westminster Mall Twin Willows — AMH’s Opus COLORADO Arvada — Commonwealth’s Cooper 6-plex Aurora — Commonwealth’s Cooper 5-plex Aurora — Commonwealth’s East Drive-In Colorado Springs — Commonwealth’s Cinema 70 Triplex Colorado Springs — Commonwealth’s Cooper Triplex Colorado Springs — Commonwealth’s Mall of the Bluffs Twin Colorado Springs — Mann’s Cinema 150 Denver — Commonwealth’s Continental Denver — Commonwealth’s Cooper Twin Denver — Landmark’s Esquire Denver — Mann’s Century 21 [THX] Littleton — AMC’s Southbridge Plaza 8-plex* Littleton — Commonwealth’s Cooper 7-plex [HPS-4000] Littleton — Mann’s Festival 6-plex Thornton — Commonwealth’s North Star Drive-In CONNECTICUT East Hartford — Redstone’s Showcase 9-plex* Hartford — Cinestudio Orange — Redstone’s Showcase 7-plex* Stamford — Trans-Lux’s Ridgeway Twin Trumbull — Trans-Lux’s Trumbull Triplex West Hartford — Perakos’ Elm Twin DELAWARE Claymont — Sameric’s Eric Tri-State Mall 5-plex DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington — AFI’s Kennedy Center (35mm w/ mag interlock capability) Washington — Circle’s Avalon Twin [HPS-4000] Washington — Circle’s Embassy Circle Washington — Circle’s MacArthur Triplex* Washington — Circle’s Ontario Washington — Circle’s Tenley Triplex Washington — Circle’s Uptown Washington — GCC’s Jenifer Twin Washington — K-B’s Cinema Washington — K-B’s Fine Arts Washington — Library of Congress’ Mary Pickford FLORIDA Bay Harbor Islands — Loews’ Bay Harbor Twin Coral Gables — GCC’s Riviera Twin Coral Springs — GCC’s Coral Square 8-plex Deerfield Beach — Plitt’s Ultravision Twin Fort Lauderdale — GCC’s Galleria 4-plex Jacksonville — Plitt’s Bay Meadows 8-plex Kendall — AMC’s Town & Country 10-plex Kendall — Wometco’s Dadeland Triplex Mary Esther — Ogden-Perry’s Santa Rosa Triplex Miami Beach — Wometco’s Byron Carlyle Triplex North Miami Beach — Loews’ 167th Street Twin North Miami Beach — Wometco’s 163rd Street Triplex Orlando — GCC’s Fashion Square 8-plex Orlando — Plitt’s Plaza Twin St. Petersburg — Plitt’s Plaza Twin Tampa — GCC’s Northdale Court 6-plex [THX] Tampa — Plitt’s University Collection 6-plex Tampa — UA’s The Movies at Mission Bell 8-plex West Palm Beach — GCC’s Cinema 70 Triplex Winter Park — Wometco’s Winter Park Triplex GEORGIA Athens — GTC’s Classic Triplex Atlanta — Columbia Atlanta — Fox Atlanta — GTC’s Lenox Square 6-plex Atlanta — Lefont’s Tara 4-plex Atlanta — Plitt’s Phipps Plaza Triplex Atlanta — Storey’s 12 Oaks Twin Atlanta — Storey’s Rhodes Augusta — GTC’s National Hills College Park — Storey’s National 6-plex Duluth — GCC’s Gwinnett Place 6-plex Morrow — GTC’s Southlake 8-plex* Roswell — Septum’s Holcomb Woods 6-plex Savannah — Litchfield’s Tara 4-plex Stone Mountain — Septum’s Memorial Drive 4-plex Tucker — AMC’s Northlake Festival 8-plex* Union City — GTC’s Shannon 8-plex HAWAII Honolulu — Consolidated’s Cinerama [HPS-4000] Honolulu — Consolidated’s Kahala Mall 5-plex [HPS-4000] Honolulu — Consolidated’s Kapiolani Honolulu — Consolidated’s Waikiki Twin* [HPS-4000] Honolulu — Consolidated’s Waikiki 3 [HPS-4000] Kailua — Consolidated’s Kailua Drive-In IDAHO Boise — Plitt’s 8th Street Market Place Twin Twin Falls — Plitt’s Mall ILLINOIS Belleville — BAC’s Cinema 4-plex Bloomingdale — Plitt’s Stratford Square 8-plex Calumet City — Plitt’s River Oaks 8-plex* Champaign — Kerasotes’ Virginia Chicago — Center’s McClurg Court Chicago — Essaness’ Chestnut Station 5-plex* Chicago — Essaness’ Lincoln Village Triplex Chicago — Essaness’ Plaza Triplex Chicago — GCC’s Ford City 5-plex Chicago — M&R’s Fine Arts 4-plex Chicago — Plitt’s Carnegie Chicago — Plitt’s Esquire Chicago — Plitt’s Nortown Triplex Chicago Ridge — Chicago Ridge Mall 4-plex Downers Grove — Classic Cinemas’ Tivoli Evanston — M&R’s Evanston 5-plex Evergreen Park — M&R’s Evergreen 4-plex Forest Park — Essaness’ Forest Park Mall Triplex* Hillside — M&R’s Hillside Square 6-plex Hoffman Estates — Essaness’ Century 4-plex Homewood — Plitt’s Diana 4-plex Lombard — GCC’s Yorktown 6-plex [THX] Milan — Redstone’s Showcase 8-plex* Moline — Redstone’s Parkway Mount Prospect — GCC’s Randhurst 4-plex Niles — Essaness’ Golf Mill Triplex* Niles — M&R’s Niles Square Norridge — M&R’s Norridge 7-plex Northbrook — Center’s Edens Twin Oak Brook — Plitt’s Oakbrook Triplex Orland Park — Plitt’s Orland Square 8-plex Peoria — Kerasotes’ Beverly Schaumburg — Plitt’s Woodfield 9-plex* Skokie — M&R’s Old Orchard 4-plex Springfield — Kerasotes’ Esquire 4-plex Springfield — Kerasotes’ Fox Town & Country Tinley Park — Essaness’ Bremen 4-plex INDIANA Carmel — Heaston’s Woodland Twin Evansville — Stieler’s North Park 7-plex Fort Wayne — MSM’s Holiday Twin Indianapolis — Keedy’s Eastwood Indianapolis — Loews’ College Park 6-plex Indianapolis — Twin-Theatair Drive-In IOWA Cedar Rapids — Dubinsky’s Plaza Des Moines — Dubinsky’s Plaza Des Moines — Dubinsky’s River Hills Dubuque — Dubuque’s Cinema Center 5-plex Dubuque — Dubuque’s Super 20 Drive-In Mason City — Central States’ Park 70 Sioux City — Dubinsky’s Riviera Twin KANSAS Overland Park — AMC’s Oak Park Plaza 6 Overland Park — Commonwealth’s Ranch Mart 4-plex Overland Park — Dickinson’s Glenwood 4-plex* Wichita — Commonwealth’s Twin Lakes Twin Wichita — Dickinson’s Mall KENTUCKY Erlanger — Redstone’s Showcase 8-plex* Fairdale — Associated’s South Park Drive-In Florence — USA’s Florence 6-plex Lexington — USA’s Northpark 6-plex Lexington — USA’s Southpark 6-plex Louisville — Redstone’s Showcase 11-plex* LOUISIANA Baton Rouge — GCC’s Cortana Mall Triplex Baton Rouge — Gulf States’ Bon Marche Mall 11-plex Gretna — Cobb’s Westside Twin Lake Charles — Ogden-Perry’s Charles Triplex Marrero — Gulf States’ Belle Promenade 6-plex Metairie — Cobb’s Lakeside 4-plex Metairie — GCC’s Lakeside 5-plex* New Orleans — GCC’s Robert E. Lee New Orleans — Golden Crest’s Kenilworth New Orleans — Gulf States’ Eastlake 8-plex New Orleans — Tulane University’s McAlister Auditorium Slidell — Gulf States’ Tiger Drive-In MANITOBA Winnipeg — Cineplex Odeon’s Garrick 4-plex Winnipeg — Cineplex Odeon’s Grant Park Winnipeg — Cineplex Odeon’s Odeon Winnipeg — Cineplex Odeon’s Towne 8-plex Winnipeg — Famous Players’ Metropolitan Winnipeg — Famous Players’ Northstar Twin MARYLAND Baltimore — Durkee’s Senator Baltimore — JF’s 5-Star Reisterstown Plaza 5-plex Baltimore — JF’s North Point Plaza 4-plex Baltimore — JF’s Reisterstown Plaza Twin Baltimore — UA’s The Movies at Harbor Park 9-plex Bethesda — K-B’s Montgomery Mall Triplex Catonsville — Einbinder & Brehm’s Westview 8-plex Greenbelt — AMC’s Academy 14-plex* Lutherville — JF’s Yorkridge 4-plex Timonium — Loews’ Timonium Triplex Towson — Rappaport’s Hillendale Twin Woodlawn — GCC’s Security Square Mall 4-plex MASSACHUSETTS Boston — USA’s Charles Triplex Boston — USA’s Cheri Triplex* Boston — USA’s Cinema 57 Twin* Boston — USA’s Copley Place 9-plex Brookline — Coolidge Corner Twin Brookline — Redstone’s Showcase Circle 5-plex Chestnut Hill — GCC’s Chestnut Hill 5-plex Danvers — USA’s Liberty Tree Mall Twin Dedham — Redstone’s Showcase 10-plex* Lawrence — Redstone’s Showcase 8-plex* Revere — Redstone’s Showcase 12-plex* Seekonk — Redstone’s Showcase 7-plex* Shrewsbury — Redstone’s Edgemere Drive-In Somerville — USA’s Assembly Square 12-plex West Springfield — Redstone’s Palace Twin West Springfield — Redstone’s Showcase 10-plex* Woburn — Redstone’s Showcase 8-plex* Worcester — Redstone’s Showcase 4-plex Worcester — Redstone’s Webster Square Twin MICHIGAN Ann Arbor — UA’s Fox Village 4-plex Bloomfield — Redstone’s Showcase Pontiac 10-plex* Burton — Redstone’s Eastland Twin Burton — Redstone’s Showcase 6-plex* Cascade — Redstone’s Showcase 8-plex* Dearborn — UA’s The Movies at Fairlane 10-plex* Farmington Hills — SDT’s Old Orchard Triplex Flint — Butterfield’s Flint Grand Rapids — Butterfield’s Eastbrook Twin Grosse Pointe Woods — NGT’s Woods 6-plex Harper Woods — SDT’s Eastland Twin Harper Woods — SDT’s Eastland Mall 5-plex Kalamazoo — UA’s West Main 7-plex Lansing — UA’s Spartan Triplex Livonia — NGT’s Mai Kai Livonia — SDT’s Terrace Twin Novi — UA’s The Movies at 12 Oaks 6-plex Pontiac — Redstone’s Miracle Mile Drive-In Redford — Motor City Theater Organ Society’s Redford Saginaw — Butterfield’s Temple Southfield — NGT’s Americana 8-plex* [Cinemagic] Southfield — SDT’s Northland Twin Southfield — UA’s The Movies at Prudential Twin Southgate — NGT’s Southgate 4-plex Sterling Heights — Redstone’s Showcase 11-plex* Troy — UA’s The Movies at Oakland 5-plex Wyoming — Loeks’ Studio 28 12-plex MINNESOTA Bloomington — GCC’s Southtown Twin Brooklyn Center — Plitt’s Brookdale Maplewood — Herringer’s Maple Leaf Drive-In Maplewood — UA’s The Movies at Maplewood II 6-plex Minneapolis — Engler’s St. Anthony Main 5-plex Minneapolis — Plitt’s Skyway 6-plex Minnetonka — Plitt’s Ridge Square Triplex Roseville — Engler’s Apache 4-plex Roseville — GCC’s Har-Mar 11-plex [THX] Roseville — UA’s The Movies at Pavilion Place 7-plex St. Louis Park — GCC’s Shelard Park 5-plex St. Louis Park — Plitt’s Cooper Twin St. Louis Park — Plitt’s Knollwood 4-plex West St. Paul — Engler’s Signal Hills 4-plex MISSOURI Chesterfield — Wehrenberg’s Clarkson 6-plex Columbia — Commonwealth’s Cinema Creve Coeur — Wehrenberg’s Creve Coeur Triplex Hazelwood — AMC’s Village 6-plex Independence — Mid-America’s Blue Ridge East 5-plex* Jennings — Wehrenberg’s North Drive-In Kansas City — AMC’s Bannister Square 6-plex Kansas City — AMC’s Empire 4-plex Kansas City — Commonwealth’s Bannister Mall 5-plex Kansas City — Finklestein’s Fairyland Drive-In Richmond Heights — AMC’s Esquire 4-plex Shrewsbury — Wehrenberg’s Kenrick 8-plex Springfield — Dickinson’s Century 21 Sunset Hills — Wehrenberg’s Mark Twain NEBRASKA Lincoln — Commonwealth’s Cooper/Lincoln Omaha — AMC’s Westroads 8-plex Omaha — Commonwealth’s Indian Hills Twin Omaha — Commonwealth’s Orchard 4-plex Omaha — Douglas’ Cinema Center 6-plex* Omaha — Douglas’ Q-Cinema 6-plex Omaha — Moran’s Dundee NEVADA Las Vegas — Roberts’ Paradise 6-plex Las Vegas — Syufy’s Cinedome 6-plex* Las Vegas — Syufy’s Fox Las Vegas — Syufy’s Parkway Triplex* Las Vegas — Syufy’s Red Rock 11-plex* Reno — Syufy’s Century 6-plex* NEW JERSEY Cedar Grove — UA’s Cinema 23 Edison — GCC’s Menlo Park Twin Egg Harbor — Frank’s Towne 12-plex Lawrenceville — Sameric’s Eric Twin Middletown — UA’s The Movies at Middletown 7-plex Montclair — Cinema Service’s Clairidge Triplex Moorestown — Sameric’s Eric Plaza Twin Paramus — RKO Century’s Route Four 10-plex* Paramus — RKO Century’s Route 17 Triplex* Pennsauken — Sameric’s Eric 5-plex* Sayreville — Redstone’s Amboy 12-plex* Secaucus — Loews’ Meadow 6-plex* Totowa — UA’s Cinema 46 Triplex Upper Montclair — UA’s Bellevue Triplex Wayne — Loews’ Wayne 6-plex* West Orange — GCC’s Essex Green Triplex [THX] NEW MEXICO Albuquerque — Commonwealth’s Cinema East Twin Albuquerque — Commonwealth’s Winrock Twin Albuquerque — GCC’s Louisiana Blvd. Triplex NEW YORK Albany — UA’s Hellman Twin Bay Shore — UA’s Cinema Bronxville — UA’s Bronxville Triplex Cheektowaga — AMC’s Holiday 6-plex Colonie — RKO Century’s Fox Colonie Twin Commack — Redstone’s Commack 10-plex Coram — UA’s The Movies at Coram 10-plex DeWitt — Cinema National’s Shoppingtown 4-plex East Meadow — UA’s Meadowbrook 4-plex East Setauket — RKO Century’s Fox Garden City — RKO Century’s Roosevelt Field 4-plex Greece — Jo-Mor’s Stoneridge Plaza Triplex Guilderland — Cinema Centers’ Crossgates Mall 12-plex Henrietta — Loews’ Towne 4-plex Hicksville — Town & Country’s Mid-Plaza 6-plex Islip — Brandt’s Islip Triplex Kingston — Cinema Centers’ Hudson Valley Mall 6-plex Lawrence — RKO Century’s Lawrence Triplex* Levittown — Loews’ Nassau 6-plex* Lynbrook — UA’s Lynbrook 4-plex Massapequa — UA’s Pequa Medford — Redstone’s Brookhaven 12-plex* [THX] Nanuet — RKO Century’s Nanuet 5-plex Nanuet — UA’s Route 59 New York (Bronx) — Redstone’s Whitestone 12-plex* New York (Brooklyn) — RKO Century’s Kingsway 5-plex New York (Manhattan) — Guild’s Embassy 1 New York (Manhattan) — Guild’s Embassy Triplex New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ 34th Street Showplace Triplex* New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ 83rd Street 4-plex New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ 84th Street 6-plex* New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Astor Plaza New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ New York Twin* New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Orpheum Twin New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Paramount New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ State Twin* New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Tower East New York (Manhattan) — Moss’ Criterion Center 6-plex* New York (Manhattan) — Moss’ Movieland New York (Manhattan) — Museum of Modern Art’s Roy and Niuta Titus New York (Manhattan) — Reade’s 23rd Street West Triplex New York (Manhattan) — Reade’s Baronet New York (Manhattan) — Reade’s Bay New York (Manhattan) — Reade’s Coronet New York (Manhattan) — Reade’s Ziegfeld New York (Manhattan) — RKO Century’s National Twin* New York (Manhattan) — RKO Century’s Warner Twin* New York (Manhattan) — RKO Cinema 5’s Beekman New York (Manhattan) — RKO Cinema 5’s Cinema Triplex New York (Manhattan) — RKO Cinema 5’s Murray Hill New York (Manhattan) — Rockefeller’s Radio City Music Hall New York (Manhattan) — Trans-Lux’s Gotham New York (Manhattan) — UA’s East New York (Manhattan) — UA’s Gemini Twin New York (Manhattan) — UA’s United Artists Twin* [HPS-4000] New York (Queens) — Loews’ Lefrak Triplex New York (Queens) — RKO Century’s Fresh Meadows Twin New York (Queens) — UA’s Continental Triplex New York (Staten Island) — RKO Century’s Fox Plaza Twin Niskayuna — Cinema National’s Mohawk Mall Triplex Peekskill — Lightstone’s Beach 4-plex Penfield — Jo-Mor’s Panorama Plaza Twin Pittsford — Loews’ Pittsford Triplex Plainview — RKO Century’s Plainview Port Washington — GG’s Sands Point Rockville Centre — RKO Century’s Fantasy Syosset — UA’s Syosset Triplex* Utica — Fitzgerald’s Uptown Valley Stream — Redstone’s Sunrise 11-plex* Valley Stream — RKO Century’s Green Acres Triplex Wappingers Falls — Imperial Twin Webster — Loews’ Webster 8-plex White Plains — GCC’s Galleria Twin White Plains — UA’s Cinema Woodbury — UA’s Cinema 150 Yonkers — GCC’s Central Plaza 4-plex NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte — GCC’s Charlottetown 4-plex Charlotte — GCC’s Southpark Triplex Charlotte — Multi-Cinema’s University Place 6-plex Charlotte — Plitt’s Park Terrace Triplex Charlotte — Stewart & Everett’s Capri Triplex Charlotte — Stewart & Everett’s Town Center Plaza 6-plex Fayetteville — Consolidated’s Bordeaux Triplex Greensboro — Plitt’s Terrace Triplex* Hickory — Benfield’s Carolina Raleigh — Litchfield’s Mission Valley 5-plex Raleigh — Plitt’s Cardinal Twin Winston-Salem — Plitt’s Thruway Twin NOVA SCOTIA Halifax — Famous Players’ Scotia Square OHIO Beavercreek — Chakeres’ Beavercreek 7-plex Beavercreek — USA’s Beaver Valley 6-plex Canton — Palace Cincinnati — Redstone’s Showcase Eastgate 7-plex* Cincinnati — USA’s Carousel Twin Cincinnati — USA’s Kenwood Twin Cleveland — Colony Cleveland — CWRU’s Strosacker Cleveland Heights — NTC’s Severance 8-plex [THX] Columbus — GCC’s Eastland Mall Twin Columbus — GCC’s Northland 8-plex [THX] Columbus — GCC’s Northland Twin Columbus — USA’s Continent 9-plex Dayton — Chakeres’ Dayton Mall 8-plex* Mentor — NTC’s Great Lakes Mall 5-plex North Olmsted — NTC’s Great Northern 7-plex [THX] Parma — GCC’s Parmatown 5-plex South Euclid — Loews’ Cedar Center Twin Springdale — USA’s Tri-County 7-plex Springdale — Redstone’s Showcase 8-plex* Toledo — Redstone’s Showcase 5-plex* Trotwood — USA’s Salem Mall 4-plex Whitehall — Chakeres’ Cinema East Woodmere — Loews’ Village OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City — AMC’s Memorial Square 8-plex Oklahoma City — Commonwealth’s Almonte 6-plex Oklahoma City — Commonwealth’s Quail Twin Oklahoma City — GCC’s Quail Springs Mall 6-plex Oklahoma City — Oklahoma Cinema’s North Park 4-plex Oklahoma City — Oklahoma Cinema’s Westwood Oklahoma City — Spectro’s Tower Okmulgee — Orpheum Twin Tulsa — UA’s Boman Twin ONTARIO Etobicoke — Cineplex Odeon’s Albion Twin Hamilton — Famous Players’ Tivoli London — Famous Players’ Park Mississauga — Famous Players’ Square One 4-plex Newmarket — Famous Players’ Glenway 5-plex Niagara Falls — Pyramid Place North York — Cineplex Odeon’s Don Mills North York — Famous Players’ Town & Countrye Twin Ottawa — Cineplex Odeon St. Laurent Twin Ottawa — Cineplex Odeon Somerset Ottawa — Famous Players’ Elgin Twin Ottawa — Famous Players’ Nelson Ottawa — Famous Players’ Rideau Centre Triplex Ottawa — National Arts Centre’s Opera Scarborough — Famous Players’ Cedarbrae 6-plex* Toronto — Cineplex Odeon’s Canada Square 8-plex* [THX] Toronto — Cineplex Odeon’s Eaton Centre 18-plex Toronto — Cineplex Odeon’s Fairlawn Twin Toronto — Cineplex Odeon’s Humber Twin Toronto — Cineplex Odeon’s Hyland Twin* Toronto — Cineplex Odeon’s Market Square 6-plex Toronto — Cineplex Odeon’s Showcase Toronto — Cineplex Odeon’s Varsity Twin Toronto — Cineplex Odeon’s York Twin* [THX] Toronto — Cinesphere Toronto — Famous Players’ Capitol Toronto — Famous Players’ Cumberland 4-plex Toronto — Famous Players’ Eglinton [THX] Toronto — Famous Players’ Hollywood Twin* Toronto — Famous Players’ Imperial 6-plex Toronto — Famous Players’ Palace Triplex Toronto — Famous Players’ Runnymede Twin Toronto — Famous Players’ Sheraton Centre Twin Toronto — Famous Players’ University Toronto — Famous Players’ Uptown 5-plex* Toronto — Ontario Science Centre OREGON Beaverton — LT’s Westgate Triplex* Beaverton — Moyer’s Tanasbourne Triplex Eugene — LT’s Cinema World 4-plex Eugene — Moyer’s West 11th Triplex Eugene — Western Amusement’s Oakway Portland — LT’s Eastgate Triplex* Portland — LT’s Fox Portland — LT’s Hollywood Triplex Portland — LT’s Music Box Portland — Moyer’s Bagdad Triplex Portland — Moyer’s Rose Moyer 6-plex Portland — Seven Gables’ KOIN Center 6-plex Wilsonville — Moyer’s Grand Parkway Triplex PENNSYLVANIA Allentown — Sameric’s Eric 5-plex* Bensalem — AMC’s Premiere Twin Concordville — Sameric’s Eric 4-plex* Easton — Sameric’s Eric 4-plex Erie — Warner Fairless Hills — Sameric’s Eric Triplex Feasterville — Sameric’s Eric 4-plex* Harrisburg — Sameric’s Eric East Park Center Twin King of Prussia — Sameric’s Eric King Twin King of Prussia — Sameric’s Eric Plaza Twin McCandless — Redstone’s Showcase North 9-plex* Monroeville — Redstone’s Showcase East 6-plex* Montgomeryville — Budco’s 309 4-plex Montgomeryville — Sameric’s Eric Triplex* Philadelphia — Budco’s Olde City Twin Philadelphia — Budco’s Orleans 8-plex Philadelphia — Budco’s Regency Twin Philadelphia — RAM’s Parkwood Twin Philadelphia — Sameric’s Eric’s Place Philadelphia — Sameric’s Mark I Philadelphia — Sameric’s SamEric 4-plex* Philadelphia — Sameric’s Sam’s Place Twin* Pittsburgh — Cinemette’s Fulton Pittsburgh — Cinemette’s North Hills Pittsburgh — Cinemette’s Warner Reading — Fox’s Fox North Robinson — Redstone’s Showcase West 11-plex* South Park — Fair Ground Drive-In Upper Darby — Sameric’s Eric Pilgrim Gardens QUEBEC Dorval — United’s Dorval Triplex Laval — United’s Laval 5-plex Montreal — Cineplex Odeon’s Alexis Nihon Plaza Triplex Montreal — Cineplex Odeon’s Champlain Twin Montreal — Cineplex Odeon’s Cote-des-Neiges Twin Montreal — Cineplex Odeon’s Cremazie Montreal — Cineplex Odeon’s Place du Canada Montreal — United’s Capitol 6-plex Montreal — United’s Claremont Montreal — United’s Imperial [THX] Montreal — United’s Le Parisien 5-plex Montreal — United’s Loews 5-plex Montreal — United’s Palace 6-plex Montreal — United’s York Sainte-Foy — United’s Canadien Sainte-Foy — United’s Cinema Ste-Foy Triplex Westmount — United’s Westmount Square RHODE ISLAND Warwick — Redstone’s Showcase 8-plex* SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston — Plitt’s Ultravision Twin Florence — Litchfield’s Capri Triplex Greenville — Carmike’s Astro Twin Greenville — Litchfield’s Bijou 8-plex North Charleston — Litchfield’s Aviation 8-plex TENNESSEE Antioch — Carmike’s Bell Forge 6-plex Chattanooga — Carmike’s East Ridge 6-plex Chattanooga — Choo Choo Goodletsville — Carmike’s Rivergate Mall 6-plex Knoxville — Plitt’s Cedar Bluff Twin Knoxville — Simpson’s Capri 4-plex Knoxville — UA’s East Towne 7-plex Memphis — Rand’s Paramount Twin Nashville — Carmike’s Belle Meade TEXAS Addison — UA’s Prestonwood Creek 5-plex* [THX] Amarillo — Mann’s Fox Twin Amarillo — Plitt’s Cinema Twin Amarillo — UA’s Cinema 6-plex [THX] Arlington — AMC’s Green Oaks 8-plex* Arlington — Loews’ Lincoln Square 6-plex Arlington — UA’s Bowen 8-plex [THX] Austin — AMC’s Americana Austin — GCC’s Highland Mall Twin Austin — Mann’s Fox Triplex Austin — Mann’s Westgate Triplex Austin — Presidio’s Arbor 4-plex [THX] Austin — Presidio’s Lincoln Triplex [THX] Austin — Presidio’s Southpark Triplex [THX] Beaumont — UA’s Phelan 6-plex [THX] Bryan — Schulman’s Manor East Triplex Carrolton — GCC’s Furneaux Creek 7-plex Dallas — AMC’s Prestonwood 5-plex Dallas — GCC’s Caruth Plaza Triplex Dallas — GCC’s Northpark West Twin* [THX] Dallas — GCC’s Northpark East Twin Dallas — GCC’s Valley View Twin Dallas — Landmark’s Inwood Triplex Dallas — Loews’ Park Central 4-plex* Dallas — Plitt’s Medallion Dallas — UA’s Cine Twin Dallas — UA’s Skillman 6-plex [THX] Dallas — UA’s South 8-plex* [THX] Dallas — UA’s Walnut Hill 6-plex [THX] El Paso — Commonwealth’s Bassett Center Twin El Paso — Commonwealth’s Bassett 6-plex El Paso — GCC’s Cielo Vista Mall 10-plex Fort Worth — AMC’s Hulen 10-plex* Fort Worth — GCC’s Opera House Fort Worth — Plitt’s Ridglea Fort Worth — UA’s Hulen 6-plex [THX] Garland — UA’s Northstar 8-plex Highland Park — B&B’s Village Triplex Houston — AMC’s Commerce Park 8-plex* Houston — AMC’s Westchase 5-plex Houston — Cineplex’s Gaylynn Terrace Houston — Cineplex’s Windsor Twin Houston — GCC’s Galleria First Level Twin Houston — GCC’s Galleria Second Level Twin Houston — GCC’s Meyerland Plaza Triplex Houston — Loews’ Easton Commons 8-plex Houston — Loews’ Saks Center Twin Houston — Loews’ Southpoint 5-plex Houston — Loews’ Southwest 6-plex Houston — Loews’ Town & Country Triplex Houston — Plitt’s Cinema 5-plex Houston — Plitt’s West Oaks 7-plex* Houston — Plitt’s Woodlake Triplex Hurst — UA’s North East 6-plex [THX] Lubbock — Mann’s Fox 4-plex Lubbock — Noret’s Cinema West Lubbock — Noret’s Winchester Twin Mesquite — AMC’s Towne Crossing 8-plex Mesquite — UA’s Town East 6-plex [THX] Odessa — UA’s Northpark 6-plex Plano — Loews’ Preston Park 6-plex San Antonio — Santikos’ Central Park Fox 4-plex San Antonio — Santikos’ Galaxy 10-plex* San Antonio — Santikos’ Northwest 10-plex* [THX] San Antonio — Santikos’ Westlakes 9-plex Spring — Loews’ Spring 10-plex Victoria — Frels’ Salem 6-plex Waco — Plitt’s Richland Mall 4-plex Webster — Loews’ Bay Area 6-plex White Settlement — UA’s Las Vegas Trail 8-plex [THX] UTAH Holladay — Mann’s Cottonwood Mall 4-plex Ogden — Consolidated’s Newgate Starships 4-plex Orem — SCERA Riverdale — Plitt’s Cinedome Twin* Salt Lake City — Mann’s Villa Salt Lake City — Plitt’s Centre Salt Lake City — Plitt’s Crossroads Triplex Salt Lake City — Plitt’s Regency Salt Lake City — Plitt’s Trolley Corners Triplex South Ogden — Plitt’s Wilshire Triplex South Salt Lake — Syufy’s Century 5-plex* Taylorsville — Plitt’s Midvalley 6-plex VIRGINIA Bailey’s Crossroads — K-B’s Cinema 7 Twin Fairfax — Showcase’s Fair City Mall Triplex Fairfax — UA’s The Movies at Fair Oaks 8-plex McLean — NTI’s Tysons Center 4-plex McLean — Roth’s Tysons Corner 8-plex Norfolk — ARF’s Naro Portsmouth — Schoenfeld’s Plaza Triplex Richmond — Litchfield’s Midlothian 6-plex Richmond — NTI’s Ridge 7-plex Richmond — NTI’s Willow Lawn Springfield — GCC’s Springfield Mall 6-plex [THX] Vienna — NTI’s Tysons Twin WASHINGTON Bellevue — SRO’s Factoria 5-plex* Bellevue — SRO’s John Danz Lynnwood — SRO’s Grand Alderwood 5-plex* Olympia — Capitol Cities’ State Triplex Renton — MCR’s Roxy Seattle — GCC’s King Seattle — LT’s Coliseum Seattle — Seven Gables’ Crest 4-plex* Seattle — Seven Gables’ Guild 45th Twin* Seattle — SIFF’s Egyptian Seattle — SRO’s Cinerama Seattle — SRO’s Northgate Seattle — SRO’s Town Seattle — SRO’s Uptown Triplex Seattle — UA’s Cinema 150 Spokane — LT’s Fox Triplex Spokane — LT’s Newport 8-plex Spokane — SRO’s Lincoln Heights Triplex Spokane — SRO’s Lyons Avenue 4-plex Spokane — SRO’s River Park Square Twin Spokane — SRO’s State Spokane Valley — LT’s East Sprague 6-plex Tacoma — SRO’s Tacoma Mall Twin Tacoma — SRO’s Tacoma South 5-plex Tacoma — Star Cinemas’ Rialto Tacoma — Star Cinemas’ Temple Tukwila — LT’s Parkway Plaza 5-plex Tukwila — SRO’s Lewis & Clark 7-plex* Tukwila — SRO’s Southcenter Union Gap — Yakima’s Mercy 6-plex WISCONSIN Brookfield — GCC’s Brookfield Square Twin Fox Point — Capitol’s Brown Port Greenfield — Capitol’s Spring Mall 4-plex Madison — Marcus’ Eastgate 6-plex Milwaukee — Capitol’s Loomis Road 4-plex Milwaukee — Marcus’ Northtown 6-plex Milwaukee — UA’s Southgate Waukesha — Marcus’ Westown 6-plex Wauwatosa — UA’s Mayfair Twin West Allis — Marcus’ Southtown 6-plex *Two (or more) screens in complex equipped with 70mm capability Notes: There are possibly some venues cited in this work that during timeframe being studied no longer possessed the ability to screen 70mm because the once-installed gear had been removed and decommissioned or relocated to another venue. The still-open status (in 1985) of these venues and the lack of any confirmation of such a removal situation may explain the inclusion. IMAX and other large format special venue installations have not been cited. In addition, it is possible some such venues at the time may have had the ability to also screen 5-70 prints. Venues known to have closed during the 1985 calendar year have been included. Studio and private screening room shave not been included. In the case of venues that during the 1985 calendar year incurred an ownership change or renovation resulting in additional auditoria, effort has been made to cite such details based upon the venue’s status at end of the year. The Cineplex Odeon chain acquired (most of) the Plitt chain in 1985 though the name change did not immediately take effect which explains the retained usage of the Plitt name for the applicable venues. The information in this article was principally referenced from film industry trade reports, regional newspaper promotion, projector and sound system trade advertisements and installation records, with special thanks to Claude Ayakawa, David Ayers, Don Beelik, Louis Bornwasser, Martin Brooks, Jim Cobb, Don Furr, Bill Gabel, Mark Gulbrandsen, Steve Guttag, Bobby Henderson, Mike Hensley, Jeffry Johnson, William Kallay, Steve Kraus, Bill Kretzel, Ron Lacheur, Stephen Leigh, Mark Lensenmayer, Victor Liorentas, Stan Malone, Adam Martin, Martin McCaffery, Gordon McLeod, Brad Miller, Scott Neff, Mark Ogden, Jesse Skeen, Cliff Stephenson, James Westbrook, Brian Whitish, John Williamson, Vince Young, and an extra special thank-you to all of the librarians who helped with this project. If you believe this article contains any errors or omissions, please consider emailing the author or editor. |
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