“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”: The North American 70mm Engagements | Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter |
| Compiled by: Michael Coate | Date: 05.02.2024 |
 The following is a reference / historical listing of the 70-millimeter large-format engagements of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” in the United States and Canada. These were the cinemas worth seeking out to experience this motion picture. “Indiana Jones” was among sixteen confirmed first-run films released in 1984 with 70mm prints for selected engagements. An industry record two-hundred forty-three 70mm prints were reportedly struck for distribution in North America and represented about fifteen percent of the film’s total initial print run. The Lucasfilm Ltd. production and Paramount release — directed by Steven Spielberg (“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T.”) and starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw and Ke Huy Quan — opened May 23rd. Pre-release screenings included invitational previews held May 8th (National, Los Angeles), 22nd (Chinese, Los Angeles) and midnight 23rd (Cinerama, Seattle). Numerous other locales screened an invitational preview/benefit premiere in the days leading up to the film’s release. For the release of “Indiana Jones,” Paramount employed the services of Lucasfilm’s Theatre Alignment Program (TAP) to evaluate and approve the cinemas selected to book a 70mm print. On May 16th, in connection to the release of “Indiana Jones,” George Lucas and Steven Spielberg immortalized their hand and foot prints in the Chinese Theater courtyard. The 70mm prints of “Indiana Jones” featured magnetic Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded Baby Boom format [Dolby processor setting “42”]) and 2.20:1 full-frame imagery blown up from anamorphic 35mm and provided a superior projection and sound experience in comparison to the film’s 35mm prints. Note that some cinemas screened a 70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo print utilizing Dolby-compatible equipment from another manufacturer (EPRAD, Smart, Ultra Stereo, etc.), and in some instances an exhibitor made a special request for a 70mm print that lacked Dolby Noise Reduction so that it could be played on a cinema’s older, pre-Dolby-era sound system. Paramount circulated 70mm Six-Track Dolby coming-attraction trailers for “Best Defense,” “Star Trek III” and Top Secret!” during the release of “Indiana Jones.” Other studios circulated 70mm trailers during this period, as well (“Purple Rain,” “Rhinestone,” etc.). Ultimately, any 70mm trailers screened during 70mm presentations of “Indiana Jones” varied by venue and screening. The duration of the engagements (measured in weeks) is included in parenthesis following the applicable cinema name. ALASKA Anchorage — Wometco Lathrop’s Polar Triplex (16) ALBERTA Calgary — Famous Players’ Palace (22) Edmonton — Famous Players’ Paramount (22) Edmonton — Famous Players’ West Mall 5 (22) ARIZONA Phoenix — Mann’s Chris-Town 5 (12) [THX] Phoenix — Plitt’s Cine Capri (17) Tucson — AMC’s Campbell Plaza Triplex (18) Tucson — Mann’s Buena Vista Twin (12) ARKANSAS Little Rock — UA’s Cinema 150 (11) BRITISH COLUMBIA Burnaby — Famous Players’ Lougheed Mall Triplex (16) Vancouver — Famous Players’ Stanley (23) Victoria — Famous Players’ Coronet (13) CALIFORNIA Berkeley — Cinerama’s Berkeley (11) Clovis — Festival Enterprises’ Regency 6 (11) Corte Madera — Marin’s Cinema (12) Costa Mesa — Edwards’ South Coast Plaza Triplex (18) Fremont — Syufy’s Cinedome East 7 (21) Fresno — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6 (18) Hayward — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6 (#1: 14) Hayward — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6 (#2: 5) La Mesa — Pacific’s Cinema Grossmont (19) La Mirada — Pacific’s La Mirada Mall 6 (12) Laguna Hills — Edwards/Sanborn’s Laguna Hills Mall Triplex (11) Lakewood — Pacific’s Lakewood Center 4 (11) Long Beach — UA’s Marketplace 6 (12) Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Mann’s Chinese Triplex (#1: 17) [THX] Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Mann’s Chinese Triplex (#2: 2) Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Mann’s Chinese Triplex (#3: 2) Los Angeles (Northridge) — Pacific’s Northridge 6 (12) Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks) — Mann’s La Reina (12) Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s National (12) [THX] Los Angeles (Woodland Hills) — Pacific’s Topanga Twin (19) Modesto — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6 (18) Monrovia — Mann’s Huntington Oaks 6 (#1: 14) Monrovia — Mann’s Huntington Oaks 6 (#2: 6) Montclair — SRO’s Montclair Triplex (19) Newport Beach — Edwards’ Newport Twin (12) Orange — Syufy’s Cinedome 6 (#1: 19) Orange — Syufy’s Cinedome 6 (#2: 5) Palm Desert — Metropolitan’s Town Center 7 (12) Palm Springs — Metropolitan’s Camelot Triplex (9) Pleasant Hill — Syufy’s Century 5 (19) Riverside — Sanborn’s Canyon Crest 9 (18) Sacramento — Syufy’s Century 6 (#1: 19) Sacramento — Syufy’s Century 6 (#2: 5) Sacramento — Syufy’s Century 6 (#3: 2) San Diego — Mann’s Loma (18) San Diego — Pacific’s La Jolla Village 4 (12) San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Regency I (20) San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Regency II (1) San Jose — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex (#1: 21) San Jose — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex (#2: 8) San Jose — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex (#3: 2) Santa Barbara — Metropolitan’s Arlington (12) Stockton — Festival Enterprises’ Regency 4 (1+) Temple City — Edwards’ Temple 4 (12) Thousand Oaks — UA’s Oaks 5 (12) COLORADO Colorado Springs — Commonwealth’s Mall of the Bluffs Twin (15) Colorado Springs — Westland’s Cinema 70 Triplex (20) Denver — Mann’s Century 21 (20) [THX] Littleton — AMC’s Southbridge Plaza 8 (1+) CONNECTICUT East Hartford — Redstone’s Showcase 8 (12) Orange — Redstone’s Showcase 7 (1+) Stamford — Trans-Lux’s Ridgeway Twin (12) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington — K-B’s Cinema (17) FLORIDA North Miami Beach — Loews’ 167th Street Twin (13) Orlando — Plitt’s Plaza Twin (18) GEORGIA Atlanta — Columbia (11) Atlanta — GTC’s Lenox Square 6 (13) Atlanta — Storey’s 12 Oaks Twin (10) Augusta — GTC’s National Hills (13) Savannah — Litchfield’s Tara 4 (1+) Tucker — AMC’s Northlake Festival 8 (#1: 11) Tucker — AMC’s Northlake Festival 8 (#2: 5) HAWAII Honolulu — Consolidated’s Cinerama (17) [HPS-4000] ILLINOIS Belleville — BAC’s Cinema (12) Calumet City — Plitt’s River Oaks 8 (14) Chicago — Plitt’s Esquire (12) Chicago — Plitt’s Nortown Triplex (10) Chicago — Plitt’s State-Lake (5) Evergreen Park — M&R’s Evergreen 4 (10) Hillside — M&R’s Hillside Square 4 (11) Lombard — GCC’s Yorktown 6 (12) Milan — Redstone’s Showcase 8 (14) # Mount Prospect — GCC’s Randhurst 4 (14) Norridge — M&R’s Norridge 5 (14) Orland Park — Plitt’s Orland Square 8 (18) Peoria — Kerasotes’ Beverly (7) Schaumburg — Plitt’s Woodfield 4 (12) Skokie — M&R’s Old Orchard 4 (11) Springfield — Kerasotes’ Fox Town & Country (17) INDIANA Evansville — Stieler’s North Park 7 (10) Fort Wayne — MSM’s Holiday Twin (1+) IOWA Cedar Rapids — Dubinsky’s Plaza (8) Des Moines — Dubinsky’s River Hills (19) Dubuque — Dubuque’s Cinema Center 5 (8) KANSAS Overland Park — Dickinson’s Glenwood 4 (19) Wichita — Commonwealth’s Twin Lakes Twin (17) Wichita — Dickinson’s Mall (12) KENTUCKY Erlanger — Redstone’s Showcase 7 (12) Lexington — Mid States’ Southpark 6 (18) Louisville — Redstone’s Showcase 9 (18) LOUISIANA Baton Rouge — GCC’s Cortana Mall Triplex (18) Marrero — Gulf States’ Belle Promenade 6 (18) New Orleans — Mann’s Robert E. Lee (10) MANITOBA Winnipeg — Famous Players’ Metropolitan (17) MARYLAND Baltimore — Durkee’s Senator (13) Woodlawn — GCC’s Security Square Mall 4 (#1: 18) Woodlawn — GCC’s Security Square Mall 4 (#2: 4) MASSACHUSETTS Boston — Sack’s Cinema 57 Twin (9) Brookline — Redstone’s Showcase Circle 5 (12) Dedham — Redstone’s Showcase 9 (13) Revere — Redstone’s Showcase 10 (10) Seekonk — Redstone’s Showcase 7 (1+) Worcester — Redstone’s Showcase 4 (1+) MICHIGAN Ann Arbor — UA’s Fox Village 4 (1+) Bloomfield — Redstone’s Showcase Pontiac 10 (12) Dearborn — UA’s The Movies at Fairlane 10 (19) Flint — Butterfield’s Flint (14) Harper Woods — SDT’s Eastland Twin (13) Lansing — UA’s Spartan Triplex (14) Southfield — SDT’s Northland Twin (16) Sterling Heights — Redstone’s Showcase 11 (11) MINNESOTA Bloomington — GCC’s Southtown Twin (18) Minneapolis — Plitt’s Skyway 5 (12) Minnetonka — Plitt’s Ridge Square Triplex (20) Roseville — GCC’s Har-Mar 11 (22) West St. Paul — Engler’s Signal Hills 4 (1+) MISSOURI Chesterfield — Wehrenberg’s Clarkson 6 (19) Creve Coeur — Wehrenberg’s Creve Coeur (12) Independence — Mid-America’s Blue Ridge East 5 (7) Kansas City — AMC’s Bannister Square 6 (16) Springfield — Dickinson’s Century 21 (12) NEBRASKA Omaha — AMC’s Westroads 8 (22) Omaha — Douglas’ Cinema Center 6 (12) Omaha — Douglas’ Q-Cinema 6 (12) NEVADA Las Vegas — Syufy’s Cinedome 6 (#1: 20) [70mm from Week 5] Las Vegas — Syufy’s Cinedome 6 (#2: 6) [70mm from Week 5] Reno — Syufy’s Century 6 (21) # NEW JERSEY Edison — GCC’s Menlo Park Twin (12) Paramus — RKO Century’s Route Four 10 (19) Pennsauken — Sameric’s Eric 5 (#1: 19) Pennsauken — Sameric’s Eric 5 (#2: 4) # Pennsauken — Sameric’s Eric 5 (#3: 2) # Sayreville — Redstone’s Amboy 10 (12) Secaucus — Loews’ Meadow 6 (12) Wayne — Loews’ Wayne 6 (12) West Orange — GCC’s Essex Green Triplex (12) [THX] NEW MEXICO Albuquerque — Commonwealth’s Cinema East Twin (12) Albuquerque — GCC’s Louisiana Blvd. Triplex (11) NEW YORK Cheektowaga — AMC’s Holiday 6 (11) Commack — Redstone’s Commack 10 (18) Garden City — RKO Century’s Roosevelt Field Triplex (18) Greece — Jo-Mor’s Stoneridge Plaza Triplex (19) Levittown — Loews’ Nassau Mall 6 (14) New York (Bronx) — Redstone’s Whitestone 10 (12) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ 34th Street Showplace Triplex (12) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Astor Plaza (19) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Orpheum Twin (11) Niskayuna — Cinema National’s Mohawk Mall Triplex (10) Pittsford — Loews’ Pittsford Triplex (19) Valley Stream — Redstone’s Sunrise 11 (13) Webster — Loews’ Webster 8 (13) NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte — Plitt’s Park Terrace Triplex (12) Raleigh — Plitt’s Cardinal Twin (21) NOVA SCOTIA Halifax — Famous Players’ Scotia Square (1+) OHIO Beavercreek — Mid States’ Beaver Valley 6 (12) Cincinnati — Redstone’s Showcase Eastgate 6 (11) Columbus — Mid States’ Continent 7 (14) Dayton — Chakeres’ Dayton Mall 8 (19) Springdale — Redstone’s Showcase 7 (12) Trotwood — Mid States’ Salem Mall 4 (14) Whitehall — Chakeres’ Cinema East (20) OKLAHOMA Tulsa — UA’s Boman Twin (18) ONTARIO Hamilton — Famous Players’ Tivoli (19) London — Famous Players’ Park (1+) Newmarket — Famous Players’ Glenway 5 (12) North York — Famous Players’ Towne & Countrye Twin (21) Ottawa — Famous Players’ Elgin Twin (22) Scarborough — Famous Players’ Cedarbrae 6 (21) Toronto — Famous Players’ Cumberland 4 (12) [La Reserve] Toronto — Famous Players’ Runnymede Twin (21) Toronto — Famous Players’ University (19) [includes festival interruption Sept. 6th-15th] OREGON Beaverton — LT’s Westgate Triplex (18) Eugene — Moyer’s West 11th Triplex (22) Portland — Moyer’s Rose Moyer 6 (22) PENNSYLVANIA Monroeville — Redstone’s Showcase East 6 (8) Philadelphia — Sameric’s SamEric Triplex (#1: 19) Philadelphia — Sameric’s SamEric Triplex (#2: 7) # Philadelphia — Sameric’s SamEric Triplex (#3: 4) # Robinson — Redstone’s Showcase West 8 (8) QUEBEC Laval — United’s Laval 5 (19) Montreal — United’s Imperial (21) Sainte-Foy — United’s Canadien (19) RHODE ISLAND Warwick — Redstone’s Showcase 8 (1+) SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville — Martin’s Astro Twin (12) TENNESSEE Antioch — Carmike’s Bell Forge 6 (10) East Ridge — Martin’s East Ridge 6 (1+) Goodletsville — Carmike’s Rivergate Mall 6 (16) Knoxville — Simpson’s Capri 4 (13) Nashville — Martin’s Belle Meade (12) TEXAS Addison — UA’s Prestonwood Creek 5 (#1: 16) [THX] Addison — UA’s Prestonwood Creek 5 (#2: 5) [THX] Amarillo — UA’s Cinema 6 (1+) [THX] Arlington — Loews’ Lincoln Square 6 (12) Austin — Mann’s Fox Triplex (11) Beaumont — UA’s Phelan 6 (1+) [THX] Carrolton — GCC’s Furneaux Creek 7 (10) Dallas — GCC’s Caruth Plaza Twin (11) Dallas — UA’s Skillman 6 (14) [THX] Dallas — UA’s South 8 (16) [THX] Dallas — UA’s Walnut Hill 6 (12) [THX] Fort Worth — UA’s Hulen 6 (11) [THX] Highland Park — B&B’s Village Twin (12) Houston — AMC’s Westchase 5 (17) Houston — Loews’ Southpoint 5 (12) Houston — Plitt’s Cinema 5 (12) Houston — Plitt’s West Oaks 7 (16) Hurst — UA’s North East 6 (13) [THX] Mesquite — UA’s Town East 6 (12) [THX] San Antonio — Santikos’ Galaxy 10 (14) San Antonio — Santikos’ Northwest 10 (16) White Settlement — UA’s Las Vegas Trail 8 (13) [THX] UTAH Salt Lake City — Mann’s Villa (19) Salt Lake City — Plitt’s Centre (19) South Ogden — Plitt’s Wilshire Triplex (18) VIRGINIA Bailey’s Crossroads — K-B’s Cinema 7 Twin (12) Fairfax — UA’s The Movies at Fair Oaks 8 (20) McLean — NTI’s Tysons Center 4 (16) Richmond — Litchfield’s Midlothian 6 (12) Richmond — NTI’s Ridge 4 (11) Springfield — GCC’s Springfield Mall 6 (17) [THX] WASHINGTON Bellevue — SRO’s John Danz (12) Seattle — SRO’s Cinerama [SIFF premiere only] Seattle — SRO’s Northgate (12) Seattle — SRO’s Uptown (11) Spokane — SRO’s State (12) Spokane Valley — LT’s East Sprague 6 (12) Tacoma — SRO’s Tacoma Mall Twin (19) Tukwila — SRO’s Southcenter (12) Union Gap — Yakima’s Mercy 6 (1+) WISCONSIN Brookfield — GCC’s Brookfield Square Twin (18) Fox Point — Capitol’s Brown Port (11) Greenfield — Capitol’s Spring Mall Triplex (11) Madison — Marcus’ Eastgate 4 (14) Milwaukee — Capitol’s Loomis Road 4 (20) Milwaukee — Marcus’ Northtown 4 (17) Note that some of the presentations included in this listing may have been presented in 35mm during the latter week(s) of engagement because of contractual terms or the booking was moved to a smaller, non-70mm-equipped auditorium within a multiplex or due to print damage and the distributor’s unwillingness to supply a 70mm replacement print. As well, the reverse may have been true in some cases whereas a booking began with a 35mm print because the lab was unable to complete the 70mm print order in time for an opening-day delivery or the exhibitor negotiated a mid-run switch to 70mm. In these cases, any 35mm portion of the engagement (or movement out of a branded audio auditorium) has been included in the duration figure. SUBSEQUENT 70MM ENGAGEMENTS & SCREENINGS 1984-07-27 … Palm Springs, CA — Metropolitan’s Camelot Triplex (1) [w/ “Superman III”] 1984-08-17 … Lynnwood, WA — SRO’s Grand Alderwood 5 (6) 1984-08-17 … Tukwila, WA — SRO’s Lewis & Clark 7 (6) 1984-08-24 … Irvine, CA — Edwards’ University 6 (1) 1984-08-31 … Los Angeles, CA — Plitt’s Century Plaza Twin (7) 1984-08-31 … Pasadena, CA — SRO’s Hastings (5) 1984-08-31 … Tucson, AZ — Plitt’s El Dorado Twin (4) 1984-08-31 … West Covina, CA — Sanborn’s Eastland 5 (4) 1984-09-06 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Cumberland 4 (1) [La Reserve] 1984-09-07 … Dothan, AL — Davis’ Northside Mall 7 (2) 1984-09-21 … Los Angeles, CA — Mann’s Hollywood (1) 1984-09-21 … La Mirada, CA — Pacific’s Gateway 5 (1) 1984-09-28 … Seattle, WA — Seven Gables’ Crest 4 (3) 1984-10-05 … Montreal, QC — United’s Le Parisien 5 (10) [Version Francaise] 1984-10-05 … Quebec City, QC — United’s Canadien (9) [Version Francaise] 1984-10-05 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Imperial 6 (3) 1984-10-05 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Palace Triplex (3) 1984-10-19 … Indianapolis, IN — Y&W’s Eastwood (1) 1984-11-09 … Norfolk, VA — Naro (2 days) 1984-11-21 … Bryan, TX — Schulman’s Manor East Triplex (3) 1984-11-21 … Los Angeles, CA — Plitt’s Century Plaza Twin (1) [HPS-4000] 1984-11-21 … New Orleans, LA — Golden Crest’s Kenilworth (3) 1984-11-21 … Orange, CA — Syufy’s City Center Twin (3) 1984-11-23 … Atlanta, GA — Columbia (2) 1984-12-07 … Ottawa, ON — Famous Players’ Nelson (1) 1984-12-07 … San Francisco, CA — Syufy’s Cinema 21 (1) [w/ “Star Trek III”] 1984-12-07 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Hollywood Twin (1) 1984-12-27 … Atlanta, GA — Fox [Holiday Film Festival] 1984-12-29 … Atlanta, GA — Fox [Holiday Film Festival] 1984-12-30 … Atlanta, GA — Fox [Holiday Film Festival] 1985-01-02 … Toronto, ON — Cinesphere (12 days) [70mm festival] 1986-05-09 … Washington, DC — K-B’s Cinema (2) 1987-01-07 … Toronto, ON — Cinesphere (5 days) [70mm festival] 1990-06-10 … Los Angeles, CA — Cineplex Odeon’s Fairfax Triplex [70mm festival] (35mm substitution) 1990-06-26 … Santa Monica, CA — Mann’s Criterion 6 [THX festival] # 1991-09-30 … Vancouver, BC — CN IMAX (4 days) [“Indiana Jones” festival] 1992-12-26 … Vancouver, BC — Caprice’s Caprice [“Indiana Jones” festival] 1994-01-08 … Boston, MA — Wang Center (2 days) [“Indiana Jones” festival] # 1994-06-04 … Calgary, AB — Famous Players’ Palliser Square Twin [midnight] 1995-01-07 … Toronto, ON — Cinesphere [70mm festival] 2001-02-23 … Seattle, WA — Cinerama (1) 2001-03-09 … Seattle, WA — Cinerama [“Indy” triple feature] The information included in this article was principally referenced from film industry trade publications and regional newspaper promotion, with thanks to Bill Kallay and Bill Kretzel, and an extra special thank-you to all of the librarians who helped with this project. 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