BigScreen Journal

Jun 17 -- The Bantam Cinema in Bantam, Connecticut is for sale. Asking price is $450,000 for the two-screen, 3,2002 square foot theater, which is located about eighteen miles northwest of Waterbury. The...

Jun 9 -- The Bantam Cinema in Bantam, Connecticut has closed. The following message was posted on the theater's web site: Dear Loyal Patrons, We hope this finds you and your family well during this...

May 28 -- The Seattle Cinerama Theatre in Seattle, Washington closed in February for "renovations" but we suspected that the theater was done, but they just didn't want to come out and say that publicly. ...

May 14 -- The Celebration! Cinema - Woodland in Grand Rapids, Michigan has been closed permanently. The news was announced in an article published recently on MLive.com: Celebration Cinema is permanently...

May 11 -- The future of the two movie theaters in Huntington, Indiana is uncertain, according to a recent news article published by WANE (Channel 15 in Fort Wayne). The TV station reports that the Goodrich...

May 11 -- The Goodrich Cadillac 4 in Cadillac, Michigan, like most other movie theaters in the state and country, closed in March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world. While we...

Apr 23 -- The Bethel Cinema in Bethel, Connecticut has closed permanently. A message posted to the theater's Facebook page reads as follows: Dear Bethel Cinema community - we have all seen better times....

Apr 22 -- The Mahoning Valley Cinema in Lehighton, Pennsylvania has closed permanently. According to a recent report by the Times News, a farewell messsage was posted to the theater's Facebook page: On...

Apr 6 -- The MoviE-Town in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania has closed permanently. The following message has been posted to the theater's web site: PERMANENTLY CLOSED To our loyal patrons &...

Mar 4 -- The Studio Movie Grill - Epicentre in Charlotte, North Carolina has closed. According to a report by WCNC, the theater "faced an unusual amount of operational challenges." That's probably code for...

Feb 25 -- The East Providence 10 in East Providence, Rhode Island is closed. We were contacted by a reader, wondering where their showtimes were, and when we investigated, we found that the theater is no...

Feb 18 -- The Landmark Clay Theatre in San Francisco, California closed January 26, 2020. Located at the corner of Fillmore Street and Clay Street, the theater opened as The New Fillmore Theatre in 1910. Its...

Feb 17 -- The AMC Classic Winston-Salem 10 in Winston Salem, North Carolina closed February 9, 2020. Located about six miles northwest of downtown Winston-Salem, the theater opened December 10, 1993 as the...

Feb 17 -- The Regal Ballantyne Village in Charlotte, North Carolina closed February 6, 2020. Located about thirteen miles south of downtown Charlotte in the Ballantyne Village shopping and entertanment...

Feb 16 -- The AMC Classic Butte 6 in Butte, Montana is closing February 20, 2020. Located in the Butte Plaza Mall on Harrison Road just south of I-90/I-15, the theater is the last indoor movie theater in...

Feb 10 -- The Seattle Cinerama Theatre in Seattle, Washington has closed for renovations, according to a message posted on the theater's web site and Facebook page: We're renovating! Cinerama fans!...

Feb 10 -- The Showcase Cinemas Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut closed January 20, 2020. Located at 286 Canfield Avenue in the Black Rock neighborhood, the theater has been for sale since 2014. It...

Jan 28 -- The Landmark Ritz at the Bourse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania closed January 26, 2020. Located a block away from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, the theater originally opened in 1990 and...

Jan 21 -- The Hilltop 4 Theatre in Kearney, Nebraska has closed. Located in the Hilltop Mall at 2nd Avenue and 52nd Street, the theater was operated by Pollack Cinemas LLC. According to a recent article...

Jan 13 -- The Cinemark Cinema 8 - Sand Springs in Sand Springs, Oklahoma has closed. The last time we received showtimes for the theater was Friday, January 17, 2020, so we assume that the theater closed over...