Happy 30th, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”

posted by Michael Zoldessy on June 12, 2011 at 7:30 am

HAPPY 30TH, “RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK”
CELEBRATING THE ACTION-ADVENTURE CLASSIC ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

Compiled by Michael Coate

“The thing to keep in mind about RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is that it is only a movie. It takes all the license of an exotic entertainment that aims to thrill and scare and strike one with a sense of wonder.” — Steven Spielberg

Indiana Jones – Harrison Ford
Marion Ravenwood – Karen Allen
Rene Belloq – Paul Freeman
Arnold Toht – Ronald Lacey
Sallah – John Rhys-Davies
Satipo – Alfred Molina
Dietrich – Wolf Kahler
Gobler – Anthony Higgins
Marcus Brody – Denholm Elliott

Director – Steven Spielberg
Producer – Frank Marshall
Screenplay – Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay), George Lucas and Philip Kaufman (story)
Executive Producers – George Lucas, Howard Kazanjian
Music – John Williams
Editor – Michael Kahn, ACE
Associate Producer – Robert Watts
Director of Photography – Douglas Slocombe
Production Designer – Norman Reynolds
Visual Effects Supervisor – Richard Edlund
Sound Designer – Ben Burtt
Supervising Sound Effects Editor – Richard L. Anderson
Re-recording Mixers – Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker
Production Sound – Roy Charman

Studio – Paramount Pictures
Production Company – Lucasfilm Ltd.
Release Date – June 12, 1981
Running Time – 115 minutes
Projection/Sound Format – Scope/Dolby Stereo
MPAA Rating – PG

NUMBERS

1 = Rank on top-grossing films of 1981
2 = Indy’s rank on AFI’s list of the 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains
3 = Rank on all-time boxoffice list at close of run
5 = Number of Academy Awards (four competitive + one special achievement)
8 = Number of Academy Award nominations
13 = Number of years RAIDERS was Paramount Pictures' most-successful film
15 = Rank on current list of all-time top-grossing films (adjusted for inflation)
60 = Rank on American Film Institute’s list of the 100 Greatest American Films
67 = Rank on current list of all-time top-grossing films
73 = Number of days of principal photography
81 = Number of weeks longest-running engagement played
1,078 = Number of opening-week bookings in the United States and Canada
6,500 = Approximate number of snakes used for the Well of the Sould sequence

$8.3 million = Opening-weekend box-office gross
$22.8 million = Production cost
$242.4 million = Cumulative domestic box-office gross
$386.0 million = Cumulative worldwide box-office gross
$692.8 million = Cumulative domestic box-office gross (adjusted for inflation)

MEMORABLE DIALOGUE

“Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?” — Indy / “Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.” — Sallah

“Jones, do you realize what the Ark is? It’s a transmitter. It’s a radio for speaking to God.” — Belloq

“Bad dates.” — Sallah

“It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.” — Indy

“I hate snakes, Jock. I hate ‘em.” — Indy

“Trust me.” — Indy

WHAT THE CRITICS HAD TO SAY

“The guys who made JAWS and STAR WARS have done it again. It’s too good to be true.” — David Ansen, Newsweek

“I don’t know how strong is Paramount’s percentage in the distribution of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, but of one thing I’m certain — Lucas and Spielberg have just opened up another goldmine.” — Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter

“RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is sensational. This awesomely entertaining adventure spectacle succeeds in fusing the most playful and exciting elements of Spielberg’s JAWS and Lucas’s STAR WARS in a fresh format.” — Gary Arnold, The Washington Post

“Two hours of non-stop thrills condensed into one giant, fun-filled entertainment.” — Rex Reed

“RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is one of the most deliriously funny, ingenious and stylish American adventure movies ever made.” — Vincent Canby, The New York Times

“Hurrah and hallelujah! It’s hats-in-the-air, heart-in-the-mouth time at the movies again.” — Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times

“RAIDERS has it all — the best two hours of pure entertainment anyone is going to find — a blockbuster on the order of STAR WARS and JAWS.” — Richard Schickel, Time Magazine

“RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is about as entertaining as a commercial movie can be.” — Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune

“Spielberg has directed it all brilliantly, finding his own way to tell a 1930s story in 1981’s visual language…it’s the best movie he has ever made.” — Bernard Drew, Gannett News Service

“RAIDERS contains within five minutes more scenes, thrills and action than can be accomplished by most movies in two hours.” — Ron Base, Toronto Star

“A frantic, frenetic, fantasy frolic that is sure to be one of this summer’s biggest box office hits.” — Gene Shalit, The Today Show

“[RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is] no more substantial than cotton candy, but it’s easily the best piece of entertainment Hollywood has produced in 1981.” — Bruce McCabe, The Boston Globe

“Remember when movies used to promise a thrill a minute? Well, RAIDERS nearly doubles that ratio. It makes you feel like you’re beating the speed limit just sitting still.” — Michael Sragow, Rolling Stone

TRIVIA & FACTOIDS

Promotional slogans used for the RAIDERS release included: “Indiana Jones—the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS” and “The creators of JAWS and STAR WARS now bring you the Ultimate Hero in the Ultimate Adventure.”

RAIDERS spawned two sequels, a prequel, a prequel television series, a theme park attraction, video games, and countless imitations.

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ART was Mad Magazine’s spoofy take on RAIDERS.

RAIDERS includes stock footage from LOST HORIZON (1973) and THE HINDENBURG (1975).

The longest theatrical engagement of RAIDERS is believed to have been an 81-week run in San Jose (25 weeks at the Century 21 followed by a 56-week moveover run at the Century 25). The longest, continuous engagement in a single-screen theater is believed to have been a 58-week run at the Cinema Grossmont in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa.

RAIDERS won four Academy Awards: Film Editing, Art Direction, Sound, and Visual Effects, plus a special achievement award for Sound Effects Editing. The film was also nominated in the categories of Picture, Director, Original Score, and Cinematography. Other awards RAIDERS received included Favorite Motion Picture (People’s Choice Award), Golden Reel (Motion Picture Sound Editors), Best Fantasy Film (Saturn), Best Edited Feature Film (ACE Eddie), Best Production Design/Art Direction (BAFTA), Best Film Music (BAFTA), Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television special (Grammy), Best Dramatic Presentation (Hugo).

By the close of its theatrical release, RAIDERS had become the highest-grossing film in the history of Paramount Pictures. It held that distinction until being dethroned in 1994 by FORREST GUMP.

Two original documentaries on RAIDERS were produced: THE MAKING OF RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (for public television) and GREAT MOVIE STUNTS: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (for network television).

RAIDERS was test-screened on May 9, 1981, at the Northpoint Theatre in San Francisco.

Paramount’s originally-scheduled release date for RAIDERS was June 19, 1981. Shortly before release, so as not to compete during opening weekend with SUPERMAN II and THE CANNONBALL RUN, the studio moved up the release by one week where instead the competition was CLASH OF THE TITANS and HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I.

RAIDERS was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1981.

RAIDERS was screened as a sneak preview in selected markets one week before release.

RAIDERS was released to the home video market in December 1983, thirty months after initial theatrical release.

RAIDERS had its cable television premiere broadcasts during November 1984.

RAIDERS had its network television premiere broadcast (on ABC) on September 28, 1986.

RAIDERS was the first home video release to sell over one million units. The Beta and VHS editions retailed for the then-low price of $39.95.

RAIDERS was Steven Spielberg’s fifth collaboration with composer John Williams and third with editor Michael Kahn. Williams and Kahn have worked on the majority of Spielberg’s projects.

Richard Amsel, famous for his numerous TV Guide covers, was the artist who painted the artwork used on the film’s promotional material.

RAIDERS was re-released during the summer of 1982 and spring of 1983. The re-release was promoted as “The Return of the Great Adventure.”

The idea for RAIDERS was told by George Lucas to Steven Spielberg on a beach in Hawaii during a May 1977 vacation following the completion and release of Lucas’s STAR WARS and the completion of principal photography of Spielberg’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.

RAIDERS was filmed in 73 days, fifteen days ahead of schedule. Principal photography commenced on June 23, 1980, in La Rochelle, France. Several weeks of studio work was done at EMI Elstree in London. This was followed by a month of shooting in Tunisia before wrapping on October 3, 1980, in Kauai, Hawaii. Although not counted on the official principal photography schedule, the production also included several days of second unit work. Visual effects were produced at Industrial Light & Magic in Marin County, California. In addition, there were a couple of days of additional photography, in January 1981, in San Francisco and Stockton, California.

Indiana was the name of one of George Lucas’s pet dogs.

Tom Selleck was originally cast in the role of Indiana Jones, but a commitment to CBS for the MAGNUM, P.I. television series prevented him from accepting the role. Shortly after Harrison Ford was cast and production began, a Writers Guild strike delayed the production of network television shows, a break which, ironically, would have enabled Selleck to have done RAIDERS. Selleck later would do a RAIDERS-esque episode of MAGNUM, P.I. as well as the similar adventure film HIGH ROAD TO CHINA (1983)

The STAR WARS connections are endless: The canyon where Indy threatens to blow up the Ark and subsequently surrenders to Belloq and the Nazis was the same Tunisia location where R2-D2 was captured by the jawas. Numerous crew members worked on both productions. As a joke, images of STAR WARS characters R2-D2 and C-3PO were included among the hieroglyphics in the Well of the Souls set. The registration letters on Jock’s plane were OB-CPO (as in Obi-Wan Kenobi and C-3PO). And, in addition to Harrison Ford, STAR WARS actor William Hootkins (Porkins) appeared in RAIDERS (as Major Eaton).

The classic “Wilhelm” scream sound effect can be heard during the truck chase sequence.

The submarine featured in RAIDERS was used in DAS BOOT (full scale) and Spielberg’s 1941 (miniature model).

Actors Vic Tablian and Pat Roach each had a dual role in RAIDERS. Tablian played the Peruvian porter Barranca as well as the Monkey Man who attempts to poison Indy and Sallah. Roach played the Giant Sherpa in the Nepal sequence and the German mechanic Indy fights near the Flying Wing.

In 1989, the leather jacket and fedora worn by Harrison Ford were donated to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

RAIDERS in 1999 was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

THE ORIGINAL ENGAGEMENTS

What follows is a list of the theaters in the United States and Canada that opened RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK on its initial June 12 release date. Bookings that began after June 12 have not been included.

ALABAMA
Anniston – Plaza Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Bessemer – Bessemer Twin
Birmingham – Cinema City 8
Birmingham – Fair Park Drive-In
Decatur – Gateway Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Dothan – Northside Mall Cinema 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Gadsden – Mall Triplex
Homewood – Brookwood 1 & 2
Huntsville – Westbury Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Mobile – Village 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Montgomery – Eastdale Triple
Muscle Shoals – Cinema Twin
Opelika – Plaza Twin
Tuscaloosa – Capri

ALASKA
Anchorage – Fireweed Triplex

ALBERTA
Calgary – Chinook (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Edmonton – Westmount A & B (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Lethbridge – College
Red Deer – Paramount 1 & 2

ARIZONA
Glendale – Thunderbird Drive-In
Mesa – Fiesta 5
Phoenix – Chris-Town 5 (Dolby Stereo)
Phoenix – Town & Country 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Scottsdale – Camelback Mall Cinema I-II-III
Scottsdale – Scottsdale Drive-In
Tucson – Buena Vista 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
Yuma – Mesa Drive-In

ARKANSAS
Fayetteville – Razorback Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Fort Smith – Mall Trio (Dolby Stereo)
Hot Springs – Gene Boggs Twin
Jacksonville – Flick Twin
Jonesboro – Plaza Twin
Little Rock – Cinema 150 (Dolby Stereo)
Pine Bluff – Flick Twin (Dolby Stereo)

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Burnaby – Lougheed Mall Cinemas 1-2-3 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Kamloops – Paramount 1 & 2
Kelowna – Orchard Park 1-2
Prince George – Plaza 400
Vancouver – Vancouver Centre (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)

CALIFORNIA
Alhambra – Alhambra Twin
Antioch – Metro 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Auburn – Auburn Cinema I & II
Bakersfield – Crest Drive-In
Bakersfield – Nile I & II (Dolby Stereo)
Berkeley – California 3 (Dolby Stereo)
Brea – Brea Plaza Square 4
Buena Park – Lincoln Drive-In
Burlingame – Burlingame Drive-In
Capitola – 41st Avenue Playhouse Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
Citrus Heights – Birdcage Walk 6
City of Industry – Puente Hills 10 (Dolby Stereo)
Concord – Solano Drive-In
Corte Madera – Cinema (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Costa Mesa – South Coast Plaza Triplex (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Covina – Fox Triplex
Davis – Varsity Twin
Dublin – Dublin Place 6
El Centro – Valley Cinemas 1-6
El Monte – Starlite Drive-In
El Toro – Saddleback Plaza 6
Escondido – Plaza Twin
Eureka – State Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
Fairfield – Chief Cinemas
Fresno – Festival Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Fresno – Sunnyside Drive-In
Gardena – Vermont Drive-In
Gilroy – Valley
Glendale – Alex
Grass Valley – Grass Valley Cinema 1 & 2
Hayward – Festival Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Hemet – Hemet (Dolby Stereo)
Indio – Kay Donna Drive-In
Isla Vista – Magic Lantern Twin
La Habra – La Habra Drive-In
La Mesa – Cinema Grossmont (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
La Mirada – La Mirada 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Laguna Beach – South Coast Twin
Lakewood – Lakewood Center South (Dolby Stereo)
Lancaster – Lancaster Drive-In
Laverne – Mt. Baldy Drive-In
Long Beach – Lakewood Drive-In
Long Beach – Movies 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Los Angeles (Hollywood) – Chinese Triplex (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks) – La Reina (Dolby Stereo)
Los Angeles (Van Nuys) – Van Nuys Drive-In
Los Angeles (Westwood Village) – National (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Los Angeles (Woodland Hills) – Topanga 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
Manhattan Beach – Manhattan 6
Marysville – State Triplex
Merced – College Green Cinemas I & II (Dolby Stereo)
Modesto – Festival Cinemas
Montclair – Montclair Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
Monterey – State Triplex
Mountain View – Moffett Drive-In
Napa – Uptown 1 & 2
Norco – Crest Drive-In
Oakland – Coliseum Drive-In
Oakland – Rockridge Showcase 1 & 2
Oceanside – Oceanside 8
Oceanside – Valley Drive-In
Orange – Cinedome 6 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Oxnard – Sky View Drive-In
Palm Springs – Camelot Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
Palo Alto – Palo Alto Square Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Paradise – Mountain Pines Cinema 1 & 2
Paramount – Rosecrans Drive-In
Pasadena – Academy (Dolby Stereo)
Pleasant Hill – Century Complex (Dolby Stereo)
Porterville – Porter 3
Redding – Mt. Shasta Mall Movies 3
Rialto – Foothill Drive-In
Richmond – Hilltop Drive-In
Riverside – Canyon Crest Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Sacramento – Century Complex (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Sacramento – Sacramento Drive-In
Salinas – Northridge 4 (Dolby Stereo)
San Bernardino – Crest Twin
San Francisco – Regency I (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
San Jose – Capitol Drive-In
San Jose – Century 21 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
San Jose – Century 23 A & B (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
San Luis Obispo – Fremont
San Mateo – Hillsdale Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Santa Barbara – Arlington Center (Dolby Stereo)
Santa Maria – Movies 3
Santa Rosa – Cinemas 6
Simi Valley – Simi Drive-In
Sonora – Plaza Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Stockton – Regency Cinemas
Thousand Oaks – Conejo Twin
Torrance – Old Towne 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Union City – Union City Drive-In
Valencia – Valencia 6
Vallejo – Cine 3
Ventura – Ventura (Dolby Stereo)
Victorville – Movies 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Visalia – Fox Triplex
Westminster – Cinema West 4 (Dolby Stereo)

COLORADO
Boulder – Fox (Dolby Stereo)
Colorado Springs – Citadel Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)
Denver – Century 21 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Durango – Gaslight Twin
Fort Collins – Century Mall Triplex
Grand Junction – Colorado West Cinema 4
Greeley – Greeley Mall Twin
Longmont – Movies (Dolby Stereo)
Loveland – Orchards Twin
Pueblo – Southside 4 (Dolby Stereo)

CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport – Merritt Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Danbury – Cine I,II,III
Farmington – The Movies at Westfarms
Manchester – East 1-2-3
Mystic – Village Cinema 1 & 2
Newington – Newington Cinema I-II-III
Norwich – Norwich Cinema 1 & 2
Orange – Showcase Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Stamford – Cinemas I,II,III (Dolby Stereo)
Storrs – College Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Waterbury – Plaza 1-2-3-4
Westport – Post
Willimantic – Jillson Square Cinemas

DELAWARE
Claymont – 3 Tri-State Mall (Dolby Stereo)
Dover – Blue Hen Mall
Rehoboth Beach – Midway Palace V

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington – Cinema (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)

FLORIDA
Altamonte Springs – Interstate Mall 6
Bradenton – Cortez Twin
Clearwater – Countryside 6
Coral Springs – Coral Springs 6
Dania Beach – Hi-Way Airport 9 Drive-In
Daytona Beach – Daytona 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Deerfield Beach – Ultravision Twin
Fort Lauderdale – Coral Ridge Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Fort Myers – Colonial Twin
Fort Myers Beach – Beach
Fort Pierce – Village I & II
Gainesville – Center Triple (Dolby Stereo)
Hollywood – Florida Twin
Jacksonville – Murray Hill
Jacksonville – The Movies at Regency
Jupiter – Jupiter 3
Kendall – Kendall Twin
Key West – Plaza I & II
Lake Worth – Movies of Lake Worth
Lakeland – Grove Park Cinema I & II
Lauderdale Lakes – Lakes 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Mary Esther – Santa Rosa Triplex
Melbourne – Sarno 2
Merritt Island – Merritt Square 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Miami – Ambassador 4
Miami – Gables Triple
Miami – Omni 6
Naples – Gulfgate Plaza Twin
North Miami Beach – 167th Street Twin
Ocala – Springs Triple (Dolby Stereo)
Orange Park – Kingsley 1 & 2
Orlando – Fashion Square Cinema I-II-III-IV-V-VI (Dolby Stereo)
Panama City – Florida Triple
Pensacola – Fairfield Plaza Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Plantation – Broward Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
St. Pete Beach – Dolphin
St. Petersburg – Tyrone Square 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Sarasota – Sarasota Square 6 (Dolby Stereo)
South Miami – Suniland Triple
Stuart – Smithfield 3
Tallahassee – Capitol Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Tampa – Hillsboro 1-2-3 (Dolby Stereo)
Tampa – Varsity 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Titusville – Miracle City 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
West Palm Beach – Mall Cinemas

GEORGIA
Albany – Georgia Four (Dolby Stereo)
Athens – Classic Triple
Atlanta – Lenox Square 5 (Dolby Stereo)
Atlanta – Starlight Drive-In
Augusta – Cinema I-II (Dolby Stereo)
Austell – Marbro Drive-In
Chamblee – North 85 Drive-In
Columbus – Columbus Square 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Decatur – North DeKalb Twin
Decatur – South DeKalb Mall Quad
Douglasville – Douglasville Twin
Dublin – Westgate Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Fayetteville – Fayette Triple
Fort Oglethorpe – Southgate Triple
Gainesville – Sherwood
Griffin – Griffin Quad
Lawrenceville – Lawrenceville Triple (Dolby Stereo)
Macon – Cinemas 3 (Dolby Stereo)
Morrow – Southlake Plaza Triple (Dolby Stereo)
Rome – DeSoto
Roswell – Roswell Village Twin
Savannah – Cinema Centre (Dolby Stereo)
Smyrna – Promenade Triple (Dolby Stereo)
Statesboro – Georgia
Union City – Shannon Four
Valdosta – Cinema Twin
Waycross – Mall Twin

HAWAII
Honolulu – Royal (Dolby Stereo)

IDAHO
Boise – Overland Park Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Coeur d'Alene – Coeur d'Alene Tri-Cinema
Idaho Falls – Yellowstone Plaza Triplex
Jerome – Jerome Cinema 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Lewiston – Orchards Cinemas
Pocatello – Chief
Twin Falls – Twin Cinema 3

ILLINOIS
Aurora – Fox Valley 1-2-3-4 (Dolby Stereo)
Belleville – Ritz Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Bloomington – Eastland Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)
Calumet City – River Oaks 1-2-3-4-5-6 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Carbondale – Varsity 1-2-3 (Dolby Stereo)
Carpentersville – Spring Hill 1-2-3-4
Champaign – Country Fair 4
Chicago – Plaza 1-2-3
Chicago – United Artists (Dolby Stereo)
Chicago – Water Tower 1-2-3-4 (Dolby Stereo)
Cicero – Bel-Air Drive-In
Crystal Lake – Showplace 1-2-3-4 (Dolby Stereo)
Danville – Times
Decatur – Northgate Mall Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)
DeKalb – Campus Cinema 4
Evergreen Park – Evergreen 1-2-3 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Galesburg – West Twin
Joliet – Jefferson Square Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)
Kankakee – Meadowview 1-2-3
Lombard – Yorktown Cinema I-II-III-IV (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Machesney Park – The Movies at Machesney Park
Marion – Town & Country Cinema 4
Niles – Golf Mill 1-2-3 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Norridge – Norridge 1-2-3-4 (Dolby Stereo)
North Riverside – Harlem-Cermak Cinema I & II
Northbrook – Edens 1 & 2 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Palatine – 53 Drive-In
Peoria – Fox
Peru – Peru Cinemas
Quincy – State
Rockford – CherryVale 1-2-3 (Dolby Stereo)
St. Charles – Arcada (Dolby Stereo)
Schaumburg – Woodfield 1-2-3-4 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Springfield – Town & Country
Tinley Park – Bremen 1-2-3 (Dolby Stereo)
Vernon Hills – Hawthorn 1-2-3-4 (Dolby Stereo)
Waukegan – Lakehurst Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)
Wheeling – Twin Drive-In

INDIANA
Anderson – Mounds Tri-plex
Bloomington – Indiana
Columbus – Columbus Center Cinema 1-2
Elkhart – Concord Mall Cinema 1 & 2
Evansville – North Park Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Evansville – Washington Square Cinemas
Fort Wayne – Gateway I-II-III
Fort Wayne – Georgetown I & II
Greenwood – Greenwood Quad (Dolby Stereo)
Hammond – Hammond Drive-In
Indianapolis – Eastgate Cinema I & II
Indianapolis – Glendale Cinema I-II-III-IV-V-VI (Dolby Stereo)
Indianapolis – Lafayette Square Quad (Dolby Stereo)
Kokomo – Kokomo Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Logansport – The Movies at Cass Plaza
Marion – The Movies
Merrillville – Southlake Cinema I-II-III-IV
Michigan City – Dunes Plaza Cinema I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Mishawaka – University Park Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)
Muncie – Delaware Twin
Richmond – Sidewalk (Dolby Stereo)
Terre Haute – Plaza North Twin
West Lafayette – Cinema West

IOWA
Ames – Mall 1 & 2
Burlington – West I & II
Cedar Falls – College Square Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)
Cedar Rapids – Westdale Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Davenport – Northpark Cinema I & II (Dolby Stereo)
Des Moines – Riviera
Iowa City – Cinema I & II
Sioux City – Riviera I & II

KANSAS
Hutchinson – Alco Plaza Twin
Kansas City – State Drive-In
Lawrence – Hillcrest Triplex
Leavenworth – Landing 4
Manhattan – West Loop Twin
Overland Park – Oak Park 6
Salina – Mid State Cinemas
Topeka – Fairlawn Twin
Wichita – Boulevard (Dolby Stereo)

KENTUCKY
Bowling Green – Martin Twin
Erlanger – Showcase Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Flatwoods – Flatwoods Cinemas
Frankfort – Brighton Park Cinemas 1-2
Hopkinsville – Alhambra
Lexington – Northpark Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Lexington – Southpark Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Louisville – Showcase Cinemas (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Owensboro – Malco
Paducah – Paducah Cinemas 1 & 2

LOUISIANA
Alexandria – Don
Baton Rouge – Cinema 8 (Dolby Stereo)
Baton Rouge – University Cinema 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Gretna – Oakwood Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Houma – Southland Cinema 4
Lafayette – Northgate Triple (Dolby Stereo)
Lake Charles – Oak Park Cinema 6
Monroe – Eastgate Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
New Orleans – Plaza Cinema 4 (Dolby Stereo)
New Orleans – Robert E. Lee (Dolby Stereo)
Shreveport – Cinema City 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Shreveport – St. Vincent 6

MAINE
Augusta – State Street Cinemas
Brewer – Cinema Center
Brunswick – Cook’s Corner Cinemas 1, 2 & 3
Lewiston – Parkview
Portland – Nickelodeon Cinemas
Waterville – Cinema Center

MANITOBA
Winnipeg – Northstar 1 & 2 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)

MARYLAND
Annapolis – Eastport Cinema 1 & 2
Baltimore – Mayfair
Bel Air – Harford Mall Cinemas
Bethesda – Georgetown Square Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Catonsville – Westview Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
District Heights – Jerry Lewis Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Eldersburg – Carrolltowne Cinemas
Frederick – Mall Cinemas
Greenbelt – Academy 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Hagerstown – Long Meadow Cinemas
Landover – Landover 6
Laurel – Laurel Town Center Twin
Ocean City – Sun & Surf IV
Pasadena – Jumpers Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV-V
Rossville – The Movies
Salisbury – Salisbury Mall Twin
Silver Spring – Silver Spring East
Timonium – Timonium Cinemas

MASSACHUSETTS
Acton – Acton Cinemas 1-2-3-4
Boston – Cinema 57 Twin (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Brockton – Brockton 1-6 (Dolby Stereo)
Brookline – Chestnut Hill Cinema I-II-III-IV-V (Dolby Stereo)
Chelmsford – Route 3 Cinemas
Danvers – Danvers 1-6 (Dolby Stereo)
Dedham – Showcase Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Edgartown – Town Hall
Falmouth – Falmouth Mall Cinemas
Framingham – Shoppers World Cinema I-II-III-IV-V (Dolby Stereo)
Franklin – Franklin
Gardner – Gardner Cinemas
Greenfield – Garden
Hadley – Mountain Farms 4
Hanover – Hanover Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV
Hyannis – Airport Cinemas 1 & 2
Lawrence – Showcase Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Leominster – Leominster Cinemas
Mashpee – New Seabury Cinemas 1 & 2
Milford – Cinema Centre (Dolby Stereo)
North Dartmouth – North Dartmouth Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Northampton – Calvin
Oak Bluffs – Island
Orleans – Orleans Cinemas 1 & 2
Pittsfield – Cinema Center
Plymouth – Cinemas 1 & 2
Somerville – Assembly Square 1-8 (Dolby Stereo)
Swansea – Swansea 4
Vineyard Haven – Capawock
West Springfield – Palace 1-2 (Dolby Stereo)
Woburn – Showcase Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Worcester – Showcase Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)

MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor – Village 4
Battle Creek – Towne Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Bay City – Westown
Benton Harbor – Cinema 5
Bloomfield Hills – Showcase Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Dearborn – Dearborn Drive-In
Dearborn – The Movies at Fairlane (Dolby Stereo)
Detroit – Renaissance 1-2-3-4
Farmington Hills – Old Orchard 1-2-3
Flint – Flint (Dolby Stereo)
Grand Rapids – Alpine Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Jackson – Plaza Cinema 1-2-3 (Dolby Stereo)
Kalamazoo – Eastowne 5
Kentwood – The Movies at Woodland
Lansing – Starlite Drive-In
Madison Heights – Abbey 1-2-3 (Dolby Stereo)
Marysville – Playhouse I & II
Midland – Stadium Cinemas
Monroe – Denniston 1 & 2
Mount Pleasant – Broadway
Muskegon – Cinema 6
Muskegon Heights – Getty Drive-In
Novi – The Movies at Twelve Oaks Mall (Dolby Stereo)
Okemos – Meridian 8 (Dolby Stereo)
Pontiac – Pontiac Drive-In
Riverview – Showboat Cinemas
Rochester Hills – Hampton 3
Roseville – Gratiot Drive-In
Saginaw – Quad 8
Southfield – Northland 1-2 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Sterling Heights – Showcase Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Trenton – Holiday Drive-In
Warren – Cinema City
Westland – Quo Vadis Entertainment Center
Wyoming – Beltline Drive-In

MINNESOTA
Blaine – Northtown Cinema I-II-III-IV
Bloomington – France Avenue Drive-In
Burnsville – The Movies at Burnsville
Duluth – Cinema I & II
Eden Prairie – The Movies at Eden Prairie
Mankato – Mall 4
Maplewood – The Movies at Maplewood
Minneapolis – Skyway 1-2-3-4 (Dolby Stereo)
Moorhead – Safari 1-2-3
Rochester – Oakview
St. Cloud – Cinema 70
St. Paul – Grandview 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
St. Paul – Minnehaha Drive-In
West St. Paul – Cina 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Winona – Cine 4

MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi – Surfside 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Columbus – Varsity Twin
Greenville – Cinema 2
Gulfport – Hardy Court Twin
Hattiesburg – Cinema
Jackson – DeVille (Dolby Stereo)
Meridian – Royal Triple
Natchez – Tracetown Cinema 2
Oxford – Cinema Twin
Pascagoula – Twin
Tupelo – Tupelo Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Vicksburg – Battlefield Twin

MISSOURI
Cape Girardeau – Town Plaza Cinema 1 & 2
Columbia – Biscayne 3
Des Peres – Des Peres 4
Florissant – Grandview Cinema I & II
Independence – Independence Center 2
Jefferson City – Ramada 4
Joplin – Eastgate 5
Kansas City – Bannister Mall 5
Kansas City – Chouteau 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Kansas City – Seville 4
Poplar Bluff – Mansion Mall 1-2
Riverside – North Drive-In
St. Ann – Cypress Village Twin
St. Joseph – Hillcrest 4
St. Peters – I-70 Drive-In
Sikeston – Mall
Springfield – Petite 3
Sunset Hills – Mark Twain (Dolby Stereo)

MONTANA
Billings – Cine 3 (Dolby Stereo)
Bozeman – Cinema
Great Falls – Cine 4
Helena – Gaslight Twin
Kalispell – Strand
Missoula – Mann Triplex

NEBRASKA
Bellevue – South Cinema 4
Fremont – Cinema III
Grand Island – Conestoga 4
Lincoln – 84th & O Drive-In
Lincoln – Douglas 3
North Platte – Mann Triplex
Omaha – Cinema Center (Dolby Stereo)
Omaha – Indian Hills (Dolby Stereo)
Scottsbluff – Village Twin

NEVADA
Las Vegas – Fox (Dolby Stereo)
Reno – Century Complex (Dolby Stereo)

NEW BRUNSWICK
Fredericton – Plaza 1 & 2
Moncton – Paramount 1 & 2
Saint John – Grand Bay Drive-In
Saint John – Paramount 1 & 2

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord – Merrimack Cinemas
Laconia – Colonial (Dolby Stereo)
Nashua – Brandt Studio Theatres
Newington – Cine 1-2-3-4-5-6
West Lebanon – Valley I & II

NEW JERSEY
Bloomfield – Royal Twin
Brick Township – Brick Plaza Twin
Clifton – Clifton (Dolby Stereo)
East Brunswick – Route 18 Twin
Edgewater – Showboat Quad
Edison – Plainfield-Edison Indoor/Outdoor
Freehold – Pond Road Quad
Jersey City – Jersey City Triplex
Lawrenceville – Twin Lawrenceville (Dolby Stereo)
Middletown – The Movies at Middletown
Moorestown – Plaza Moorestown (Dolby Stereo)
Morristown – Morristown Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
Newton – Newton Twin
Paramus – Route 4 Quad (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Parsippany – Morris Hills Cinema I & II
Raritan – Somerville Circle Cinema I-II-III
Ridgewood – Warner Quad (Dolby Stereo)
Rio Grande – Rio Twin
Rockaway Township – Rockaway 12 (Dolby Stereo)
Sayreville – Amboy Sixplex (Dolby Stereo)
Secaucus – Harmon Cove Quad (Dolby Stereo)
Shrewsbury – Shrewsbury Plaza Cinema I-II-III
Toms River – Cinema Alley Twin
Totowa – Totowa Cinema I & II (Dolby Stereo)
Union – Union Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Ventnor City – Twin Plaza
Vineland – Vineland Triplex
Washington – Washington Twin
West Orange – Essex Green Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque – Far North Cinema 5
Albuquerque – Louisiana Boulevard Cinema I-II-III
Clovis – Hilltop Twin
Farmington – Centennial Twin
Gallup – Chief
Las Cruces – Rio Grande
Roswell – Cinema I & II
Santa Fe – Movies Twin

NEW YORK
Amherst – Boulevard Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Auburn – Fingerlakes Mall Cinema 4
Bedford Village – Cinema 22
Binghamton – Binghamton Plaza Cinema 1 & 2
Cheektowaga – Holiday 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Colonie – Cine 1-2-3-4-5-6
Cortland – Cinema 1 & 2
Elmira – Elmira Theatres 1-2-3
Elwood – Elwood
Fayetteville – Fayetteville Mall Triplex
Fishkill – Movies 4 Fishkill
Garden City – Roosevelt Field Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Gates – Westgate Twin
Geneva – Geneva Cinema 1 & 2
Hartsdale – Hartsdale Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Ithaca – Pyramid Mall Cinema 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Kingston – Mayfair Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Lawrence – Lawrence Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
Levittown – Nassau Quad (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Massapequa – Pequa
Middletown – Plaza I & II
Monroe – Monroe
Monticello – Mall Cinema I & II
Nanuet – Route 59
New Hartford – Sangertown Square Cinema 6 (Dolby Stereo)
New Hyde Park – Alan
New Rochelle – Proctor’s Quad
New York (Bronx) – American Twin
New York (Bronx) – City Cinema Twin
New York (Bronx) – Dale
New York (Bronx) – Paradise Quad
New York (Brooklyn) – Georgetowne Twin
New York (Brooklyn) – Kenmore Quad (Dolby Stereo)
New York (Brooklyn) – Metropolitan Quad
New York (Brooklyn) – Oceana Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
New York (Brooklyn) – Oriental Twin
New York (Manhattan) – 34th Street Showplace (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
New York (Manhattan) – Astor Plaza (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
New York (Manhattan) – Coronet (Dolby Stereo)
New York (Manhattan) – Orpheum (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
New York (Queens) – Boulevard Triplex
New York (Queens) – RKO Keith Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
New York (Queens) – Meadows Twin
New York (Queens) – Trylon
New York (Staten Island) – Amboy Twin
New York (Staten Island) – Rae Twin
Newburgh – Windsor I & II
Niagara Falls – Jerry Lewis Twin
Oneonta – Oneonta 1 & 2
Patchogue – Sunwave Twin
Peekskill – Westchester Mall Cinema I-II-III
Pittsford – Pittsford Triplex (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Poughkeepsie – Juliet Quad
Queensbury – Route 9 Cinemas
Rye – Rye Ridge Twin
Southampton – Southampton Twin
Stony Brook – Stony Brook Triplex
Valley Stream – Sunrise Eightplex (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
West Babylon – South Bay Trio
West Haverstraw – Plaza
Yonkers – Movieland (Dolby Stereo)

NEWFOUNDLAND
St. John’s – Avalon Mall Cinemas 1-2-3-4

NORTH CAROLINA
Aberdeen – Town & Country 1 & 2
Asheville – Asheville Mall 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
Boone – Chalet Triple
Burlington – Janus
Chapel Hill – Ram Triple
Charlotte – Charlottetown Cinema I-II-III
Charlotte – Tryon Mall 1 & 2
Durham – Northgate Twin
Fayetteville – Eutaw Movies 1-2
Gastonia – Eastridge Twin
Goldsboro – Berkeley Cinema 1-2-3
Greensboro – Carolina Circle 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Greensboro – Four Seasons Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV
Greenville – Carolina East Centre
Hickory – Carolina Twin (Dolby Stereo)
High Point – Capri Triple
Jacksonville – Brynn Marr Cinema 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
Lumberton – Cinema 1-2-3 (Dolby Stereo)
Morehead City – Morehead Plaza
Nags Head – Colony House
New Bern – Southgate Twin
Raleigh – Tower Twin
Raleigh – Village Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Rocky Mount – Englewood Cinema 1 & 2
Salisbury – Rowan Cinemas 1 & 2
Statesville – Playhouse
Wilmington – NewCentre Cinema 1-2-3
Wilson – Parkwood Cinema 1 & 2
Winston-Salem – Hanes Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV
Winston-Salem – Parkview Twin

NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck – Kirkwood Plaza 1-2-3
Grand Forks – Empire

NOVA SCOTIA
Halifax – Paramount 1 & 2
Lower Sackville – Downsview 1-2-3

OHIO
Akron – Akron Square Cine 6
Ashtabula – Nichol’s Plaza Center Cinema I-II-III-IV
Beavercreek – Beaver Valley Cinemas 1-2-3-4-5-6 (Dolby Stereo)
Bellefontaine – Holland Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Berea – Berea
Boardman – Southern Park Twin
Canton – McKinley 1 & 2
Cleveland – Yorktown Twin
Columbus – Continent 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 (Dolby Stereo)
Columbus – Eastland Plaza 6
Columbus – Southland Mall Triplex
Cuyahoga Falls – State Twin
Dayton – Cinema North 1-2
Dayton – Dayton Mall Cinemas 1-2-3-4 (Dolby Stereo)
Elyria – Midway Twin
Findlay – Twin Palace
Gallipolis – Spring Valley Triplex
Hamilton – Village
Lima – American Mall Cinema I & II
Mansfield – Cinema World
Marion – Southland Cinemas
Mentor – Great Lakes Mall Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
New Philadelphia – Cinema Center III
Newark – Cinema Four
Niles – Eastwood 1 & 2
Portsmouth – Columbia
Richmond Heights – East Twin
Rocky River – West Twin
St. Clairsville – Ohio Valley Mall Cinemas
Sandusky – Mall Cinemas
South Euclid – Cedar Center Twin
Springdale – Showcase Cinemas (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Springfield – Regent 1-2 (Dolby Stereo)
Steubenville – Fort Steuben Mall Cinemas III
Summerside – Showcase Cinemas Eastgate (Dolby Stereo)
Toledo – Showcase Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Westerville – Westerville 6
Zanesville – Colony Square Twin

OKLAHOMA
Enid – Video Twin
Lawton – Video Center 3
Midwest City – Heritage Park Cinema 3 (Dolby Stereo)
Muskogee – Trans-Lux Twin
Norman – Satellite 1 & 2
Oklahoma City – North Park Cinema 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Oklahoma City – Reding 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Shawnee – Cinema Centre (Dolby Stereo)
Stillwater – Satellite 1 & 2
Tulsa – Fox Twin
Tulsa – Plaza 3 (Dolby Stereo)

ONTARIO
Barrie – Imperial 1-2-3
Belleville – Quinte Mall Cinemas 1 & 2
Brantford – Capitol
Burlington – Burlington Mall 1-2-3
Chatham – Capitol 1 & 2
Kitchener – Fairview Park
Kitchener – K-W Drive-In
London – 401 Drive-In
London – Century 1 & 2
Niagara Falls – Seneca 1 & 2
North Bay – Capitol
Oshawa – Oshawa Centre
Ottawa – Britannia Drive-In
Ottawa – Elgin 1 & 2
St. Catharines – Pen Centre 1-2-3
Sarnia – Lambton
Sault Ste. Marie – Algoma
Sudbury – City Centre
Sudbury – La Salle Drive-In
Thunder Bay – Paramount 1 & 2
Timmins – Victory 1 & 2
Toronto – Cedarbrae 4 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Toronto – Eglinton (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Toronto – Runnymede 1 & 2 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Toronto – Uptown 1-2-3 (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Windsor – Devonshire 1-2-3

OREGON
Albany – Albany Quad
Astoria – Liberty
Bend – Tower
Eugene – McDonald
Klamath Falls – Pelican Cinemas
Medford – Cinema Center
Milwaukie – Southgate Quad
Portland – Eastgate Tri-Cinema (Dolby Stereo)
Portland – Foster Drive-In
Portland – Washington Square Quad
Salem – Lancaster Mall Quad

PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown – Allentown 3 (Dolby Stereo)
Altoona – Logan Valley Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Camp Hill – Capital City Mall Cinemas
Charleroi – Coyle
Chester – Twin West Goshen
DuBois – Cinemas III
Easton – Easton 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Erie – Cinema World
Fairless Hills – Twin Penn Jersey
Frackville – The Movies at Schuylkill Mall
Harrisburg – Twin East Park Center (Dolby Stereo)
Hazleton – Church Hill Cinema 1 &2
Hermitage – Cinema World
Indiana – Indiana Mall Cinemas IV
Johnstown – Richland Mall Twin
King of Prussia – Twin Plaza (Dolby Stereo)
Lancaster – Pacific 3
Lebanon – Howard
McCandless – Showcase Cinemas North (Dolby Stereo)
Monroeville – Showcase Cinemas East (Dolby Stereo)
Montgomeryville – 3 Montgomeryville
Muncy – The Movies at Lycoming Mall
New Castle – Cinema
North Versailles – Eastland I & II
Philadelphia – Pilgrim Gardens
Philadelphia – SamEric (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Philadelphia – Twin Chestnut Hill
Pittsburgh – Chatham
Reading – Fairgrounds 5 (Dolby Stereo)
Robinson Township – Showcase Cinemas West (Dolby Stereo)
Scranton – Viewmont Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV-V (Dolby Stereo)
Selinsgrove – Fox 4
State College – Cinema One & Two
Uniontown – Twin 40
Warren – Warren Mall Cinemas III
Washington – Cinema 19
West Mifflin – Cinema World
Wilkes-Barre – Wyoming Valley Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV-V
York – York Cinema 4

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Charlottetown – Charlottetown Mall Cinemas

QUEBEC
Montreal – Imperial (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)

RHODE ISLAND
Lincoln – Lincoln Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Middletown – Starcase Cinema I II III
Warwick – Warwick Mall Cinema I & II (Dolby Stereo)
Westerly – United

SASKATCHEWAN
Regina – Capitol 1 & 2
Regina – Starlite Drive-In
Saskatoon – Midtown Cinema A & B

SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson – Osteen 1 & 2
Charleston – Ashley Plaza Cinema I-II-III
Columbia – Bush River Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV
Florence – Magnolia Mall 1-2-3
Greenville – Astro Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Greenville – Mall Cinema 1 & 2
Myrtle Beach – Dunes Cinema 1-2-3
Spartanburg – WestGate Twin
Sumter – Movies 1-2-3
Surfside Beach – Plitt Triple

SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City – Northgate 1 & 2
Sioux Falls – West Mall 1-2

TENNESSEE
Clarksville – Martin Four
Cleveland – Village Twin
Cookeville – Highland Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Goodlettsville – Rivergate 4
Hermitage – Hermitage 4
Hixson – Northgate Triple
Jackson – Cabana
Johnson City – Majestic
Kingsport – Martin
Knoxville – Capri Cinema I-II-III
Memphis – Park (Dolby Stereo)
Memphis – Southbrook 7 (Dolby Stereo)
Murfreesboro – Martin Twin
Nashville – Belcourt Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Nashville – Capri Twin
Oak Ridge – Grove Cinemas I-II-III

TEXAS
Abilene – Cinema 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Amarillo – Fox Twin
Arlington – Six Flags Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV-V (Dolby Stereo)
Austin – Fox Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
Austin – Lakehills Cinema 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Bay City – Bay Cinema 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Baytown – Bay Plaza 1 & 2
Brownsville – Cinema Twin
Brownwood – Cinema Twin
Bryan – Manor East 3 (Dolby Stereo)
Conroe – North Hills Twin
Corpus Christi – National Twin
Dallas – Astro Drive-In
Dallas – Cinema Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Dallas – Walnut Hill 6
Dallas – Wynnewood 2
Del Rio – Cinema III (Dolby Stereo)
Denton – Cinema 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
El Paso – Fox Twin
El Paso – Town East
Fort Worth – Hulen 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Friendswood – Baybrook Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV
Galveston – Galvez Mall Cinema I-II-III
Garland – Apollo Drive-In
Harlingen – Commerce
Houston – Gulfway Drive-In
Houston – North Oaks 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Houston – Northwest 4
Houston – Southway 6
Houston – Windsor Twin (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Houston – Woodlake 3
Hurst – Belaire
Irving – Chateau 3
Killeen – Cinema 4
Lake Jackson – Cinema 1 & 2
Laredo – Cinema del Norte 4
Longview – Mall Twin
Lubbock – Fox Twin
Lufkin – Towne Square 4
McAllen – Mall Trio
New Braunfels – Brauntex 1 & 2
Oak Ridge North – Oak Ridge Cinema 8 (Dolby Stereo)
Odessa – Permian 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Paris – Cinema 1 & 2
Pasadena – Southmore 6
Pasadena – Town & Country Drive-In
Port Arthur – Village 3
Richardson – Promenade 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
Rosenberg – Twin City Drive-In
San Angelo – Sunset 4 (Dolby Stereo)
San Antonio – Century South 6 (Dolby Stereo)
San Antonio – Cine Cinco (Dolby Stereo)
San Antonio – Ingram 6 (Dolby Stereo)
San Antonio – Wonder Twin
Seguin – Palace I & II
Sherman – Cinema 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Sugar Land – Palms Twin
Temple – Cinema 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Texarkana – Southwest Mall 3
Texas City – Bayou Drive-In
Tyler – Cinema 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Victoria – Salem 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Waco – Richland Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV
Wichita Falls – Sikes Center 6

UTAH
Cedar City – Cedar Twin
Logan – Cache Valley Triplex
Provo – Academy
Riverdale – Mann Fourplex
St. George – The Movies
Salt Lake City – Villa (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)

VERMONT
South Burlington – Showcase 1-2-3-4-5

VIRGINIA
Bailey’s Crossroads – Skyline 6 (Dolby Stereo)
Blacksburg – Capri Twin
Bristol – Bristol Mall 4
Charlottesville – Greenbrier 1 & 2
Coeburn – Coeburn Cinema III
Collinsville – Town and Country
Culpeper – Regal Cinemas
Danville – Riverside 1 & 2
Fredericksburg – Virginians 4 (Dolby Stereo)
Hampton – Riverdale Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Hillsville – Mayberry
Lynchburg – River Ridge Cinema I-II-III-IV (Dolby Stereo)
Norfolk – Circle 10 (Dolby Stereo)
Norfolk – Terrace Twin
Petersburg – Crater Cinemas
Portsmouth – Tower Mall 2
Richmond – Ridge Cinemas 1,2,3,4 (Dolby Stereo)
Richmond – Trans-Lux Twin
Roanoke – Towers 1-2
Springfield – Springfield Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV-V-VI (Dolby Stereo)
Vienna – Tysons Cinema 4
Williamsburg – Martin Twin

WASHINGTON
Bellevue – Factoria 3 (Dolby Stereo)
Bellingham – Viking Twin
Bremerton – Redwood Plaza 4
East Wenatchee – Columbia Triplex
Everett – Everett Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Kennewick – Columbia Center Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
Kirkland – Totem Lake Cinema 3 (Dolby Stereo)
Lacey – Lacey Cinemas
Longview – Longview
Seattle – Northgate (Dolby Stereo)
Spokane – State (Dolby Stereo)
Tacoma – Tacoma Mall Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Tukwila – Southcenter (70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo)
Vancouver – Vancouver Mall Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Yakima – Uptown Plaza (Dolby Stereo)

WEST VIRGINIA
Bridgeport – Terrace Cinema 1-2-3
Charleston – Village
Huntington – Camelot 1 & 2
Morgantown – Warner

WISCONSIN
Appleton – Marc 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
Ashwaubenon – Bay Park Square Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)
Beloit – Prairie 1-2-3 (Dolby Stereo)
Brookfield – Brookfield Square Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Eau Claire – Hollywood 3 (Dolby Stereo)
Fond du Lac – Forest Mall Cinema I & II
Franklin – 41 Twin Drive-In
Greenfield – Spring Mall Triplex (Dolby Stereo)
Janesville – Cinemas 1-2-3
Kenosha – Cinemas 5
La Crosse – Hollywood
Lake Geneva – Geneva Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Madison – Big Sky Drive-In
Madison – East Towne Mall Cinema I-II-III (Dolby Stereo)
Madison – Esquire 1-2
Manitowoc – Capitol
Menomonee Falls – Starlite Drive-In
Milwaukee – Capitol Court Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Milwaukee – Centre Twin (Dolby Stereo)
Milwaukee – Movies Northridge
Oconomowoc – Scotsland Cinemas (Dolby Stereo)
Oshkosh – Cinema 1 & 2
Racine – Cinema I & II
Sheboygan – Marc 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
Stevens Point – Campus 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)
Wausau – Rogers 1 & 2 (Dolby Stereo)

WYOMING
Casper – Beverly Twin
Cheyenne – Cole Square 3
Laramie – Fox 1 & 2

SELECTED WORLWIDE RELEASE DATES
06.12.1981 … Canada
06.12.1981 … United States
07.16.1981 … Argentina
07.30.1981 … Ireland
07.30.1981 … United Kingdom
08.07.1981 … Sweden
08.13.1981 … Netherlands
08.14.1981 … Australia
08.14.1981 … New Zealand
08.21.1981 … Brazil
09.16.1981 … France
10.09.1981 … Portugal
10.10.1981 … Norway
10.15.1981 … Spain
10.22.1981 … Italy
10.29.1981 … Austria
10.29.1981 … West Germany
12.18.1981 … Finland
12.19.1981 … Japan
12.25.1981 … Colombia
12.25.1981 … Mexico
01.15.1982 … Denmark
01.21.1982 … Hong Kong
02.27.1982 … South Korea

REFERENCES

The primary references for this project were hundreds of daily newspapers archived digitally and/or on microfilm and various issues of Boxoffice, The Hollywood Reporter, Mad, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Time, and Variety.

Books referenced included THE COMPLETE MAKING OF INDIANA JONES: THE DEFINITIVE STORY BEHIND ALL FOUR FILMS by Laurent Bouzereau & J.W. Rinzler (2008, Ballantine), THE FILMS OF STEVEN SPIELBERG by Douglas Brode (1995, Citadel), GEORGE LUCAS’S BLOCKBUSTING: A DECADE-BY-DECADE SURVEY OF TIMELESS MOVIES INCLUDING UNTOLD SECRETS OF THEIR FINANCIAL AND CULTURAL SUCCESS edited by Alex Ben Block and Lucy Autrey Wilson (2010, George Lucas Books/HarperCollins), THE MAKING OF RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK by Derek Taylor (1981, Ballantine), THE MOVIE BRATS: HOW THE FILM GENERATION TOOK OVER HOLLYWOOD by Michael Pye and Lynda Myles (1979, Holt, Rinehart and Winston), SPIELBERG: THE MAN, THE MOVIES, THE MYTHOLOGY by Frank Sanello (1996, Taylor), STEVEN SPIELBERG: A BIOGRAPHY by Joseph McBride (1997, Simon & Schuster), STEVEN SPIELBERG: THE MAN, HIS MOVIES AND THEIR MEANING by Philip M. Taylor (1992, Continuum).

The following films were referenced: GREAT MOVIE STUNTS: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981, Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount Pictures), THE MAKING OF RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981, Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount Pictures), RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981, Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount Pictures)

Websites referenced include BoxOfficeMojo, CinemaTour, CinemaTreasures, and the InternetMovieDatabase.

Special Thanks: Jerry Alexander, Al Alvarez, Jim Barg, Kirk Besse, Larry Blake, Raymond Caple, Miguel Carrara, Bob Collins, John Cork, Jonathan Crist, Gerald DeLuca, Nick DiMaggio, Mike Durrett, Monte Fullmer, Steve Guttag, John Hawkinson, Bill Kretzel, Roberto Landazuri, Mark Lensenmayer, Stan Malone, Gabriel Neeb, Jim Perry, Grant Smith, Cliff Stephenson, John Stewart, Bob Throop, Joel Weide, Brian Whitish, Blaine Young, Vince Young. And a very big thank-you to all of the librarians who helped me research information for this project.

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