National Theatre
10925 Lindbrook Drive,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
10925 Lindbrook Drive,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
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The photos newly added just want to make me cry. We will never have theatres like this ever again. I love the newly added photos from the early 70’s.
Many THANKS to ‘hollywood90038’ for the photography of the demolition of the National. While it is indeed sad to see this theatre torn down, it is important that all aspects of the theatre be documented when ever possible. I sincerely hope that will all that iron in the frame of the National that it was recycled into another structure and not simply sold to a salvage yard.
Ross, thats a great article in the ‘Curbed!’ Best way yet I’ve seen to remember a former theatre, hope that idea catches on!!!
Thanks Joel! CinemaTour is an amazing site. Here’s a photo you must see in Curbed Los Angeles.
I wish I had been taking pictures of the National over the years before it closed. It had one of the best marquees of any theatre. If you took Gayley into the village from Wilshire the National greeted you. The marquee was so large that any graphics really stood out. The pictures on Cinematour with How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days really illustrates how stunning the National was. I still get sad when I drive in Westwood. It is a theatre we will never experience again.
Thanks for the link JoelWeide. I never went to this theatre before it’s demolition but I like it’s sparse, understated 70’s grandeur. I’m sure not everyone would agree. We’ll never see big, single screen cinemas built like this again. It was unique. What a waste to destroy it and not even fill in the lot with some bland condos. It definitely qualifies as a lost Cinema Treasure.
Greetings Ross: You will find extensive photography of the National Theatre at: http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2134.html .
See you at the movies! Cheers!
Joel Weide
I have to say that I’m rather mad at myself for not shooting the interior. Anyone have a shot??
No one has an interior photo of this theatre? Didn’t it appear in the film Zodiac?
The theater lives on in the Googlemobile photo. Michael Moore’s “Sicko” was playing at that time.
This is a billboard on the Sunset Strip circa 1974. I thought it was interesting:
http://tinyurl.com/3v8twjg
It is still not the same driving into Westwood and not seeing the National. I’m sure sure it would be doing business these days, but it would be nice it have it around still. Westwood is so sad these days. It breaks my heart.
Well, at least that’s one badly-needed patch of land where rain will fall on Los Angeles and actually soak into the ground to join the watertable, instead of being swept down the gutters and down the concrete channel of the Los Angeles River and out to sea.
But it would be nice to have the National back.
Boy, that looks really ghetto. I suppose it might be one thing if the building was sitting derelict. I think the taxes on a vacant parcel are less than on a parcel and building. But they had someone who was willing to lease the theatre apparently. So there would have been money coming in. Maybe there was a magnificent condo deal in the works, which definitely would have fallen through in the bust.
It’s pretty sad that there are those who think it’s more important to tear down a good theatre for a bunch of weeds or parking lots.
That is a mighty fine looking parcel of weeds. Thank you, owners of that plot of land, for bringing a little bit of dreariness to an otherwise boring area.
…and “Dragonslayer.”
Damon, Vistasonic sound was a film sound format Paramount was developing for motion pictures. It was to be used on the film “Popeye”.
VISTASONIC SOUND first presented in 1980? I’d never heard of such a thing, what was Vistasonic?
Yes it’s sorry state of affairs now, more booths to run less thrills. You push a botton or set a timer and let it go. It’s sound easy but operators still mess it up. We kept it on screen and running by good training and a knowledge of how it all worked and a little elbow grease. Those were to days.
I feel the same way William. Although I am an east coast boy, so many of the theatres I ran the booths for are gone. I have a lot of great memories from my 33+ years. Todays theatres and booths will NEVER rival what we have had, and what we have lost.
It’s hard to believe that this one is gone. I got luck to run the booth many times. It was a fun theatre to run.
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The National opened to the general public forty years ago today. Here, as a tribute, is an updated list of the theater’s booking history. I hope this brings back a lot of good memories for those who had the pleasure of attending any movies at the theater.
THE NATIONAL THEATRE, 1970-2008
Compiled by Michael Coate
This filmography represents a brief history and playdates for the NATIONAL Theatre in the Los Angeles community of Westwood Village. The data covers the venue’s booking history from its grand opening in 1970 through its closing in 2007 and demolition in 2008.
Not included in this filmography are test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events. The dates represent the first day of commercial release, and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. (No format notation implies a standard 35mm presentation with monaural sound. A format notation with an * is an unconfirmed presentation.)
The principal reference was archived microfilm of the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
NATIONAL THEATRE
10925 Lindbrook Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90024
National General Corporation (NGC): 1970-1973
Mann Theatres: 1973-2007
Independent: 2007
70MM and MAGNETIC STEREO SOUND were installed when the theater was built. The first 70mm/stereo sound presentation was in March 1972.
Additional special process installations were as follows:
QUADROPHONIC SOUND installed/first presentation: August 1975
DOLBY STEREO installed/first presentation: April 1978
VISTASONIC SOUND installed/first presentation: December 1980
DOLBY STEREO SR (Spectral Recording) installed/first presentation: November 1988
CINEMA DIGITAL SOUND (CDS) installed/first presentation: June 1990
DOLBY DIGITAL installed/first presentation: November 1992
DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS (DTS) installed/first presentation: August 1993
SONY DYNAMIC DIGITAL SOUND (SDDS) installed/first presentation: November 1994
The theater became THX certified in May 1984.
RE = Re-Issue/Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of an engagement from another theater)
03.26.1970 … Gala Grand Opening Premiere
03.27.1970 … THE BOYS IN THE BAND (9 weeks)
05.27.1970 … THE SICILIAN CLAN (4 weeks)
06.26.1970 … CATCH-22 (18 weeks)
10.28.1970 … LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY (9 weeks)
12.25.1970 … I LOVE MY WIFE! (7 weeks)
02.12.1971 … LITTLE MURDERS (7 weeks)
03.31.1971 … MAKING IT (4 weeks)
04.29.1971 … SUMMER OF ’42 (9 weeks)
06.30.1971 … CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (20 weeks)
11.19.1971 … BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (8 weeks)
01.12.1972 … THE FRENCH CONNECTION (RE, 10 weeks)
03.24.1972 … THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH (9 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
05.26.1972 … THE OTHER (9 weeks)
07.26.1972 … STAND UP AND BE COUNTED (2 weeks)
08.09.1972 … THE GRADUATE (RE, 1 week)
08.16.1972 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (11 weeks)
11.01.1972 … CARRY ON DOCTOR (2 weeks)
11.15.1972 … THE HOSPITAL / FUZZ (RE, 1 week)
11.22.1972 … MONKEY BUSINESS / THE COCOANUTS (RE, 2 weeks)
12.06.1972 … PULP (1 week)
12.13.1972 … FUNNY GIRL (RE, 1 week, Stereo*)
12.21.1972 … 1776 (5 weeks)
01.24.1973 … FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
03.07.1973 … LOST HORIZON (11 weeks)
05.23.1973 … A WARM DECEMBER (3 weeks)
06.13.1973 … BILLY JACK / BANANAS (RE, 1 week)
06.20.1973 … THE LAST OF SHEILA (6 weeks)
08.01.1973 … THE MACKINTOSH MAN (4 weeks)
08.29.1973 … ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (9 weeks, Stereo)
10.31.1973 … FANTASIA (RE, 1 week)
11.07.1973 … EXECUTIVE ACTION (7 weeks)
12.26.1973 … THE EXORCIST (26 weeks)
06.21.1974 … CHINATOWN (8 weeks)
08.14.1974 … CALIFORNIA SPLIT (7 weeks)
10.02.1974 … THE CRAZY WORLD OF JULIUS VROODER (2 weeks)
10.16.1974 … THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ (MO, 1 week)
10.23.1974 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Stereo)
11.01.1974 … PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (7 weeks, Stereo)
12.18.1974 … THE GODFATHER PART II (14 weeks)
03.26.1975 … AT LONG LAST LOVE (2 weeks)
04.11.1975 … HARRY & TONTO (RE, 3 weeks)
04.30.1975 … BLAZING SADDLES (RE, 3 weeks)
05.23.1975 … THE WIND AND THE LION (5 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06.25.1975 … THE FORTUNE (8 weeks)
08.20.1975 … BEYOND THE DOOR (4 weeks, Stereo)
09.17.1975 … YESSONGS (3 weeks, Stereo)
10.08.1975 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON (11 weeks)
12.25.1975 … LUCKY LADY (5 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
01.30.1976 … FANTASIA (RE, 6 weeks)
03.10.1976 … JAWS (RE, 2 weeks)
03.24.1976 … THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (MO, 2 weeks)
04.07.1976 … THE BAD NEWS BEARS (11 weeks)
06.23.1976 … THE BIG BUS (3 weeks)
07.14.1976 … LEADBELLY (2 weeks)
07.30.1976 … CAMELOT (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Stereo)
08.04.1976 … DRUM (3 weeks)
08.25.1976 … LET’S TALK ABOUT MEN (4 weeks)
09.24.1976 … CAMELOT / HELLO, DOLLY! (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10.06.1976 … THE FRONT (9 weeks)
12.09.1976 … BOUND FOR GLORY (9 weeks)
02.09.1977 … FUN WITH DICK & JANE (5 weeks)
03.18.1977 … ISLANDS IN THE STREAM (6 weeks)
04.29.1977 … WOODSTOCK (RE, 1 week, Stereo)
05.06.1977 … NASTY HABITS (7 weeks)
06.24.1977 … SORCERER (9 weeks, Stereo)
08.12.1977 … MARCH OR DIE (2 weeks)
08.26.1977 … SUSPIRIA (3 weeks, Stereo)
09.16.1977 … THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (1 week)
09.21.1977 … YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (2 weeks)
10.05.1977 … BOBBY DEERFIELD (10 weeks)
12.12.1977 … closed for remodeling and installation of Showscan (4 days)
12.16.1977 … LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (RE, 1 week)
12.21.1977 … THE GAUNTLET (6 weeks, Stereo)
02.03.1978 … THE ONE AND ONLY (6 weeks)
03.17.1978 … AMERICAN HOT WAX (4 weeks)
04.14.1978 … THE MEDUSA TOUCH (2 weeks)
04.28.1978 … FM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.17.1978 … THE MANITOU (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05.26.1978 … BIG WEDNESDAY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06.28.1978 … HEAVEN CAN WAIT (14 weeks)
10.06.1978 … WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (5 weeks)
11.10.1978 … THE WILD GEESE (4 weeks)
12.08.1978 … THE DEER HUNTER (1 week for Oscar consideration, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12.15.1978 … SUPERMAN (17 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04.13.1979 … HURRICANE (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05.04.1979 … THE EXORCIST (RE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06.22.1979 … THE MAIN EVENT (6 weeks)
08.03.1979 … MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.07.1979 … THE WANDERERS (3 weeks)
09.28.1979 … ANIMAL HOUSE (RE, 1 week)
10.05.1979 … STARTING OVER (9 weeks)
12.07.1979 … STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02.01.1980 … AMERICAN GIGOLO (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.21.1980 … LITTLE DARLINGS (6 weeks)
05.02.1980 … THE 39 STEPS (1 week)
05.09.1980 … THE NUDE BOMB (5 weeks)
06.11.1980 … URBAN COWBOY (6 weeks)
07.25.1980 … CADDYSHACK (3 weeks)
08.15.1980 … SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II (4 weeks)
09.12.1980 … THE MOUNTAIN MEN (2 weeks)
09.26.1980 … WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1 week)
10.03.1980 … OH, GOD! BOOK II (4 weeks)
10.31.1980 … THE AWAKENING (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.14.1980 … THE IDOLMAKER (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.21.1980 … SONG OF THE SOUTH (RE, 3 weeks)
12.12.1980 … POPEYE (7 weeks, Vistasonic Sound)
01.30.1981 … THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN (4 weeks)
02.27.1981 … FANTASIA (RE, 3 weeks, Stereo)
03.20.1981 … THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (3 weeks)
04.10.1981 … ORDINARY PEOPLE (RE, 2 weeks)
04.24.1981 … THE HAND (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.15.1981 … THE FAN (4 weeks)
06.12.1981 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (16 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10.02.1981 … PATERNITY (4 weeks)
10.30.1981 … RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT (1 week)
11.06.1981 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12.04.1981 … REDS (14 weeks)
03.12.1982 … RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP (3 weeks)
04.02.1982 … SOME KIND OF HERO (4 weeks)
04.30.1982 … AC/DC: LET THERE BE ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.21.1982 … FIGHTING BACK (2 weeks)
06.04.1982 … STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07.30.1982 … NIGHT SHIFT (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.24.1982 … A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (RE, 1 week)
10.01.1982 … JEKYLL & HYDE…TOGETHER AGAIN (3 weeks)
10.22.1982 … TRON (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10.29.1982 … ALTERED STATES (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11.05.1982 … THE MISSIONARY (2 weeks)
11.19.1982 … HEIDI’S SONG (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.24.1982 … VICTOR/VICTORIA (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12.10.1982 … AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (6 weeks)
01.21.1983 … HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ (1 week)
01.28.1983 … THE ROAD WARRIOR (RE, 3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02.18.1983 … TABLE FOR FIVE (5 weeks)
03.25.1983 … THE OUTSIDERS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.29.1983 … SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.20.1983 … SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo, 3-D)
06.24.1983 … TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07.29.1983 … KRULL (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08.12.1983 … THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE (1 week, 3-D)
08.19.1983 … YOR: THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE (1 week)
08.26.1983 … STRANGE BREW (3 weeks)
09.16.1983 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09.30.1983 … BRAINSTORM (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10.28.1983 … RICHARD PRYOR: HERE AND NOW (2 weeks)
11.10.1983 … STAR 80 (5 weeks)
12.16.1983 … UNCOMMON VALOR (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01.27.1984 … STAR 80 (RE, 1 week)
02.03.1984 … RECKLESS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02.17.1984 … FOOTLOOSE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.30.1984 … GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04.30.1984 … closed for remodeling and installation of THX Sound System (4 days)
05.04.1984 … BREAKIN’ (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.23.1984 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08.17.1984 … TIGHTROPE (6 weeks)
09.28.1984 … THE WILD LIFE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10.05.1984 … IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES (MO, 1 week)
10.12.1984 … GARBO TALKS (2 weeks)
10.26.1984 … BODY DOUBLE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.09.1984 … OH, GOD! YOU DEVIL (4 weeks)
12.05.1984 … BEVERLY HILLS COP (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.29.1985 … KING DAVID (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.12.1985 … CAT’S EYE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.26.1985 … STICK (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.10.1985 … RUSTLERS’ RHAPSODY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.31.1985 … GOTCHA (MO, 1 week)
06.07.1985 … THE GOONIES (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07.12.1985 … EXPLORERS (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07.24.1985 … THE BLACK CAULDRON (1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08.02.1985 … WEIRD SCIENCE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.30.1985 … COMPROMISING POSITIONS (3 weeks)
09.19.1985 … PLENTY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.11.1985 … SILVER BULLET (2 weeks)
10.25.1985 … KRUSH GROOVE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.01.1985 … TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.22.1985 … FEVER PITCH (2 weeks)
12.04.1985 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01.17.1986 … A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE (2 weeks)
01.31.1986 … YOUNGBLOOD (1 week)
02.07.1986 … THE BEST OF TIMES (MO, 2 weeks)
02.21.1986 … 9½ WEEKS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02.28.1986 … PRETTY IN PINK (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.11.1986 … OFF BEAT (2 weeks)
04.25.1986 … CRITTERS (1 week)
05.02.1986 … BLUE CITY (2 weeks)
05.16.1986 … TOP GUN (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07.02.1986 … UNDER THE CHERRY MOON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07.18.1986 … THE KARATE KID PART II (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
07.25.1986 … HEARTBURN (2 weeks)
08.08.1986 … TOP GUN (RE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09.26.1986 … ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12.12.1986 … THE GOLDEN CHILD (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01.16.1987 … CRITICAL CONDITION (3 weeks)
02.06.1987 … FROM THE HIP (3 weeks)
02.27.1987 … SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.03.1987 … POLICE ACADEMY 4: CITIZENS ON PATROL (1 week)
04.10.1987 … THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06.03.1987 … THE UNTOUCHABLES (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07.22.1987 … SUMMER SCHOOL (4 weeks)
08.21.1987 … THE BIG EASY (6 weeks)
10.02.1987 … LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.30.1987 … FATAL BEAUTY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.20.1987 … DATE WITH AN ANGEL (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.25.1987 … SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12.09.1987 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02.12.1988 … ACTION JACKSON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.11.1988 … OFF LIMITS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.30.1988 … BEETLEJUICE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.25.1988 … ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE II (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07.13.1988 … THE DEAD POOL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.10.1988 … CLEAN AND SOBER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.26.1988 … HOT TO TROT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09.02.1988 … FREEWAY (1 week)
09.09.1988 … RUNNING ON EMPTY (4 weeks)
10.07.1988 … IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.28.1988 … FEDS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.09.1988 … CHILD’S PLAY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.23.1988 … SCROOGED (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12.16.1988 … RAIN MAN (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03.24.1989 … DEAD BANG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.07.1989 … DEAD CALM (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.21.1989 … PET SEMATARY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.24.1989 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
07.14.1989 … LICENCE TO KILL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.11.1989 … A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
08.18.1989 … LET IT RIDE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.01.1989 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
09.15.1989 … NIGHT GAME (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
09.22.1989 … BLACK RAIN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11.17.1989 … PRANCER (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.22.1989 … LETHAL WEAPON 2 (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12.01.1989 … CHRISTMAS VACATION (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01.12.1990 … INTERNAL AFFAIRS (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.02.1990 … THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (17 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06.27.1990 … DAYS OF THUNDER (7 weeks, 70mm-Cinema Digital Sound)
08.17.1990 … MY BLUE HEAVEN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.14.1990 … DEATH WARRANT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09.21.1990 … FUNNY ABOUT LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.05.1990 … MARKED FOR DEATH (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.26.1990 … GRAVEYARD SHIFT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11.16.1990 … ROCKY V (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12.19.1990 … ALMOST AN ANGEL (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
12.27.1990 … THE ROOKIE (MO, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01.11.1991 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
01.18.1991 … FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02.22.1991 … HE SAID, SHE SAID (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.15.1991 … IF LOOKS COULD KILL (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.27.1991 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE / MISERY (RE, 5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.03.1991 … RICH GIRL (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05.10.1991 … SWITCH (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06.07.1991 … CITY SLICKERS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.02.1991 … BODY PARTS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.23.1991 … SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.20.1991 … McBAIN (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09.27.1991 … NECESSARY ROUGHNESS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.25.1991 … THE HITMAN (2 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
11.08.1991 … STRICTLY BUSINESS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12.06.1991 … STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02.07.1992 … THE ADDAMS FAMILY* / STAR TREK VI (RE*, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02.21.1992 … RADIO FLYER (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
02.28.1992 … MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.13.1992 … JFK (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.27.1992 … LADYBUGS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.10.1992 … SLEEPWALKERS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.01.1992 … K2 (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
05.29.1992 … THE HUMAN SHIELD (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
06.05.1992 … PATRIOT GAMES (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07.01.1992 … BOOMERANG (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07.24.1992 … MO’ MONEY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.14.1992 … SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.28.1992 … HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.18.1992 … HUSBANDS AND WIVES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10.02.1992 … HERO (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10.23.1992 … DR. GIGGLES (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10.30.1992 … RAMPAGE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.06.1992 … UNDER SIEGE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
11.13.1992 … BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.11.1992 … A FEW GOOD MEN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01.15.1993 … BODY OF EVIDENCE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01.29.1993 … UNFORGIVEN (RE, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02.05.1993 … SOMMERSBY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.05.1993 … AMOS & ANDREW (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.19.1993 … POINT OF NO RETURN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.15.1993 … BOILING POINT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.30.1993 … THE PICKLE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05.07.1993 … INDECENT PROPOSAL (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.21.1993 … SLIVER (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06.15.1993 … CLIFFHANGER (MO, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06.30.1993 … THE FIRM (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07.30.1993 … RISING SUN (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.20.1993 … HARD TARGET (2 weeks, DTS)
09.03.1993 … FORTRESS ( 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
09.10.1993 … UNDERCOVER BLUES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.24.1993 … THE GOOD SON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10.15.1993 … THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10.29.1993 … FATAL INSTINCT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.05.1993 … FLESH AND BONE (3 weeks, DTS)
11.24.1993 … A PERFECT WORLD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.10.1993 … WAYNE’S WORLD 2 (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01.07.1994 … THE AIR UP THERE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01.21.1994 … INTERSECTION (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02.18.1994 … BLUE CHIPS (3 weeks, DTS)
03.09.1994 … MIDNIGHT COWBOY (RE, MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
03.18.1994 … MOTHER’S BOYS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
03.25.1994 … THE PAPER (5 weeks, DTS)
04.29.1994 … PCU (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
05.06.1994 … CLEAN SLATE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05.13.1994 … THE CROW (2 weeks, DTS)
05.25.1994 … BEVERLY HILLS COP III (4 weeks, DTS)
06.25.1994 … JURASSIC PARK (RE, 1 week, DTS)
07.01.1994 … BLOWN AWAY (3 weeks, DTS)
07.20.1994 … THE CLIENT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.03.1994 … CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (5 weeks, DTS)
09.09.1994 … TRIAL BY JURY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.28.1994 … NATURAL BORN KILLERS* / TRIAL BY JURY (MO*, 1 week, DTS/Dolby Stereo)
10.07.1994 … ONLY YOU (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.28.1994 … DROP SQUAD (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.04.1994 … DOUBLE DRAGON (1 week, DTS)
11.11.1994 … INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
12.09.1994 … DROP ZONE (2 weeks, DTS)
12.23.1994 … NELL (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.20.1995 … S.F.W. (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
01.27.1995 … HIGHLANDER: THE FINAL DIMENSION (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02.17.1995 … THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.17.1995 … BYE BYE, LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.31.1995 … TOMMY BOY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.21.1995 … KISS OF DEATH (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.19.1995 … DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.09.1995 … CONGO (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.07.1995 … SPECIES (2 weeks, DTS)
07.19.1995 … CLUELESS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.11.1995 … A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.01.1995 … THE PROPHECY (3 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
09.22.1995 … SHOWGIRLS (2 weeks, DTS)
10.06.1995 … ASSASSINS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.27.1995 … COPYCAT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11.03.1995 … FAIR GAME (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.17.1995 … GOLDENEYE (4 weeks, DTS)
12.15.1995 … SABRINA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.05.1996 … 12 MONKEYS (4 weeks, DTS)
02.02.1996 … BLACK SHEEP (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.16.1996 … BRAVEHEART (RE, 1 week, DTS)
02.23.1996 … RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03.08.1996 … THE BIRDCAGE (5 weeks, DTS)
04.12.1996 … FEAR (3 weeks, DTS)
05.03.1996 … THE CRAFT (2 weeks, SDDS)
05.17.1996 … HEAVEN’S PRISONERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05.22.1996 … MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.12.1996 … COURAGE UNDER FIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.09.1996 … ESCAPE FROM L.A. (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.23.1996 … A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.06.1996 … BOGUS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.20.1996 … THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.11.1996 … THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.01.1996 … DEAR GOD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.22.1996 … STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.20.1996 … BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.10.1997 … THE RELIC (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.29.1997 … GRIDLOCK’D (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.14.1997 … ABSOLUTE POWER (3 weeks, SDDS)
03.07.1997 … PRIVATE PARTS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.21.1997 … SELENA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.11.1997 … PARADISE ROAD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.25.1997 … VOLCANO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.09.1997 … FATHERS’ DAY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.30.1997 … TRIAL AND ERROR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.13.1997 … SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.27.1997 … FACE/OFF (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.01.1997 … SPAWN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.15.1997 … EVENT HORIZON (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.27.1997 … HOODLUM (3 weeks, DTS)
09.19.1997 … IN & OUT (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.24.1997 … BOOGIE NIGHTS (MO, 4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.21.1997 … THE RAINMAKER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.12.1997 … SCREAM 2 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.25.1997 … THE POSTMAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.09.1998 … FIRESTORM (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01.16.1998 … FALLEN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.06.1998 … THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
02.27.1998 … DARK CITY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.06.1998 … TITANIC (MO, 4 weeks, 70mm-DTS)
04.03.1998 … LOST IN SPACE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.08.1998 … WOO (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05.15.1998 … PLUMP FICTION (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05.22.1998 … FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (2 weeks, DTS)
06.05.1998 … THE TRUMAN SHOW (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.10.1998 … SMALL SOLDIERS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.24.1998 … SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.07.1998 … SNAKE EYES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.28.1998 … WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.11.1998 … YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.02.1998 … A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.16.1998 … RUSH HOUR (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
10.23.1998 … SOLDIER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.06.1998 … THE WIZARD OF OZ (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.20.1998 … THE RUGRATS MOVIE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.11.1998 … STAR TREK: INSURRECTION (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.15.1999 … VARSITY BLUES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.05.1999 … SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (RE, 4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.05.1999 … ANALYZE THIS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.02.1999 … THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.23.1999 … LOST & FOUND (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04.30.1999 … ENTRAPMENT (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.11.1999 … AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.30.1999 … SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.30.1999 … RUNAWAY BRIDE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.27.1999 … THE 13th WARRIOR (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.17.1999 … THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.01.1999 … THREE KINGS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.22.1999 … BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.12.1999 … DOGMA (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.10.1999 … DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.25.1999 … THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.04.2000 … SCREAM 3 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.18.2000 … THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.22.2000 … ROMEO MUST DIE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.14.2000 … 28 DAYS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.05.2000 … GLADIATOR (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.16.2000 … SHAFT (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.21.2000 … WHAT LIES BENEATH (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.11.2000 … THE REPLACEMENTS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.01.2000 … HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.15.2000 … BAIT (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.29.2000 … BEAUTIFUL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10.06.2000 … GET CARTER (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10.13.2000 … THE LADIES MAN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10.20.2000 … PAY IT FORWARD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.10.2000 … LITTLE NICKY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11.17.2000 … THE 6th DAY (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
12.15.2000 … WHAT WOMEN WANT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.12.2001 … SAVE THE LAST DANCE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.02.2001 … VALENTINE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.16.2001 … DOWN TO EARTH (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.02.2001 … SEE SPOT RUN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.09.2001 … GET OVER IT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.16.2001 … ENEMY AT THE GATES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.06.2001 … ALONG CAME A SPIDER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.27.2001 … TOWN & COUNTRY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.18.2001 … SHREK (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.15.2001 … LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.13.2001 … THE SCORE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.17.2001 … RAT RACE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.14.2001 … HARDBALL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.28.2001 … DON’T SAY A WORD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.19.2001 … THE LAST CASTLE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.02.2001 … DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.16.2001 … HEIST (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11.21.2001 … BLACK KNIGHT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11.30.2001 … TEXAS RANGERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12.07.2001 … HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
12.14.2001 … VANILLA SKY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.11.2002 … ORANGE COUNTY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.25.2002 … THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.08.2002 … ROLLERBALL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02.15.2002 … SUPER TROOPERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02.22.2002 … COLLATERAL DAMAGE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.01.2002 … WE WERE SOLDIERS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.29.2002 … CLOCKSTOPPERS (1 week, Dolby Digital
04.05.2002 … DEATH TO SMOOCHY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04.12.2002 … CHANGING LANES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.03.2002 … SPIDER-MAN (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
05.31.2002 … THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.28.2002 … MR. DEEDS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.12.2002 … HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (1 week, Dolby Digital)
07.19.2002 … K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.07.2002 … SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.23.2002 … S1MONE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.06.2002 … SWIMFAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.20.2002 … THE FOUR FEATHERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.11.2002 … THE TRANSPORTER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.25.2002 … JACKASS: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.27.2002 … ADAM SANDLER’S 8 CRAZY NIGHTS (2 weeks, SDDS-8)
12.13.2002 … STAR TREK: NEMESIS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.27.2002 … GANGS OF NEW YORK (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.10.2003 … JUST MARRIED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.24.2003 … THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.07.2003 … HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.14.2003 … THE HUNTED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.28.2003 … THE CORE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.11.2003 … BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04.16.2003 … CHASING PAPI (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04.25.2003 … BETTER LUCK TOMORROW (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.15.2003 … X2 (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.30.2003 … THE ITALIAN JOB (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.27.2003 … CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
07.18.2003 … BAD BOYS II (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
08.08.2003 … S.W.A.T. (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
09.05.2003 … DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.19.2003 … THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.26.2003 … DUPLEX (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10.03.2003 … SCHOOL OF ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.24.2003 … BEYOND BORDERS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.05.2003 … SCHOOL OF ROCK (RE, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11.14.2003 … TUPAC: RESURRECTION (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.28.2003 … TIMELINE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.12.2003 … LOVE DON’T CO$T A THING (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12.19.2003 … BAD SANTA (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
12.25.2003 … PAYCHECK (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.16.2004 … TORQUE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.30.2004 … THE PERFECT SCORE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.13.2004 … THE PERFECT SCORE / THE BIG BOUNCE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02.20.2004 … SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02.27.2004 … TWISTED (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.19.2004 … THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.26.2004 … SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.09.2004 … THE WHOLE TEN YARDS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.23.2004 … HELLBOY (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
04.30.2004 … MEAN GIRLS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.04.2004 … TROY (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.18.2004 … DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.16.2004 … FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
07.23.2004 … SPIDER-MAN 2 (MO, 1 week, SDDS-8)
07.30.2004 … THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.27.2004 … EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.03.2004 … ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.10.2004 … RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (2 weeks, SDDS)
09.24.2004 … NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (MO, 3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.15.2004 … TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.19.2004 … THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.03.2004 … CLOSER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.17.2004 … LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.14.2005 … RACING STRIPES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.04.2005 … COACH CARTER (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02.11.2005 … HITCH (7 weeks, SDDS)
04.01.2005 … SIN CITY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.30.2005 … SAHARA (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
05.06.2005 … HOUSE OF WAX (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.27.2005 … THE LONGEST YARD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.15.2005 … STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.29.2005 … BATMAN BEGINS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.15.2005 … CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.05.2005 … THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.19.2005 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS* / THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
08.26.2005 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / MUST LOVE DOGS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.02.2005 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.09.2005 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / A SOUND OF THUNDER (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.16.2005 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / THE BROTHERS GRIMM (MO*, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.23.2005 … ROLL BOUNCE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.30.2005 … INTO THE BLUE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.14.2005 … THE FOG (1 week, SDDS)
10.21.2005 … STAY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10.28.2005 … NORTH COUNTRY (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11.04.2005 … SAW II (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.18.2005 … GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11.23.2005 … PRIDE & PREJUDICE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12.02.2005 … AEON FLUX (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.16.2005 … THE FAMILY STONE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12.21.2005 … FUN WITH DICK & JANE (2 weeks, SDDS-8)
01.06.2006 … BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.27.2006 … BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.10.2006 … FINAL DESTINATION 3 (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02.17.2006 … FREEDOMLAND (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.03.2006 … ULTRAVIOLET (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.10.2006 … THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.24.2006 … LARRY THE CABLE GUY: HEALTH INSPECTOR (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.31.2006 … ATL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04.07.2006 … TAKE THE LEAD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.21.2006 … SILENT HILL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04.28.2006 … RV (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.12.2006 … POSEIDON (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05.19.2006 … THE DA VINCI CODE (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.28.2006 … THE LAKE HOUSE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
07.07.2006 … WASSUP ROCKERS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.21.2006 … CLERKS II (1 week, Dolby Digital)
07.28.2006 … CLERKS II / SUPERMAN RETURNS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
08.04.2006 … BARNYARD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.18.2006 … MATERIAL GIRLS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.01.2006 … CRANK (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.15.2006 … GRIDIRON GANG (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.22.2006 … FLYBOYS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.06.2006 … THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.27.2006 … SAW III (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.10.2006 … HARSH TIMES (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.22.2006 … TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.08.2006 … UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.20.2006 … ROCKY BALBOA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.12.2007 … ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01.19.2007 … THE HITCHER (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01.26.2007 … BLOOD & CHOCOLATE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02.02.2007 … THE MESSENGERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02.09.2007 … DREAMGIRLS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02.14.2007 … MUSIC AND LYRICS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.23.2007 … ZODIAC (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.06.2007 … SHOOTER (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.20.2007 … theatre closed (3 weeks, change of ownership)
05.11.2007 … THE EX (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05.18.2007 … PARIS, JE T’AIME (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.08.2007 … HOSTEL PART II (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.22.2007 … 1408 / various Los Angeles Film Festival screenings (1 week, Dolby Digital)
06.29.2007 … SICKO (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.27.2007 … RESCUE DAWN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.10.2007 … BECOMING JANE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.24.2007 … WAR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.07.2007 … 3:10 TO YUMA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.28.2007 … FEAST OF LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
The theater closed on October 7, 2007 and was demolished in February 2008.
The National had its gala premiere grand opening on March 26, 1970, forty years ago today.
The National Theatre, 1970-2007 R.I.P.
I’ll sign on to BradE41’s observation that the Plitt #1 was one of the most comfortable theaters in L.A. (especially important for those 50-hour Filmex marathons). And I was so dismayed – and shocked – when I learned here that the National had passed into history. So many titles flood my memory…saw THE EXORCIST there; saw CHINATOWN there; slept through STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE there!
I can’t believe the “shelf life” for a major venue in L.A. is now only about 35 or so years. Stop the madness!