Please update, theatre schedule to be closed for renovations starting January 15, 2026 for about a year, schedule to increase to 3 screens. Closing ad in photos section
Regency Theatres is new owner of Claremont Laemmle 5 November 24th, 2025 by Mick Rhodes |
Regency Theatres, a private, family owned company with 28 locations in Southern California including in Azusa, Fontana, and Pasadena, as well as screens in Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii, will take ownership of the Laemmle Claremont 5 in late January.
“We hope that everybody will support the new operator so that Claremont can maintain, still continue to have its own movie theater,” said Laemmle Theatres President and CEO Greg Laemmle, who declined to disclose the purchase price.
Laemmle patrons must use their gift cards, premier cards, and frequent moviegoer tickets prior to the ownership change.
With the sale, the Laemmle chain of seven theaters will be reduced to six.
“We’ve had other locations where it’s still a challenge in part,” Laemmle said when asked if the company has seen downturns at other locations. “I will say, the older audience is not back and that has been our bread and butter.”
The loss of pre-pandemic levels of support at the Claremont theater following its March 2020 to April 2021 COVID-19-related closure, along with the siphoning off of customers to the new AMC in Montclair were primary reasons behind the decision to sell, Laemmle said.
“I mean, there’s a significant percentage of the box office in the specific submarket around Claremont has moved to a new venue and that’s a factor,” Laemmle said. “The pandemic closure clearly was a major impact on moviegoing. And we’ve seen other theaters that have come back, whether ours or others in the industry that have come back, but more significantly, Claremont
has not.”
Laemmle acknowledged the “creature comforts” of the nearby Montclair AMC — oversized reclining seats, an IMAX theater, and in theater food delivery — may have also been factors in the lack of traffic at the Claremont location.
“You know, we are dealing with a 17-year-old theater,” he said of the Claremont location. “I think we’re well maintained and I argue well programmed. That may be the case and maybe what the venue needs. If I’m taking myself and my ego out of the equation, it may just need a new refresh. And I think this is an opportunity, and Regency maybe has an opportunity to bring a new fresh set of eyes to this venue.”
Laemmle downplayed streaming services as a significant market factor driving the decision to close its Claremont theater.
“People are going to movies,” Laemmle said. “The numbers are down, but they are coming back to some approximation of pre-pandemic levels. We’re still not seeing as many wide releases in the marketplace. And … if there’s fewer films for people to earn revenue, you’re going to see lower box office. So, I don’t see that a factor.”
The company, founded by Greg Laemmle’s grandfather Max and his brother Kurt in 1938, began with one screen in Highland Park. Over the ensuing 87 years the chain has expanded and contracted. The era of streaming and massive multiplexes with reclining chairs represents only the latest changes to a marketplace he and his forebears have navigated for three generations.
“There’s a very strong echo of what happened in the late 40s and early 50s, when TV was introduced and had a major impact on moviegoing patterns,” Laemmle said. “My grandfather was operating six theaters in the post-World War II period and that was reduced over a few years to one location” in Los Feliz.
That arrangement began to change in 1964, when the chain began expanding once again.
“A new generation came along, started embracing movies, not just embracing movies, but embracing the kind of adult fare that we specialized in from the time that we added the Esquire Theater in Pasadena in 1964 until 2018 when we opened Glendale,” Laemmle said. “We were consistently looking at new locations and redeveloping different models for the chain. During those years, we were also closing theaters because that just happens. There’s always a natural ebb and flow. But as a company, we were definitely in a growth mode and I hope to get back to it.”
Laemmle was circumspect when asked how that might look going forward.
“I think about that. We’re halfway through … what was the prior recovery period,” he said. “I mean, look, I think moviegoing is still here. It’s here to stay. But what the model is for Laemmle Theatres in that environment is something we’re still trying to figure out.”
Laemmle Claremont 5 opened in 2007 — the same year Netflix began its streaming service — as part of the then new Village West expansion.
“It’s been a great,” Laemmle said. “It’s really been an honor and a pleasure doing business in the city of Claremont. And again, we hope that everybody will support the new operator so that Claremont can still continue to have its own movie theater. It’s important for the community to have that kind of gathering place.”
Laemmle released a statement about the sale on November 20, which is viewable at laemmle.freshdesk.com, search “Claremont sale.”
From Business NH O’Neil Cinemas, a family-owned theater chain with a 40-year legacy in NH, is returning to Londonderry this month with a renovated theater featuring cutting-edge technology, luxurious seating, and enhanced amenities.
Originally founded in 1982, O’Neil Cinemas was operated by the O’Neil family for decades before leasing the Londonderry facility to AMC Theaters in 2014. Following AMC’s recent departure, the O’Neil family—led by Dan O’Neil Sr. and his sons, Dan O’Neil and Tim O’Neil—decided to reclaim and revitalize the theater for a new era of cinema and community engagement.
“The theater in Londonderry is a 10-plex and it’s fully gutted at this point but we’re making it a first-class facility that will add 40 to 50 jobs,” says the younger Dan O’Neil. The newly renovated, 28,000-square-foot theater will include nine auditoriums as a luxury lounge. It will also include a full-service bar where people will be able to order food to be delivered to their seats. “We want this to be a great communal experience for people and we plan on renting out the facility for corporate and community events as well,” O’Neil says.
The facility will include two Grand DLX auditoriums with massive screens and Dolby Atmos sound—offering a multi-dimensional audio experience with 64 strategically placed speakers. In the grand auditoriums guests will be able to enjoy ‘Buttkicker’ heated recliners with swivel tables, which synchronize vibrations with the film’s soundtrack. “We want people to get off the couch and have an immersive experience,” O’Neil says.
Movie theaters have come a long way from the O’Neil’s’ original theater in Londonderry, which was a fourplex built in 1982 when Dan O’Neil Jr. was 12 years old. “My brother [Tim] and I got into the business early on working concessions and the projectors,” O’Neil says, adding that O’Neil Cinemas expanded in the 1990s to include theaters in Epping, NH, as well as Massachusetts. The cost of the renovation in Londonderry is roughly $7 million and O’Neil believes it’s a worthwhile investment, especially considering the long distance to the closest theaters and his belief in building community. “We’re communal creatures and throughout history we’ve told stories. People like to laugh and cry together,” he says. “Being in this business feels like we’re providing a service to community.” For more information, visit oneilcinemas.com.
Please rename theatre Regency Koreatown by Regency Theatre website (see photo in photos section)
Please update, total screens is 12, Cinemark closed off the upper level. Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 130
Theatre 2 138
Theatre 3 and 4 139
Theatre 5 129
Theatre 6 146
Theatre 7 136
Theatre 8 140
Theatre 9 154
Theatre 10 212 with DBOX 22 70MM dts equipped
Theatre 11 108 wtih 30 DBOX seats
Theatre 12 242 XD
Theatres 13 to 18 are closed permently, those were the capacity when the theatres used to be open.
Theatre 13 291 with 30 DBOX seats
Theatre 14 297
Theatre 15 292
Theatre 16 295
Theatre 17 212
Theatre 18 210
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 216 IMAX with Laser
Theatre 2 and 8 96
Theatre 3 97
Theatre 4 and 5 68
Theatre 6 and 7 98
Theatre 9 and 11 114
Theatre 10 117
Theatre 12 106
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 Never Bult
Theatre 2 186 MACRO XE (NEW)
Theatre 3 179
Theatre 4 and 5 106
Theatre 6 and 11 83
Theatre 7, 8, 9 and 10 77
Theatre 12 and 13 68
Theatre 14 130 JUNIOR
Theatre 15 152 4DX
Please update, temporarily closed as per website due to the fires.
Just uploaded a better grand opening ad in the photos section
eating Capacity:
Theatre 1, 4, 10 and 11 49
Theatre 2 40
Theatre 3 67
Theatre 5 146
Theatre 6 73
Theatre 7 100
Theatre 8 and 9 115
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 45
Theatre 2 46
Theatre 3 56
Theatre 4 99
Theatre 5 266 XD
Theatre 6, 16 and 17 44
Theatre 7 50
Theatre 8 61
Theatre 9 70
Theatre 10 and 11 60
Theatre 12 51
Theatre 13 266 XD
Theatre 14 90 with DBOX
Theatre 15 49 with DBOX
Theatre 16 and 17 44
This theatre now has 3 DBOX installations installed, revised seating capacity:
Theatre 1 and 2 90
Theatre 3, 7 and 8 54
Theatre 4 129 with DBOX
Theatre 5 128 with DBOX
Theatre 6 127 with DBOX
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 95 with Dbox
Theatre 2 and 18 56
Theatre 3 and 17 69
Theatre 4 and 16 67
Theatre 5 and 15 58
Theatre 6 and 14 41
Theatre 7 42
Theatre 8 and 14 41
Theatre 9 92
Theatre 10 114 with Dbox
Theatre 11 168 XD and Dbox
Theatre 12 48
Theatre 13 68
Please update total screens to 18 and total seats 3606. AMC hasn’t used screen 19 thru 24 in over a year.
Please update, total seats 1,217 and 3 DBOX screens recently added
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 98 seats
Theatre 2, 3 and 13 59 seats
Theatre 4 and 11 49 seats
Theatre 5, 6 and 14 99 seats
Theatre 7 193 seats XD and DBOX
Theatre 8 126 seats with DBOX
Theatre 9 92 seats with DBOX
Theatre 10 98 seats
Theatre 12 78 seats
Please update, theatre opened March 10,2006, grand opening ad in the photos seciton
Please update, theatre schedule to be closed for renovations starting January 15, 2026 for about a year, schedule to increase to 3 screens. Closing ad in photos section
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 245 IMAX
Theatre 2 and 3 107
Theatre 4, 6 and 7 128
Theatre 5 155
Theatre 8 and 9 175
Please rename theatre to Cinemark Willowbrook Mall XD and Screen X as per website, this location just got Screen X and 3 DBOX screens installed.
New Total Seats: 1,043
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 57
Theatre 2 59
Theatre 3, 4, 11 and 12 44
Theatre 5 103
Theatre 6 96 with DBOX
Theatre 7 161 with DBOX and SCREEN X
Theatre 8 184 with DBOX and XD
Theatre 9 and 10 103
Regency Theatres is new owner of Claremont Laemmle 5
November 24th, 2025
by Mick Rhodes |
Regency Theatres, a private, family owned company with 28 locations in Southern California including in Azusa, Fontana, and Pasadena, as well as screens in Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii, will take ownership of the Laemmle Claremont 5 in late January.
“We hope that everybody will support the new operator so that Claremont can maintain, still continue to have its own movie theater,” said Laemmle Theatres President and CEO Greg Laemmle, who declined to disclose the purchase price.
Laemmle patrons must use their gift cards, premier cards, and frequent moviegoer tickets prior to the ownership change.
With the sale, the Laemmle chain of seven theaters will be reduced to six.
“We’ve had other locations where it’s still a challenge in part,” Laemmle said when asked if the company has seen downturns at other locations. “I will say, the older audience is not back and that has been our bread and butter.”
The loss of pre-pandemic levels of support at the Claremont theater following its March 2020 to April 2021 COVID-19-related closure, along with the siphoning off of customers to the new AMC in Montclair were primary reasons behind the decision to sell, Laemmle said. “I mean, there’s a significant percentage of the box office in the specific submarket around Claremont has moved to a new venue and that’s a factor,” Laemmle said. “The pandemic closure clearly was a major impact on moviegoing. And we’ve seen other theaters that have come back, whether ours or others in the industry that have come back, but more significantly, Claremont has not.”
Laemmle acknowledged the “creature comforts” of the nearby Montclair AMC — oversized reclining seats, an IMAX theater, and in theater food delivery — may have also been factors in the lack of traffic at the Claremont location.
“You know, we are dealing with a 17-year-old theater,” he said of the Claremont location. “I think we’re well maintained and I argue well programmed. That may be the case and maybe what the venue needs. If I’m taking myself and my ego out of the equation, it may just need a new refresh. And I think this is an opportunity, and Regency maybe has an opportunity to bring a new fresh set of eyes to this venue.”
Laemmle downplayed streaming services as a significant market factor driving the decision to close its Claremont theater.
“People are going to movies,” Laemmle said. “The numbers are down, but they are coming back to some approximation of pre-pandemic levels. We’re still not seeing as many wide releases in the marketplace. And … if there’s fewer films for people to earn revenue, you’re going to see lower box office. So, I don’t see that a factor.”
The company, founded by Greg Laemmle’s grandfather Max and his brother Kurt in 1938, began with one screen in Highland Park. Over the ensuing 87 years the chain has expanded and contracted. The era of streaming and massive multiplexes with reclining chairs represents only the latest changes to a marketplace he and his forebears have navigated for three generations.
“There’s a very strong echo of what happened in the late 40s and early 50s, when TV was introduced and had a major impact on moviegoing patterns,” Laemmle said. “My grandfather was operating six theaters in the post-World War II period and that was reduced over a few years to one location” in Los Feliz.
That arrangement began to change in 1964, when the chain began expanding once again.
“A new generation came along, started embracing movies, not just embracing movies, but embracing the kind of adult fare that we specialized in from the time that we added the Esquire Theater in Pasadena in 1964 until 2018 when we opened Glendale,” Laemmle said. “We were consistently looking at new locations and redeveloping different models for the chain. During those years, we were also closing theaters because that just happens. There’s always a natural ebb and flow. But as a company, we were definitely in a growth mode and I hope to get back to it.”
Laemmle was circumspect when asked how that might look going forward.
“I think about that. We’re halfway through … what was the prior recovery period,” he said. “I mean, look, I think moviegoing is still here. It’s here to stay. But what the model is for Laemmle Theatres in that environment is something we’re still trying to figure out.”
Laemmle Claremont 5 opened in 2007 — the same year Netflix began its streaming service — as part of the then new Village West expansion.
“It’s been a great,” Laemmle said. “It’s really been an honor and a pleasure doing business in the city of Claremont. And again, we hope that everybody will support the new operator so that Claremont can still continue to have its own movie theater. It’s important for the community to have that kind of gathering place.”
Laemmle released a statement about the sale on November 20, which is viewable at laemmle.freshdesk.com, search “Claremont sale.”
Please update, total seats 890
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 94
Theatre 2 42
Theatre 3 53
Theatre 4 78
Theatre 5 177
Theatre 6 177
Theatre 7 78
Theatre 8 53
Theatre 9 42
Theatre 10 96
Please rename cinema Basie Center Cinema House as per theatre website
Please correct, the theatre is now 3 screens and total seats is 330
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 130
Theatre 2 86 (Upstairs)
Theatre 3 114 (upstairs)
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 238
Theatre 2 241
Theatre 3 76
Theatre 4 69
Theatre 5 87
Theatre 6 146
Theatre 7 136
Theatre 8 130
Theatre 9 293 Xtreme/Atmos
Theatre 10 238
Please update theatre name to Flagship Movies at Baltimore County, total screens 9 and total seats 883
Seating Capacity
Theatre 1 94
Theatre 2 113
Theatre 3 131
Theatre 4 CLOSED
Theatre 5 128
Theatre 6 131
Theatre 7 94
Theatre 8 62
Theatre 9 61
Theatre 10 63
As of today, IMAX theatre currently closed for upgrade to IMAX with Laser, probably get AMC Club Rockers
PLEASE UPDATE, theatre opened and remanme O'neil Cinmeas Londonderry
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 48 with DBOX
Theatre 2 and 3 67
Theatre 4 ?????
Theatre 5 and 6 49
Theatre 7 50
Theatre 8 83 GrandX
Theatre 9 134 GrandX
Theatre 10 ?????
From Business NH
O’Neil Cinemas, a family-owned theater chain with a 40-year legacy in NH, is returning to Londonderry this month with a renovated theater featuring cutting-edge technology, luxurious seating, and enhanced amenities.
Originally founded in 1982, O’Neil Cinemas was operated by the O’Neil family for decades before leasing the Londonderry facility to AMC Theaters in 2014. Following AMC’s recent departure, the O’Neil family—led by Dan O’Neil Sr. and his sons, Dan O’Neil and Tim O’Neil—decided to reclaim and revitalize the theater for a new era of cinema and community engagement.
“The theater in Londonderry is a 10-plex and it’s fully gutted at this point but we’re making it a first-class facility that will add 40 to 50 jobs,” says the younger Dan O’Neil. The newly renovated, 28,000-square-foot theater will include nine auditoriums as a luxury lounge. It will also include a full-service bar where people will be able to order food to be delivered to their seats. “We want this to be a great communal experience for people and we plan on renting out the facility for corporate and community events as well,” O’Neil says.
The facility will include two Grand DLX auditoriums with massive screens and Dolby Atmos sound—offering a multi-dimensional audio experience with 64 strategically placed speakers. In the grand auditoriums guests will be able to enjoy ‘Buttkicker’ heated recliners with swivel tables, which synchronize vibrations with the film’s soundtrack. “We want people to get off the couch and have an immersive experience,” O’Neil says.
Movie theaters have come a long way from the O’Neil’s’ original theater in Londonderry, which was a fourplex built in 1982 when Dan O’Neil Jr. was 12 years old. “My brother [Tim] and I got into the business early on working concessions and the projectors,” O’Neil says, adding that O’Neil Cinemas expanded in the 1990s to include theaters in Epping, NH, as well as Massachusetts. The cost of the renovation in Londonderry is roughly $7 million and O’Neil believes it’s a worthwhile investment, especially considering the long distance to the closest theaters and his belief in building community. “We’re communal creatures and throughout history we’ve told stories. People like to laugh and cry together,” he says. “Being in this business feels like we’re providing a service to community.” For more information, visit oneilcinemas.com.