TCL Chinese Theatre

Well Mark thats to bad considering the only theatre to rival the Chinese is the Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight. I think its more Mann Theatres than the ArcLight. Mann Theatres during its decline hasn’t protected the Chinese film bookings. The Chinese was always a top grossing theatre until Mann declined so badly. The Chinese should be treated the way Disney treats the El Capitan. Warner Bros and Paramount still have a stake in Mann Theatres and should treat the Chinese better. I think a little old fashioned showmanship is needed to promote the most famous film theatre on the planet.brucec

Warner Bros and Paramount should take over the Chinese. The Chinese is a flaship theatre that is being booked like a subrun theatre under Mann’s declining health. Grauman’s Chinese should be booked with the biggest and the best summer blockbusters as in the past. It should be treated like the Cinerama Dome and El Capitan. The Chinese still hosts mamy premiere’s but those films are booked elsewhere.brucec

So the theatre fails to get Inception but they get Standing Ovation (basically the Mormon High School Musical) at the Chinese 6. How did they sink that low?

Alright, y'all. Time to state the obvious. Grauman’s Chinese & Chinese 6 (until another operator takes them over) are DEAD. Mann Theatres itself is DEAD. Hate to say it…sad to say it…but it’s the truth.

PREDATORS tickets are now up for pre-sale at the Chinese, thankfully. (However, this unfortunately means they won’t be getting INCEPTION, which is the only predicted big-hit they had a shot at.) I’d be curious to know how many people are still watching SPLICE there — maybe a dozen per show at best? The movie had a marginal per theater average opening weekend, can only imagine what it’s like now. Let’s pray the next movie they get is not CATS & DOGS 2.

hdtv267, it depends on what they’re showing, but earlier shows are a safer bet if you want to shoot the Chinese mostly empty. I’d recommend going in as soon as they open the house and doing it before the show. Afterward they’re cleaning up and there’s more pressure to get you out. Evening shows are likely to be busier.

I’ve never taken the tour, but I’ve seen them going through prior to a show and they don’t seem to really give people time to take anything but quick snaps.

Something you should think about before you go in: it’s pretty dark. Do you have a camera that can take good quality photos at high ISO? (Or a really good flash?) If not, you might want to take a tripod. I tend to shoot long exposures (2-3 seconds) in there.

The manager used to stop me taking photographs, but the good news about Mann closing up shop is that they don’t seem to care anymore. The last couple of times I was in there I shot freely and no one bothered me.

Anyone know if they’ll be getting delayed Prince of Persia d-box run? It seems a shame that any movie that might be worth seeing in something like d-box seems to never arrive at Chinese 6 for a first run.

Splice is supposed to be good. Anyone been there to see what the Chinese has booked for the Summer months?

Just saw the schedule for Friday. Prince of Persia IS NOT playing at this theatre in DBOX or any other shape or form.

The ticket booth was in the front center under the covered entry way near the side walk. Like in the movie “Blazing Saddles”. I think they were gift shops. Go to eBay and search Chinese Theatre and alot of postcards from the theatre’s long history will show up. There’s a nice postcard from 1964 that shows “Seven Days in May” playing the theatre, it has the boxoffice in front and gift stores on each side of the theatre entrance.

There roaming around the Times Square area too.

Comic book & movie characters seeking “donations”? Do you mean they are panhandlers seeking cash for themselves? that’s the property of the theater, right?

Unfortunately the Chinese has become infested with comic book and movie characters, some of whom are aggressive about soliciting donations. It detracts from the people who just want to look at the theater and the footprints.