Coate, you may be right about the opening date in Huntsville, but Star Wars ran for at least 79 weeks in a row. I never missed a Saturday 1pm showing. It might have ONLY been showing on Saturday matinee after 25 weeks, but it was not pulled completely for over a year.
Star Wars opened in Huntsville, AL on May 27, 1977 at the University Six theater, which had just opened. I didn’t get to see the movie until the first or second week of June, but from then on, I went to the Saturday 1pm matinee showing every week until they stopped presenting it. I kept every movie ticket and never missed a Saturday. I have 79 movie tickets from that first run, so I know it played over 79 weeks in a row. I also have newspaper clippings of the theater ads touting the long engagement boxed up with the tickets. The University Six is closed now, so there is no one I can contact for any specific dates. I was surprised that this run did not make your list.
Coate, you may be right about the opening date in Huntsville, but Star Wars ran for at least 79 weeks in a row. I never missed a Saturday 1pm showing. It might have ONLY been showing on Saturday matinee after 25 weeks, but it was not pulled completely for over a year.
Star Wars opened in Huntsville, AL on May 27, 1977 at the University Six theater, which had just opened. I didn’t get to see the movie until the first or second week of June, but from then on, I went to the Saturday 1pm matinee showing every week until they stopped presenting it. I kept every movie ticket and never missed a Saturday. I have 79 movie tickets from that first run, so I know it played over 79 weeks in a row. I also have newspaper clippings of the theater ads touting the long engagement boxed up with the tickets. The University Six is closed now, so there is no one I can contact for any specific dates. I was surprised that this run did not make your list.