AMC Penn Square 10
1901 NW Expressway,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73118
1901 NW Expressway,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73118
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Additional Info
Operated by: AMC Theatres
Previously operated by: Dickinson Theatres, General Cinema Corp., Hollywood Theaters
Firms: RTKL Associates
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Penn Square 8
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News About This Theater
- Oct 28, 2012 — AMC to take over, renovate former Dickinson Penn Square 10
General Cinema Theatres opened the Penn Square 8 on May 19, 1988. It was taken over by Hollywood Theaters on August 15, 1997. Two more screens were added in 2001 and Hollywood Theaters moved out in September 2001. Dickinson Theatres renovated the theatre and it re-opened on November 1, 2002. It was taken over by AMC in November 2012. The Penn Square 10 is located within Penn Square Mall. It shows first run films, but lags a bit behind Oklahoma City’s larger theaters in amenities.
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Please keep me updated with developments on this theatre. For some reason I am not getting updates. Thanks!
Joel, when the site was renovated, getting updates requires that you now “subscribe” to the theater(s) which interest you. See below.
AMC is taking it over with power recliners and stadium seating.
Here is an article that confirms the AMC takeover and provides more detail about the planned renovations.
AMC is now in charge and the theater is listed on the company’s website.
Grand opening ad in photo section
The AMC Penn Square 10 Opened On May 19th, 1988 As A General Cinema. Dickinson Theatres Took It Over Years Later And Then AMC.
On January 18th, 2020, Shots Fired Occurred At The Theater’s Entrance Of The Penn Square 10.
The Penn Square Shopping Center opened theatre-less in 1960 with anchors John A. Brown and Montgomery Ward. The shopping center was enclosed in 1982 and given a major renovation doubling floor space in 1988 including a new second level, food court and a new General Cinema 8-screen interior theater. RTKL Associates was the architect for the project.
General Cinema had entered the Oklahoma City (OKC) market in 1982 with the Quail Springs 6. In 1988, it added three more 8-plexes in the Brixton Square, Penn Square Mall, and Crossroads not Square all launching in 1988. The Penn Square opened on May 19th, 1988.
Four OKC megaplexes were announced in 1997 that would decimate General Cinema’s multiplex business model. Regal announced the 16-screen Crossroads that would compromise its 8-screen Crossroads facility. Then AMC announced the 24-screen Quail Springs complex that would detroy its aging Quail Spring six-plex. A month later, Cinemark announced a 20-screen Tinseltown and another circuit planned a downtown 16-screen megaplex.
At the 15-year leasing option of the Quail Springs 6 in 1997, GCC not only bailed there but totally left the OKC market. General Cinema dropped the Penn Square Mall location along with its Brixton Square 8 Quail Springs, and Crossroads 8 locations on August 10, 1997. Hollywood Theaters picked them all up as of August 15, 1997. Hollywood added two screens to make it a 10-plex not long before dropping the location in September of 2001.
Dickinson spent $350,000 on the location reopening there on November 1, 2002. Dickinson closed at the end of a 10-year leasing arrangement in 2012 with AMC taking on the venue in November of 2012. AMC invested $1.6 million in adding recliners and a new look concession area with its new look completed in May of 2013. The theater closed for the COVID-19 pandemic along with the other AMC locations on March 16, 2020. It reopened August 20, 2020.
Please update, 2 additional screens opened on November 18, 1994 when General Cinema split 2 big houses. No formal grand opening ad, uploaded the first week as 10 in the photos section and the grand opening ad for Dickerson Theatres also posted.
Total seats based on 9 screens 766.
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 88
Theatre 2 35
Theatre 3 and 6 92
Theatre 4 and 5 77
Theatre 7 ?????
Theatre 8 52
Theatre 9 110
Theatre 10 143
Please correct in the description, two screens were added November 18, 1994 not Hollywood. General Cinema chopped 2 screens in half. Similar to what GCC did at AMC Bay Plaza former GCC location