Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk
5095 Yonge Street,
Toronto,
ON
M2N 6Y7
5095 Yonge Street,
Toronto,
ON
M2N 6Y7
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Operated by: Cineplex
Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, Empire Theatres, Famous Players
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Famous Players Empress Walk Silvercity, Empire Empress Walk 10 Cinemas
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This Famous Players Silvercity was opened November 12, 1999. Cineplex acquired Famous Players in 2005, they needed to sell off 27 theatres due to government law. Empire Theatres bought 27 theatres and Silvercity Empress Walk was one of them. Empire Theatres had their Ontario head office in the theatre. In 2011 they added the Empire Extra Experience in theatre one. It was later converted into an IMAX theatre in 2012. Empire Theatres closed the Empress Walk on March 21, 2013.
Cineplex acquired it soon after and it reopened on June 14, 2013. The Empress Walk theatre still have KFC, Pizza Hut and New York Files.
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Recent comments (view all 24 comments)
Great! but it’s new name is Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk.
I don’t think it’s Cineplex Cinemas… just Cineplex.
No actually if you look on Cineplex.com, it’s called Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, just as the new name of the former Colisseum Mississauga is Cineplex Cinemas Mississauga. Must be a new “brand” for them.
RECAP — Famous Players built this theatre against the advice of their own internal advisors in the booking department. Never really did as well as Famous Players wanted it to. When Cineplex Odeon took over Famous Players the government wanted them to get rid of some sitituations. Cineplex Odeon was only too happy to allow Empire Theatres to operate this theatre. When Empire Theatres didn’t do the numbers that they wanted, they abandoned Empress Walk. Cineplex Odeon took this back again likely just to keep another company from entering the Toronto market. Interesting case study of a modern megaplex theatre!!
RECAP — Famous Players built this theatre against the advice of their own internal advisors in the booking department. Never really did as well as Famous Players wanted it to. When Cineplex Odeon took over Famous Players the government wanted them to get rid of some sitituations. Cineplex Odeon was only too happy to allow Empire Theatres to operate this theatre. When Empire Theatres didn’t do the numbers that they wanted, they abandoned Empress Walk. Cineplex Odeon took this back again likely just to keep another company from entering the Toronto market. Interesting case study of a modern megaplex theatre!!
Interesting indeed David, interesting indeed.
November 12th, 1999 grand opening ad in photo section.
The letters on the vertical Cineplex sign outside were mysteriously removed. Is it possible that Cineplex would renovate this theatre further?
Added several photos from two separate visits in 2018 and 2019. I was mighty impressed with this visit which was clean throughout, had great projection and sound on the movies I attended (save for the automated house lights BLASTING on at the end credits) and was nice and open. Great views of the street from the wide, expansive lobby area.
I only wish Cineplex would update the seating as it is still the original 1999 Famous Players seats which are showing a LOT of wear and tear but otherwise a very nice cinema.
This theatre opened with Princess Mononoke, The Insider, Double Jeopardy, Three Kings, Three to Tango and Pokemon: The First Movie.