Picayune Cinema 4
997 Cooper Road,
Picayune,
MS
39466
997 Cooper Road,
Picayune,
MS
39466
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American Automated Theatres Inc. (AATI) of Oklahoma City already had a franchisee for The Movies! Mississippi Mall twin screen theater in town. That franchisee decided to go all in on a four-plex.The Movies! River Ridge Cinema IV opened on August 10, 1984 with “Ghostbusters,” The Karate Kid,“ “Red Dawn” and “Cloak and Dagger.
On February 2, 2000, O'Neil Theatres, Inc. of Slidell, Louisiana - the franchisee - took the theatre into the O'Neil portfolio. Thus, the location became officially known as the O'Neil River Ridge Cinema 4. O'Neil Theatres Circuit went into bankruptcy protection that same year and, by 2008, was winding down operations. O'Neil closed here October 12, 2008. In 2015, Acadiana Cinemas - which operated three Louisiana locations in Eunice, Natchitoches, and Opelousas, updated the former River Ridge to digital projection and new seating reopening on March 20, 2015 as the Acadiana Picayune Cinema 4. The theatre closed for the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020. It reopened and was still operating in the 2020s.
On March 20, 2015, after making substantial renovations, we reopened the theater. The new theater name is now Acadiana Cinemas. It now features: All stadium seating; All digital projection; All digital stereo; and a complete renovation. Visit out website at:
www.acadianacinemas.com
This closed in 2009.