Willoughby Hills Movies 10

UPDATE: I’m sad to announce that this theater just closed down for good on Feb 24th. It needed to convert to digital but it couldn’t afford to so it was forced to close. Here is a tribute I wrote for it on facebook:

I just found out that the famous Willoughby Hills Movies 10 theatre aka “The Dollar Show” has closed down this past weekend after nearly a quarter century in business (first as Cinemark, then Phoenix). That theater opened in Fall 1990 when I was in third grade. I grew up right around the block from it, so I was there ALL THE TIME for most of the 90s, esp in the summers when me and my bro Adam would ride our bikes there to play the arcade games then see the same good & shitty movies over and over for only a dollar. I continued goin to this theater up till last year, if I had missed a movie during it’s first run or I didn’t feel like paying $9 to see it lol. I probably saw hundreds of films here (more than any other theater) and it shaped my love & appreciation for film which has grown each year, so I will forever be grateful. I saw Jurassic Park here in 1993 and it changed my life. I will miss you dollar show & Front Row Joe….

Here’s a link confirming it re-opened on November 9, 2010 (and not the 10-11th like I originally thought) It closed just before or just after Halloween so it was only closed for just over a week and not 2 weeks:

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no problem, and you are correct.

ATTENTION: This theater is still open! Yes its true it closed down On November 1st, 2010, but it was for only about 10 days (for renovation). It re-opened around November 10-11th, but now instead of Cinemark it’s under Phoenix Theatre management (which also owns the theater at Eastgate Plaze on SOM Center Road). It looks EXACTLY the same inside, and the dirt cheap prices ($1.00 and $1.50) are still the same! The only thing different is the partial name change.

I grew up on Brush Road (right around the corner to Movies 10) and lived on there for about the first 20 years of my life (1981-2001). This theater opened up when I was about 9 yrs old; so from about 1990 until I got a car in ‘98 me and my brother rode our bikes there nearly every day in those 9 summers to watch the same dumb films over and over and to play the arcade games (Simpsons, X-Men and Ninja Turtles anyone??) I saw hundreds of films there. I have many fond memories of this theater and it’s definately the one I went to the most by far. I still occasionally go here to either catch a film I missed the first run, or I waited because I didn’t wanna pay full price lol. And I plan on going here until it DOES officially close down. Movies 10, the best dollar show ever!