Cineplex Cinemas Coquitlam and VIP
180 Schoolhouse Street,
Coquitlam,
BC
V3K 4X9
180 Schoolhouse Street,
Coquitlam,
BC
V3K 4X9
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Operated by: Cineplex Odeon
Previously operated by: Famous Players
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Silver City Coquitlam Cinemas
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
604.523.2911
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Famous Players opened this 20 screen cinema on December 18, 1998. Seating is listed at 4,534 with the smallest auditorium seating 150 and the largest 450. This was the largest cinema screen-wise that Famous Players opened. One screen was the first to use digital projections in Canada.
Cineplex Odeon now operates this cinema after taking over in 2005. A VIP section was opened on December 19, 2011.
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Grand opening ad:
SilverCity Coquitlam 20 opening Fri, Dec 18, 1998 – 39 · The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com
This opened on December 18th along with the SilverCity Riverport Expansion of 6 more screens and an IMAX theatre as well as the Cineplex Odeon The Grande at Strawberry Hill 12. In 2016 this became the Cineplex Coquitlam. Grand opening ad posted.
Commercial:
Same commercial, different theatre name.
And to add Mikey, that theatre gained a new label: Cineplex Cinemas Coquitlam and VIP.
I can’t find any pictures of this theatre’s lobby before it was renovated (I think). Was it styled the same way as other SilverCity theatres?
Please change the name to Cineplex Cinemas Coquitlam and VIP.
This theatre’s opening movies include Big and Harry, Life is Beautiful, The Waterboy, You’ve Got Mail, A Bug’s Life, Enemy of the State, The Prince of Egypt, The Rugrats Movie, Star Trek Insurrection, and Jack Frost. There were also sneak previews for Mighty Joe Young (followed by A Bug’s Life) and Stepmom (followed by Enemy of the State).
Cinema 10 was converted into a digital IMAX theatre on December 5, 2023. Its first film was Godzilla Minus One: The IMAX Experience.
The VIP section opened on December 19, 2011. It opened with the following films in VIP: “Hugo” in 3D, “New Year’s Eve,” “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” on two VIP screens, and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1.” The following two days, it also had “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
ScreenX has been installed on #12. First title was The Wild Robot, opening on Sept 27, 2024.