AMC UTC 14
4425 La Jolla Village Drive,
San Diego,
CA
92122
4425 La Jolla Village Drive,
San Diego,
CA
92122
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Correction: AMC reopened the UTC 14 on February 10, 2022 (not 2021).
Starting in the Spring of 2024, the location would undergo an extensive renovation that included a complete redesign of the concessions counter (no cash registers, a pickup window and the addition of Coca-Cola Freestyle and ICEE machines), a new kiosk area, new carpeting in the hallways, and new auditorium signage.
All houses were be re-seated with heated recliners with standard houses upgraded to new JBL audio systems. House #4 was converted to become Dolby Cinema. All screens besides #7 are a flat (1.85:1) aspect ratio, and have working top and bottom masking (except Dolby).
In the later half of 2025, new Barco laser projectors would replace all of the remaining digital projectors. House #7 was rebranded as PRIME due to it already having Dolby Atmos sound, as it was formerly Arclight’s “Ultra-wide” (2.39:1 scope) screen.
Please update, total seats 913
Please update, total seats 913, AMC recently installed recliners in this location due to lower seat count.
Theatre 1 48
Theatre 2 41
Theatre 3 39
Theatre 4 113 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 5 98
Theatre 6 61
Theatre 7 91 Prime at AMC
Theatre 8 29
Theatre 9 86
Theatre 10 amd 13 41
Theatre 11 92
Theatre 12 92
Theatre 14 55
This is now called the AMC UTC 14 per official Website in 2022
I saw The Hobbit here in 3D HFR and Dolby Atmos. In addition to the usual arclight usher giving a short speech before the movie, there was a guy from Dolby who talked about the HFR and Atmos sound system. He mentioned that the auditorium (number 7 which has a little over 200 seats and maybe a 50 foot screen) has 38 speakers – only 3 of them subwoofers. The bass during the movie was not spectacular. They should add more subwoofers.
The 3D glasses were active shutter I think. They seemed to dull the picture and color a lot worse than the passive glasses that real3d and imax3d uses. I think they should switch to passive 3d glasses.
This article about the theater’s opening includes two pictures.