Rialto Cinemas
169 Broadway,
Auckland
1023
169 Broadway,
Auckland
1023
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Rialto Cinemas, New Zealand (Official)
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Previously operated by: Amalgamated Theatres Ltd.
Functions: Movies (Foreign), Movies (Independent)
Previous Names: Rialto Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
6409.369.2417
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Located in the south Auckland district of Newmarket. The Rialto Theatre was opened in 1925. It was operated by Amalgamated Theatres chain. It suffered damage from a serious fire in the 1960’s. It was not reopened and became a factory.
It reopened in 1994-1995 as a 3-screen art house cinema. Two more screens were added later and now Rialto Cinemas is a 7-screen art-house cinema. Seating capacities in the auditoriums range from 64 to 192.
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Ken Roe
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When I visited the Rialto, with my friend Gene Sorkin, the very amicable manager gave us a guided tour, explaining how this now seven screen cinema had developed over the years. I gather that the original Rialto opened in 1925, but suffered a serious fire in the 1960s. The building then became a factory, before being reincarnated as a three screen art-house cinema in 1994-95. Since then, it has gone to being a five screen complex to the present seven screens. The manager showed how this had been achieved, and pointed out a previous entrance to the screens, off the foyer, which is now the customer toilets!
Current seating capacities are: Screen 1:60, Screen 2:60, Screen 3:192, Screen 4:107, Screen 5:75, Screen 6:65 and Screen 7:75. A total of 634 seats.