Cinema 6
9510 US Highway 19,
Port Richey,
FL
34668
9510 US Highway 19,
Port Richey,
FL
34668
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Cinema 6 (Official)
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Previously operated by: Cinema Grill Systems Circuit of Georgia, Cobb Theatres, Regal Entertainment Group
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Cobb Embassy 6 Theatre, Regal Embassy Theatres 6, Cinema Grill @ Embassy 6
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
727.264.8978
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Cobb Theatres opened the Cobb Embassy 6 Theatre on December 21, 1979. It was taken over by Regal in 1997 and they operated it as a discount theatre. It was closed on December 21, 2000. On December 19, 2003 it reopened as the Cinema Grill @ Embassy 6. It closed on November 8, 2008.
Independent operators reopened the theatre as the Cinema 6, screening 2nd run movies, and it later went over to first run movies.
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Website: http://thecinema6.com/
Previously operated by Cinema Grill Systems Circuit of Atlanta which reopened the former Embassy 6 on December 19, 2003.
Opened in December 1979.
Cobb Theatres launched the 1,500-seat Cobb Embassy 6 Theatre on December 21, 1979 across from Gulf View Square Mall. The venue had four 275 seat auditoriums and two 200 seat auditoriums at launch. About five miles away, Cobb had purchased the Southgate Twin from Floyd Theatres a year earlier in an attempt to lock up the area’s movie business. The Embassy launched with “The Electric Horseman,” “Apocalypse Now,” “The Jerk,” “The Muppet Movie,” “The Rose” and “Penitentiary.”
In 1997, Regal Theatre bought Cobb Theatres and this venue became the Regal Embassy Theatres 6. Regal downgraded here to discount, sub-run films. During Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2000/1, Regal closed eigcht theaters in the general area including the Embassy 6 on December 31, 2000. Former Time Warner exec Dale Obracay identified the location for another of his Cinema Grill location. It relaunched as the Embassy 6 Cinema Grill with a soft launch December 19, 2003 and grand reopening on January 16, 2004. It closed on November 8, 2008.
Jason Dover and Chanel Castle took on the venue with second run films on August 28, 2009 with “Night at the Museum 2,” “Terminator: Salvation” and “The Hangover.” New operators took on the venue transitioning to digital projection and first-run films.