AMC Kabuki 8
1881 Post Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94115
1881 Post Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94115
11 people
favorited this theater
Related Websites
AMC Theatres (Official)
Additional Info
Operated by: AMC Theatres
Previously operated by: Sundance Cinemas
Firms: ELS Architects
Functions: Movies (Film Festivals), Movies (First Run), Movies (Foreign), Movies (Independent)
Styles: Oriental
Previous Names: Sundance Kabuki, AMC Dine-In Kabuki 8
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
415.931.9800
Nearby Theaters
News About This Theater
- Jan 25, 2008 — Sundance theater goes green
- Mar 24, 2006 — Sundance Cinemas Returns
- Dec 23, 2005 — Loews and AMC to Sell 10 Theaters
Opened as a cinema on December 5, 1986, this multiplex, built on the top of the Japan Center and initially intended to play a mix of mainstream and independent/foreign films, has in recent years served as the main venue of the San Francisco International Film Festival. The largest of the theaters was originally designed for live shows; the rest of the cinemas were built around it to become the movie house complex.
Contributed by
Garrett Murphy
Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater.
Recent comments (view all 35 comments)
So AMC had to sell this theatre because of purchasing Loews, then they got it back as a result of purchasing Carmike. Is AMC selling a nearby theatre so they don’t have too much market share? If not, it was silly to make them sell this theatre in the first place.
stevenj – that’s stock footage. All AMC Dine-In theatres show the same picture.
rayman – that’s a good point, but I think it would take somebody filing a lawsuit or bringing the DOJ back into it to make that happen again.
https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/san-francisco/amc-dine-in-kabuki-8 the DOJ trade off already happened they spun off the few that had to go so it’s back as a AMC. it also marked as a “Dine-In Express Pick-up” location so they have the full dine-in menu but you order it and pick it up at the booth and carry it in to the theater. the table may have to wait for a full renovation of the auditorums to add tables.
https://www.amctheatres.com/food-and-drink/dine-in/express-pick-up apperently it has the Dine-in menu but not the rest of the features the Express concept seems to be set upo for former Sundance and the former Muvico Thousand Oaks location.
https://www.amctheatres.com/dolby https://www.amctheatres.com/prime hopefully one of these two get installed during the upgrade cycle that should be coming soon in 2018 or 2019. AMC is working to get all locations LEED complient or Energy star rated. the last remodel i was in had the paper towels replaced with the Dyson hand driers and signs explaining how the new restrooms were greener.
The June 1, 2004 comment claiming this was the first San Francisco theater to have THX Sound is not correct. The first was the UA Galaxy. Unfortunately I’ve seen the erroneous claim repeated elsewhere.
now the AMC Kabuki 8 again AMC has dropped this theater from the dine in brand https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/san-francisco/amc-kabuki-8
MSC77….You are correct re: 1st THX sound system. The Kabuki was still having live concerts in 1984 when the Galaxy opened.
This opened on December 5th, 1986 as a cinema. Grand opening ad posted.
This theatre’s opening movies include Heartbreak Ridge, Ran, The Lightship, Men, Malcolm, and Mona Lisa.