List of cinemas in Hong Kong
This is a list of current and former cinemas in Hong Kong.
AMC Cinemas/Broadway Circuit
Aside from operating its own brand as well as PALACE, Premiere Elements, MOViE MOViE and MY CINEMA brands, Broadway Circuit also operates AMC Cinemas brand since 1998.[1]
- AMC Pacific Place, at Pacific Place, Admiralty, Hong Kong
- Broadway Cinematheque
- Broadway Cyberport, at The Arcade, Cyberport
- Broadway Hollywood, at Plaza Hollywood
- Broadway Kingswood Ginza, at Kingswood Ginza
- Broadway Kwai Fong, at Metroplaza
- Broadway Mongkok, on Sai Yeung Choi Street South
- Broadway The ONE, at The ONE
- Broadway Tsuen Wan, at Tsuen Wan Plaza
- PALACE apm, at apm
- PALACE ifc, at IFC Mall
- Premiere Elements, at Elements Mall (former site of The Grand Cinema)
- MOViE MOViE, at Cityplaza
- MY CINEMA YOHO MALL, on Yuen Long
- Former cinemas
- Broadway Kornhill, at Kornhill Plaza; closed in 2002; succeeded by MCL Kornhill
- Broadway Kowloon Bay, at Amoy Plaza; closed in March 2009
- Broadway Olympian City, at Olympian City; closed on 16 September 2013
- Broadway Yuen Long, at Sun Yuen Long Centre; closed on 6 March 2013
- AMC Festival Walk, at Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong – now MCL Festival Grand
UA Cinemas
UA Cinemas in Hong Kong is not related to UA (United Artists) Cinemas in United States, owned by Regal Cinemas.
- CINE TIMES, at Times Square; opened in November 2013[4]
- UA Cine Moko, at Grand Century Place, Mong Kok
- UA Cinema @ Airport, at Terminal 2, Hong Kong International Airport; houses the third (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong[5]
- UA iSQUARE, at iSQUARE; houses the second (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong[6]
- UA MegaBox, at MegaBox; houses the first (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong[6]
- UA Shatin, at New Town Plaza; opened in 1985 as the first UA cinema in Hong Kong[7]
- Former cinemas
- UA Langham Place, succeeded by Cinema City
- UA Pacific Place, at Pacific Place; closed on 27 January 2006, succeeded by AMC Pacific Place[8]
- UA Telford, succeeded by MCL Telford
- UA Times Square, at Times Square; opened in December 1993, closed in February 2012;[9] the site was replaced by a Louis Vuitton store, and the UA theater was relocated to the 12th to 14th floor of the mall[10][11]
- UA Whampoa, opened in May 1985, closed in October 2009; succeeded by GH Whampoa[6][12]
- Windsor Cinema, at Windsor House, Causeway Bay; closed on September 2015, succeeded by MCL Grand Windsor Cinema
- UA Citygate, at Citygate; closed on 18 September 2016
- UA Cityplaza, at Cityplaza; closed on 23 February 2017
- UA tmtplaza, at Tuen Mun Town Plaza; closed on 10 March 2018
Golden Harvest Cinemas
- Grand Ocean, at Ocean Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
- GH Citywalk, at Citywalk 2
- GH Fanling, at Fanling Town Centre
- GH Whampoa, at Whampoa Plaza, Whampoa Garden[13][14]
- the sky, at Olympian City 2
- Former cinemas
- GH Hollywood, at Plaza Hollywood; closed on March 31, 2011; became Broadway Hollywood[15]
- GH Mongkok, at Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward Road West
- Golden Gateway, at The Gateway[16]
- GH Tsing Yi, at Maritime Square; closed on January 3, 2018; succeeded by UA Maritime
Newport Circuit
- Dynasty Theatre, on Mong Kok Road, Mong Kok
- Hyland Theatre, on Heung Sze Wui Road, Tuen Mun
- Newport Theatre, on Soy Street, Mong Kok
- President Theatre, on Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay
- Former cinemas
- Century Theatre
MCL Cinemas
- MCL JP Cinema, at JP Plaza, Causeway Bay
- MCL Kornhill Cinema, at Kornhill Plaza
- MCL Metro Cinema, at Metro City, Phase 2
- MCL South Horizons Cinema, at South Horizons
- MCL Telford Cinema, at Telford Gardens
- STAR Cinema, at PopCorn, Tseung Kwan O[18]
- Grand Windsor Cinema, at Windsor House, Causeway Bay
- MCL Festival Grand Cinema, at Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong
Former cinema
- The Grand Cinema, at Elements Mall (site acquired by Broadway and rebranded as Premiere Elements)
Chinachem Cinema Circuit
- Paris London New York Milano Cinema, at Hong Lai Garden, Tuen Mun
- Former cinema
Pegasus Entertainment Holdings Limited
- Cinema City, at Langham Place[22]
Emperor Cinemas
- Entertainment Building, Queen's Road Central / D'Aguilar Street, Central[23]
- Ma On Shan Emperor Cinema, in Sunshine City, Ma On Shan.
- Tuen Mun Emperor Cinema, New Town Commercial Arcade, 2 Tuen Lee St, Tuen Mun, in New Town Mansion Shopping Arcade
Other cinemas
- Cine-Art House, at Amoy Plaza, Amoy Gardens; established in 1988 at the ground floor of Sun Hung Kai Centre, in Wan Chai; closed in 2006 and reopened in 2009 within Amoy Garden Shopping Arcade[24][25]
- Hong Kong Film Archive
- Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre, renamed in 2018
- L Cinema, on Mong Lung Street, Shau Kei Wan; opened on 8 February 2016[26]
- Lux Theatre, on Bulkeley Street, Hung Hom; opened in 1971[27]
- The Metroplex, at Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Kowloon Bay; opened on 14 February 2014[28]
- Stanley Ho Space Theatre, within the Hong Kong Space Museum
- Yuen Long Cinema, on Yuen Long Pau Cheung Square, Yuen Long[29]
- Former cinemas
- Brightly Star, closed in 2008
- Capitol Theatre (京華戲院), Jardine's Bazaar, Causeway Bay; opened in 1952, closed in 1977[30]
- Fanling Town Centre Cinema, in Fanling; opened in 1993, closed in 2006[31]
- Golden Valley Theatre (金茂坪戲院), Hiu Kwong Street, Sau Mau Ping; opened in 1978, closed in 1992[32][33]
- Isis Theatre (新都戲院), Moreton Terrace, Causeway Bay; opened in 1966, closed in 1999.
- Kwun Chung Theatre, at 30 Kwun Chung Street, Kwun Chung; was Hong Kong's last adult cinema until it closed on March 15, 2011[34][35]
- Lee Theatre; opened in 1927, closed in 1991.
- Lung Wah Theatre, at 117 Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan; opened in 1962; closed in 1996[36]
- Nanyang Theatre (南洋戲院), Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai; opened in 1966, closed in 1989.
- Olympia Theatre (國都戲院), Power Street, North Point; opened in 1965, closed in 1995.
- Park Theatre (百樂戲院), Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay; opened in 1970, closed in 1997.
- Peng Chau Theatre (坪洲戲院), Peng Chau; opened in 1978, closed in the late 1980s
- Queen's Theatre (皇后戲院), at the corner of Queen's Road Central and Theatre Lane, opened in 1924, closed for reconstruction in 1958, reopened in 1961, closed in 2007;[37] the site is now occupied by LHT Tower
- Royal Cinema, closed in 2007
- Silver Star Cinema, closed in 1999
- Silver Theatre, in Kwun Tong; opened in 1963, closed in 2009; the building was demolished in 2013[38]
- State Theatre, in North Point; operated from 1959 to 1997; formerly the Empire Theatre, which operated from 1952 to 1957
- Sunbeam Cinema, renovated into a stage theater in 2007
- Tai Ping Theatre (太平戲院)
- Tuen Mun Cinema, closed in 2008 due to renovation in Tuen Mun Town Plaza
- Yau Ma Tei Theatre, opened in the late 1920s, closed in 1988
- Yuen Long Cinema, reopened as independent cinema
References
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- Annual Report 2013, The Wharf (Holdings)
- Wong, Maggie Hiufu (28 March 2012). "World's first airport IMAX cinema coming to Hong Kong". CNN Travel. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- "GH Whampoa Set to Open Before Christmas". hkfilmart.com. Hong Kong Trade Development Council. November 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
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- Lo, Raymond. "UA Pacific Place Cinemas". Cinema Treasures. Cinema Treasures, LLC. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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- "Goldenharvest". Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- "Newport Circuit 新寶院線". Newport Entertainment Co.Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- "MCL Cinema". MCL Cinema Ltd. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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- Nip, Amy; Ho, Jolie (25 May 2013). "Nina Wang's beloved cinema shuts after 26 years". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- "Welcome to Chinachem Cinema Circuit". Chinachementertainment.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- "Pegasus Motion Pictures". Pegasusmovie.com. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- "EmperorCinemas". www.emperorcinemas.com. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
- Cityline - Movies
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- "L Cinema", cinematreasures.org
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- "The Metroplex".
- Cityline - Movies
- "Capitol Theatre", cinematreasures.org
- "Fanling Town Centre Cinema", cinematreasures.org
- "Golden Valley Theatre", cinematreasures.org
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- wantchinatimes.com "Tissues at the ready: farewell to HK's last porn cinema", 2011-03-29 Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
- "Kwun Chung Theatre", cinematreasures.org
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- 黃夏柏 (2015). 香港戲院搜記.歲月鈎沉. 香港: 中華書局.
External links
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- Wong, Cindy Hing-yuk; McDonogh, Gary W. (2001). "Consuming Cinemas: Reflections on Movies and Market-places in Contemporary Hong Kong". In Mathews, Gordon; Lui, Tai-lok (eds.). Consuming Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 81–116. ISBN 9789622095465.
- See p. 111 for the number of cinemas for the years between 1952 and 1996.
- Tube Hong Kong cinema list
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