TCL Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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Actually AMC still accepts both Loews and (if you still have them) GCC passes
Reading Cinemas allowed patrons to use Pacific passes for the locations they took over for nearly a YEAR.
A decent sized, happy crowd for the midnight X-Men show. Was good to see a line on Hollywood Blvd for the first time in I don’t remember how long.
dtrigubetz In all fairness to them, I dont know of any chain that takes over a theatre location that allows you to still use the prior theatres passes or certificates. Regency certainly didnt let you continue to use Mann Theatre certificates after they took over the village and Bruin. Amc didnt allow customers to use Mann certificates at the Criterion, or Lowes tickets at City walk.
The LAHTF has been given assurance that there will be no “Gulla Gate” walling off the Chinese forecourt and that that picture (uploaded now onto this website, see Photos tab above) is going to be removed from the Gulla Jonsdottir site.
The new management knows nothing about establishing goodwill: The box offices(Hollywood Blvd & upstairs)have a notice saying Mann passes or vouchers will NOT be honored.
So if Mann certificate holders travels to Hollywood expecting to use same they are out of luck! How outrageous when thousands of seats go unsold at EACH screening(the 7 theaters seat about 3000).
Memo to new idiot management: You just lost concession sales and future patron loyalty.
FYI, cuture mavens may want to check out “The Importance of Being Earnest” and Sondheim’s “Company” coming to the Chinese 6 in June. Tickets are a steep $20, no senior or children discounts.
I changed my profile from BRADE41 to BRADE48.
On Movie Tickets.com it is listed as The Chinese Theatre. Wouldn’t it be better to still call it Grauman’s Chinese? What else other than X-MEN is booked for this Summer? I’d like to go but not really into comic book movies. I feel I should go as much as possible before they change it to EVENT Center.
According to movietickets.com tickets are now on sale at the chinese theatre for Xmen first class!
not sure what to think of this but clicking through the website there was a link to a designers website two things that stood out were the chinese 6 being listed at the kodak 6 with a completely redesigned lobby,I do think the lobby design looks rather sleek and cool. But the other thing i noticed was this concept art of the Graumans chinese theatre with what appears to be a gate infront of it. Can they do this? wouldnt this be classified as altering the exterior of the building? isnt this theatre a cultural and historic city landmark and as such changes to the exterior are prohibited? further more if they do that what are the odds they might start preventing access to the forcourt after hours or worse yet charge admission to walk around the courtyard? http://www.gplusdesign.com/graumans-chinese-theater-2/
there should have been a why where i said “did paramount and wb never book their own Alist movies in the chinese”
I miss the ability to preview your comment before posting from the old site, any way that can be added back.
Chris your right, the studios really should consider booking films at both the chinese and the arclight, there is precidence for dual bookings at locations look at the Mann glendale theatres and the Pacific Americana theatres they are right across the street from each other and both get the same features, and the Vista and The Arclight book the same main feature alot of times. Its not like the arclight and the chinese are across the street or even on the same block, they are a good mile to mile and a half apart. I wonder if it boils down to politics as to the reason why they mainly book at arclight. The thing i never understood was why if Mann was owned by Paramount and WB did Paramount and WB hardly ever book there A list film in the crown jewel of Hollywood Cinemas. still scratching my head on this one. Hopefully if the studios still refuse to book A list titles at the chinese the new owners will think to sue (like the vista did) to get the studios to start booking the big Alist films. I went to see African Cats at the Chinese 6 on Saturday night, I was happy to see that they kept on members of the management,and some of the world class staff members from when it was Mann operated.
Just answered my own question…
Either the good folks at Chinese Theatres copied their corporate info word for word from Mann’s website and forgot to change it. OR…maybe they have bought Mann out all together and will slowly but surely take over the remaining theatres.
Heh…wishful thinking. I’m guessing it’s option “A”.
Needless to say, CT Gatekeepers, this theatre’s description – along with removal of Mann’s link and putting Chinese Theatres link in its place – needs to be updated.
And somebody tell me what other friggin theatres does Chinese own? They have it splashed in their About page that they own 54 screens or somthing like that. That’s news to me!
“Tree of Life” at The Arclight Hollywod,The Dome @ Arclight and The Landmark.
someone noted that’s it’s over at the Landmark in 4K digital projection
out of curiousity, where is ‘Tree of Life’ playing in LA?
In case no one has noticed,the LA Times is listing it as “The Chinese Theatre & Chinese 6 Theatres” with only nighttime shows for both venues shown. Truly sad,indeed.
“The Tree of Life” opens today at only two theaters in NY and two in LA. I assume the Chinese isn’t one of them, but wouldn’t it be nice if it was.
Somehow they’re managing to book X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. Maybe the new team has savvier bookers. IMO, they should offer Grauman’s and 3 more screens at Chinese 6 as bait for any major blockbusters they feel like booking. Day and date with ArcLight ala “Terminator Salvation” ain’t a bad idea, either.
As an indie forget about them getting anything. If they use the main theatre as a mixed use facility but continue to show films, at least its keeping it open. I wonder about the multi-plex next door.
So…the most famous movie theatre in the world is now a mixed use facility that will use filler programming (comedy shows, concerts, festivals and so much more!) to keep the lights on while ArcLight continues to swipe the majority of major film bookings. Sigh…
Very sadly, I stand corrected.
Pretty much like the Wiltern, Orpheum and the former Beverly (aka:Warner Beverly Hills).
The new website is live:
They have this listed under events. It does not seem it will be Studio 54, BUT they may cease film exhibition in the future.
Coming Soon
The Chinese Theatre will feature various events including comedy shows, concerts, festivals, and so much more!
Concerning the whole Mann issue; it is my understanding Mann’s last contracted day of operation was 5/19/11. However, there was an extention made to 5/26/11, to aid in the transition process. After completing the change over (the reason they are currently closed), the theatre will reopen under a new owner and operator (as movielover23 mentioned “Chinese Theatre LLC”). I believe the theatre’s new website will soon be chinesetheatres.com.