What’s this only 3 films this week on just 3 screens? Both Wall-E and Wanted were on 1 screen last weekend. Now Hancock is there but nothing else came in. You mean to tell me they got rid of Get Smart and Kung Fu Panda already!
Why do they get rid of pictures so fast? Even before it’s 2nd weekend they had up that Get Smart was getting dumped after 2 weeks (it opened with 39 million and made 20 the 2nd) so Hancock could be on 2 screens. They got rid of Indiana Jones after 3 weeks, coming off a $21 million weekend.
Didn’t Movieworld play The Queen, There Will Be Blood, Bride and Prejudice and a few other films that didn’t play say a 1000 theaters at their widest? They also played March of the Penguins which I saw there.
Pictures at the re-opened theater are openers Wall-e on 2 screens and Wanted along with older films Get Smart (2nd week), Incredible Hulk (3rd week), Kung Fu Panda (4th week) and Sex in the City (5th week).
Actually prices are currently 10 dollars after 4 pm I think and 8 dollars the rest of the day. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays as part of AMC’s policy all films 1st shows that start before 12 PM are 6 dollars.
Toy Story 1995
Nutty Professor 1996
Space Jam 1996 (n 2 runs – first 5 weeks, left and came back for 2)
Jingle All the Way 1996
101 Dalmatians 1996
Rush Hour 1998
Water Boy 1998
Bug’s Life 1998
The Matrix 1999
Entrapment 1999
Tarzan 1999
Snow Day 2000
Meet the Parents 2000
Charlie’s Angels 2000
Wedding Planner 2001
Down to Earth 2001
Monsters Inc. 2001
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
Ice Age 2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember 2002
Drumline 2002
Haunted Mansion 2003
You Got Served 2004
Shrek 2 2004
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 2004
The Incredibles 2004
Robots 2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
Dreamgirls 2006
Are We Done Yet? 2007
Here are the films that had the longest runs at the American ( 8 weeks or more)since Stewart Epstein reopened the theater in 1995.
11 weeks
Sixth Sense 1999
10 weeks
Prince of Egypt 1998
Toy Story 2 1999
9 weeks
Stuart Little 1999
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000
Emperor’s New Groove 2000
Rush Hour 2 2001
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams 2002
Freaky Friday 2003
Cheaper By the Dozen 2003
8 weeks
Waiting to Exhale 1995
Dr. Dolittle 1998
Rugrats: The Movie 1998
Mighty Joe Young 1998
The Mummy 1999
Star Wars Episode 2: The Phantom Menace 1999
Final Destination 2000
Rugrats in Paris 2000
Spy Kids 2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 2001
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 2001
Spiderman 2002
Signs 2002
Maid in Manhattan 2002
Polar Express 2004
Spongebob Squarepants Movie 2004
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Watch and the Wardrobe 2005
Step Up 2006
Happy Feet 2006
Night at the Museum 2006
Rush Hour 3 2007
I drove by the Douglaston theater today. On set of doors there is a sign that says “closed for renovations'. The others have "Closed” spelled out. Unfortunately there is also a city marshall’s notice saying the theater was seized April 8. Does that mean that if someone pays their bills it will reopen. Last films inclued Horton Hears a Who, Drillbit Taylor, Vantage Point and College Road Trip. They had a few posters up for summer films like Meet Dave with Eddie Murphy so I guess this was unexpected. How do the workers find out?
This theater was a twin when it closed in 1985. I remember that New York expected a Noreaster for the first time (I guess a new term then) and the city shut down around noon on a Friday. The storm was not as bad as they thought it would be and everyting was back to normal. The Circle though didn’t reopen. I remember the last film I saw there was “The Legend of Billie Jean”. remember going there in 1968 and seeing “Planet of the Apes” with “Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy”. In 1969 I saw a double bill with my mother of 2 G rated epics “My Side of the Mountain” and “Hello Down There” but they tossed in a sneak preview of “Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"and Pamela Franklin was topless. The film was rated "M” today’s PG. My mother was shocked this with G rated films. Other doubles I remember seeing there were Play Misty for Me with Frenzy and Girls for Rent with Blazing Stewardesses.
In the mid to late 70’s the Circle was an adults only movie theater, all X rated except for Easter and Christmas weeks when they would bring in some G rated film like Mountain Family Robinson or Grizzly Adams. I don’t know if those last 2 were there for a fact but they were G rated live action nature films and not Disney, sort of like Pacific International used to release back teh.
I read on the Internet in an article about the American from 2001 that Stewart Epstein at one time owned 25 theaters in the Tri State area. Does anybody know any of them besides the 3 mentioned earlier on this page and the Clifton in Clifton, New Jersey. He told me back in the mid 90’s that he used to own the Circle theater beneath the Parkchester station and he closed it.
Who owned the Douglastown theater. It seems weird that it basically closed the same week as the American in Parkchester before Bow Tie took over. For some reason I thought that the Douglaston was part of a small chain that included 2of the either the Sunnyside, Main St Flushing and Kew Gardens.
If one clicks on the site for Bow Tie cinemas and goes to locations they list the American by New York Locations (they have a cinema in Schenectady also). If you click on the American it will show you the marque which has a picture saying it’s reopening Friday and that Prom Night and Street Kings will be there. Their phone message now says they are reopening Friday and the pictures will be the 2 on the marquee, Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (which was there when it closed) and 4 more that probably would have come in there in the previous weeks, 21 (3rd wknd), Nim’s Island (2nd), The Ruins (2nd) and Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)(4th).
This theater closed Sunday October 14, 2001 the week before I got married. On Columbus Day October 7 I went to see the film Tortilla Soup at an afternoon showing. The theater was closed but they said they would reopen at night. They said they would be open the next weekend but were closed Tuesday thru Thursday, I don ’t know about Friday. Last films there were Zoolander (3rd), Don’t Say a Word (3rd), Tortilla Soup (2nd) and Rush Hour 2 which was there 2 weeks but had previously played Loews Bay Terrace nearby.
First film I ever saw at this theater was “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” Memorial Day weekend 1998.
Also for the record the first films to play there under Stewart’s regime when he reopened it on June 16, 2005 were Batman Begins (opening week) and older films Die Hard with a Vengeance, Casper and Tales from the Hood. They were a quad then. Stewart sixplexed the theater in April 1998 and sevenplexed it in 1999.
Longest film engagement there was the Sixth Sense which stayed 11 weeks.
They used to bring in films later in their runs too. Katest was Titanic which the American got in it’s 20th week but it stayed 6 weeks there.
I met the previous owner Stewart Epstein outside the theater on Friday March 28 and he was showing the place to prospective buyers (obviously sold now). He said he was closing the theater for health reasons. For the record the last films to play there under his regime were Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (2nd week), Horton Hears a Who (3rd week) and College Road Trip (4th week).
I was a bit premature, Get Smart is still there for a 3rd weekend.
What’s this only 3 films this week on just 3 screens? Both Wall-E and Wanted were on 1 screen last weekend. Now Hancock is there but nothing else came in. You mean to tell me they got rid of Get Smart and Kung Fu Panda already!
Why do they get rid of pictures so fast? Even before it’s 2nd weekend they had up that Get Smart was getting dumped after 2 weeks (it opened with 39 million and made 20 the 2nd) so Hancock could be on 2 screens. They got rid of Indiana Jones after 3 weeks, coming off a $21 million weekend.
Didn’t Movieworld play The Queen, There Will Be Blood, Bride and Prejudice and a few other films that didn’t play say a 1000 theaters at their widest? They also played March of the Penguins which I saw there.
Pictures at the re-opened theater are openers Wall-e on 2 screens and Wanted along with older films Get Smart (2nd week), Incredible Hulk (3rd week), Kung Fu Panda (4th week) and Sex in the City (5th week).
Who owns the theater now?
$20 for Kit Kittredge: All American Girl being shown here, ridiculous.
Driving by the theater today the sign outside the shoppong plaza for the theater says grand reopening soon.
Actually prices are currently 10 dollars after 4 pm I think and 8 dollars the rest of the day. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays as part of AMC’s policy all films 1st shows that start before 12 PM are 6 dollars.
Long runs is just for the record, call them engagements.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is the first film to open on 3 screens at the American.
The 7 weekers.
Toy Story 1995
Nutty Professor 1996
Space Jam 1996 (n 2 runs – first 5 weeks, left and came back for 2)
Jingle All the Way 1996
101 Dalmatians 1996
Rush Hour 1998
Water Boy 1998
Bug’s Life 1998
The Matrix 1999
Entrapment 1999
Tarzan 1999
Snow Day 2000
Meet the Parents 2000
Charlie’s Angels 2000
Wedding Planner 2001
Down to Earth 2001
Monsters Inc. 2001
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
Ice Age 2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember 2002
Drumline 2002
Haunted Mansion 2003
You Got Served 2004
Shrek 2 2004
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 2004
The Incredibles 2004
Robots 2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
Dreamgirls 2006
Are We Done Yet? 2007
Next the 6 weekers
This theater closed in 1996.
Here are the films that had the longest runs at the American ( 8 weeks or more)since Stewart Epstein reopened the theater in 1995.
11 weeks
Sixth Sense 1999
10 weeks
Prince of Egypt 1998
Toy Story 2 1999
9 weeks
Stuart Little 1999
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000
Emperor’s New Groove 2000
Rush Hour 2 2001
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams 2002
Freaky Friday 2003
Cheaper By the Dozen 2003
8 weeks
Waiting to Exhale 1995
Dr. Dolittle 1998
Rugrats: The Movie 1998
Mighty Joe Young 1998
The Mummy 1999
Star Wars Episode 2: The Phantom Menace 1999
Final Destination 2000
Rugrats in Paris 2000
Spy Kids 2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 2001
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 2001
Spiderman 2002
Signs 2002
Maid in Manhattan 2002
Polar Express 2004
Spongebob Squarepants Movie 2004
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Watch and the Wardrobe 2005
Step Up 2006
Happy Feet 2006
Night at the Museum 2006
Rush Hour 3 2007
Coming soon the 7 weekers.
I mean Batman Forever.
You are correct Batman Begins and June 16, 1995.
I drove by the Douglaston theater today. On set of doors there is a sign that says “closed for renovations'. The others have "Closed” spelled out. Unfortunately there is also a city marshall’s notice saying the theater was seized April 8. Does that mean that if someone pays their bills it will reopen. Last films inclued Horton Hears a Who, Drillbit Taylor, Vantage Point and College Road Trip. They had a few posters up for summer films like Meet Dave with Eddie Murphy so I guess this was unexpected. How do the workers find out?
Does anyone know what the last pictures to play here were?
This theater was a twin when it closed in 1985. I remember that New York expected a Noreaster for the first time (I guess a new term then) and the city shut down around noon on a Friday. The storm was not as bad as they thought it would be and everyting was back to normal. The Circle though didn’t reopen. I remember the last film I saw there was “The Legend of Billie Jean”. remember going there in 1968 and seeing “Planet of the Apes” with “Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy”. In 1969 I saw a double bill with my mother of 2 G rated epics “My Side of the Mountain” and “Hello Down There” but they tossed in a sneak preview of “Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"and Pamela Franklin was topless. The film was rated "M” today’s PG. My mother was shocked this with G rated films. Other doubles I remember seeing there were Play Misty for Me with Frenzy and Girls for Rent with Blazing Stewardesses.
In the mid to late 70’s the Circle was an adults only movie theater, all X rated except for Easter and Christmas weeks when they would bring in some G rated film like Mountain Family Robinson or Grizzly Adams. I don’t know if those last 2 were there for a fact but they were G rated live action nature films and not Disney, sort of like Pacific International used to release back teh.
I read on the Internet in an article about the American from 2001 that Stewart Epstein at one time owned 25 theaters in the Tri State area. Does anybody know any of them besides the 3 mentioned earlier on this page and the Clifton in Clifton, New Jersey. He told me back in the mid 90’s that he used to own the Circle theater beneath the Parkchester station and he closed it.
Who owned the Douglastown theater. It seems weird that it basically closed the same week as the American in Parkchester before Bow Tie took over. For some reason I thought that the Douglaston was part of a small chain that included 2of the either the Sunnyside, Main St Flushing and Kew Gardens.
If one clicks on the site for Bow Tie cinemas and goes to locations they list the American by New York Locations (they have a cinema in Schenectady also). If you click on the American it will show you the marque which has a picture saying it’s reopening Friday and that Prom Night and Street Kings will be there. Their phone message now says they are reopening Friday and the pictures will be the 2 on the marquee, Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (which was there when it closed) and 4 more that probably would have come in there in the previous weeks, 21 (3rd wknd), Nim’s Island (2nd), The Ruins (2nd) and Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)(4th).
12 days that’s pretty fast for reopening.
That should be Columbus Day October 8.
This theater closed Sunday October 14, 2001 the week before I got married. On Columbus Day October 7 I went to see the film Tortilla Soup at an afternoon showing. The theater was closed but they said they would reopen at night. They said they would be open the next weekend but were closed Tuesday thru Thursday, I don ’t know about Friday. Last films there were Zoolander (3rd), Don’t Say a Word (3rd), Tortilla Soup (2nd) and Rush Hour 2 which was there 2 weeks but had previously played Loews Bay Terrace nearby.
First film I ever saw at this theater was “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” Memorial Day weekend 1998.
Also for the record the first films to play there under Stewart’s regime when he reopened it on June 16, 2005 were Batman Begins (opening week) and older films Die Hard with a Vengeance, Casper and Tales from the Hood. They were a quad then. Stewart sixplexed the theater in April 1998 and sevenplexed it in 1999.
Longest film engagement there was the Sixth Sense which stayed 11 weeks.
They used to bring in films later in their runs too. Katest was Titanic which the American got in it’s 20th week but it stayed 6 weeks there.
I met the previous owner Stewart Epstein outside the theater on Friday March 28 and he was showing the place to prospective buyers (obviously sold now). He said he was closing the theater for health reasons. For the record the last films to play there under his regime were Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (2nd week), Horton Hears a Who (3rd week) and College Road Trip (4th week).