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Also known as Bollingbrook Theatre

Bolingbrook Cinema

Bolingbrook, IL
Interstate 55 and Illinois Route 53
, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Multiplex (4 Screen)
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: Unknown
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Bolingbrook Theatre was opened on June 17, 1977 by Plitt Theaters. Its premiere movies were "The Other Side Of Midnight", "The Boatniks", and "Exorcist II: The Heretic" showing in its three screens. Soon a fourth screen was added and it was renamed Bolingbrook Cinema 1-2-3-4.

It was showing first-run movies until the early 1990's. Before it closed, it was showing second-run movies. It was later demolished.
Contributed by James Piscitelli


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This theater opened siamultanously with the Orland Square theater.
posted by jimpiscitelli on Mar 7, 2006 at 5:43pm
On what parcel of land was this theatre?,what is on it's site now?
posted by corvetteguy1963 on Mar 8, 2006 at 12:06pm
The only thing I know that it was located in the shopping center (in which a Menards store is located) on the East side of Rte. 53 and South of I-55. It was a small (kind of like a shoebox type of building) and it was located in the back of the shopping center.
posted by jimpiscitelli on Mar 9, 2006 at 6:23am
Actually, the Menards is no longer there (it moved up north on Rt 53). Here's where it all was: the Bolingbrook Theatre was located behind The Old Chicago Town Shopping Center, which was across the street (Rt. 53) from Old Chicago, which was an indoor amusement park. Everything was torn down (not all at the same time) except the K-Mart in the Shopping Center, which became the Menards that jimpiscitelli referenced above. To reference it all in Google Maps:

- Old Chicago's address was the SW block of: 53 and Old Chicago Dr. (torn down)
- Old Chicago Town Shopping Center's address was: 550 S Bolingbrook Dr. (torn down except for K-Mart)
- Bolingbrook Threatre stood a couple hundred feet north of the intersection of: Stevenson and Old Chicago Dr. (torn down)
posted by artct on Feb 19, 2010 at 1:11pm
Argh. My last comment wasn't clear about the location of the theatre. If you go a couple hundred feet north of the intersection of: Stevenson and Old Chicago Dr., you'll be standing where the theatre was. It is now a street.
posted by artct on Feb 19, 2010 at 1:14pm
One more thing: If you use Google Earth (not Maps), and input the above address(es), you can view historical Satellite data. The Mar 30 1994 map shows the theatre and Shopping Center in their former glory (Old Chicago was long gone at that time). The next date available is Apr 10 1998, and it's all gone. Amazing how much changed in that short period.
posted by artct on Feb 19, 2010 at 1:43pm
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