Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 & RPX

A symbol of the ‘new’ Times Square (built roughly on the same site of a definitive symbol of the old Times Square - the former 24-hour porn grindhouse, the Harem Theatre), this 13-screen, all-stadium seating megaplex (part of the larger E-Walk entertainment complex), replete with retro-Art Deco style touches, murals, and enough neon to illuminate 50 pizza parlors, opened its doors on November 12, 1999.

Initially it had little neighborhood competition - the faded Criterion Center seven-screen multiplex at Broadway and 45th; the white elephant Loews State Theatre on the basement floor of the Virgin Megastore, one block north of the Criterion; and the single auditorium Loews Astor Plaza Theatre on 44th Street, west of Broadway - but, by April of 2000, with those aforementioned theatres either closed, facing increasing irrelevancy, or facing attendance drops of several fractions, the Loews 42nd Street E-Walk found itself competing with a even bigger movie (and crowd) magnet across the street: AMC’s first foray into the NYC film marketplace, the Empire 25.

Despite a battle to fill their combined 38 screens with product, both theatres have succeeded in making Times Square arguably the strongest filmgoing destination it’s ever been.

AMC acquired this theatre, along with the rest of the Loews Cineplex chain, in January 2006. As a condition of approving the merger, the state and federal governments required Loews and AMC to sell ten theatres, including this one.

It became a Regal cinema on September 15, 2006.

Recent comments (view all 287 comments)

Comfortably Cool on November 10, 2020 at 9:21 am

Although this never re-opened after pandemic shutdown, all Regal Cinemas that did have now closed again until further notice. News report here

ridethectrain on November 10, 2020 at 5:16 pm

This hasn’t reopened since it was in nyc

Fotomac on November 23, 2020 at 1:53 am

Can anyone remember the aspect ratio of the RPX screen? Is it 1.90 or 2.35? Or is it somewhere in between?

ridethectrain on November 25, 2020 at 12:26 am

1.90. in 2014 I believe they put a floating 1.90 no masking. The first RPX screen installed in 2010 was better.

Fotomac on December 13, 2020 at 8:29 pm

Just now saw it. What was the 2010 screen like, to be better than the 2014 screen?

zoetmb on May 29, 2021 at 3:51 pm

Actually, I think it’s 1353 seats.

CorusFTW on August 7, 2021 at 12:23 pm

This cinema is still open despite its location being just across from AMC Empire 25. In my opinion, it doesn’t make any sense. I kinda relate this rivalry to Colossus Vaughan vs AMC Interchange 30 or AMC Ontario Mills 30 vs Regal Edwards Ontario Palace 21.

mhvbear on August 7, 2021 at 4:44 pm

The Regal Theaters are in much better condition than the AMC and better kept. The bathrooms are cleaner as well.

robboehm on August 7, 2021 at 4:50 pm

From what I’ve been reading on CT AMC theatres are like the ones of the former UA; not known for good maintenance.

CorusFTW on August 23, 2021 at 1:29 pm

Loews opened this cinema on November 12, 1999, with the following movies: The Bone Collector, Pokémon: The First Movie, Dogma, The Insider, Being John Malkovich and American Beauty.