Eastland Mall Cinemas
5471 Central Avenue,
Eastland Mall Shopping Center,
Charlotte,
NC
28212
5471 Central Avenue,
Eastland Mall Shopping Center,
Charlotte,
NC
28212
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Located in the lower level of the Eastland Mall at the intersection of Central Avenue at Sharon Amity Road, the Eastland Mall Cinemas was part of the General Cinema chain that owned several theatres in the greater Charlotte area which owned South Park Mall Cinemas and also at the time Charlottetowne Cinemas and another theatre in the Charlotte area that was also an multiplex. It was closed in March 2006.
In 2007, after a refurbishment by new operator, Red Carpet Cinemas, the Eastland Mall Cinemas reopened. In August 2008, the theater began to cut back its hours of operation and closed completely in late October 2008.
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I just read a recent article about the theatre at Eastland Mall being a church now.
Renovatus (Church) is still operating out of the theatres according to their web site. View link
A search will eventually land you at their photo gallery and you can choose the one about their first Sunday there in October 2009— offers a very limited glimpse of what’s still there. Looks like they still make use of the concession stand but they have brightened up the walls so that it is not so dark. It also looks like they use their own screens (two smaller ones as opposed to the theatres' screens…)
I could find no current photos at the site.
PatriciaNC: Good research and thank you.
Eastland Mall to close at end of June 2010.
I went to Renovatus for a few weeks before car problems caused me to not have a way.
Being a native of East Charlotte I remember seeing movies at Eastland when I was a kid in the late 80’s and early 90’s, the mall fell on some pretty tough times later on and never really recovered from it.
I started going to Renovatus in January of 2010 and hung out with one of the members of their staff there sometimes, as far as I know they never got the screens operating again. Their plan for the mall was, honestly, very noble and I wish they could’ve pulled it off. They’d envisioned turning Screen “A” into the sanctuary, Screen “B” into a nursury and using Screen “C” to show G-rated movies either for free or at an extremely reduced cost. That plan never came to be due to a number of things, not least a frozen pipe bursting and flooding the place. Eventually they moved in with another Church in west Charlotte when the mall was closed.
It was still in good shape while I was there, they’d converted the lobby into a kind of coffee house/chill out place. The bathrooms were still operable as well.
I remember this being a very dark place as well. I frequented this theatre during my teenage years in Charlotte (roughly 1986 – 1991) and when the mall was still a thriving mall.
I remember seeing PREDATOR 2, BACK TO THE FUTURE 2, and a whole slew of first run movies there. After a while though the mall became more and more run down and empty, and I stopped going.
Thanks for posting the links PatriciaNC.
I wish GCC was still with us,heck, I might have even drove over and took a Chief of Staff position part time.But they are gone and heck you can’t go back anyways,right Tisloews.
I am working on a project on “Lost” Charlotte Movie Theaters for UNC-Charlotte where i am a faculty member. Would love to get in touch with anyone who as insight into this theater (stories, pics, whatever). You can send me an email at and hopefully we can talk about your interest or info on the lost theaters of Charlotte. – Thanks
RETURN OF THE JEDI played at Eastland Mall Cinemas on two screens on May 25,1983.