AMC Loews Ridgefield Park 12
75 Challenger Road,
Ridgefield Park,
NJ
07660
75 Challenger Road,
Ridgefield Park,
NJ
07660
3 people
favorited this theater
Showing 1 - 25 of 48 comments found
This will be Starplex' second try at North Jersey (they sold off Columbia Park which they inherited briefly from Interstate/Cinemark) – I like the concept is lower prices and luxury amenities, and I think with a remodel they could turn this place into a real competitor to Garden State and Edgewater. (The AMC Dine In Theater concept seems to be paying off – Essex Green is frequently sold out on weekends, if there was a market in the country for a higher end movie experience it’d be Bergen County, having new competitors in the market that improve complexes like Starplex and Bow Tie do, is going to be great for moviegoers).
Breaking news – This theatre suddenly closed it’s doors on May 10. Loews could'nt come to an agreement with the landlord on a new lease, so Loews just shut it down with no warning. HOWEVER, good news! The theatre was purchased, not leased, by Starplex Cinemas of Dallas, Texas. It will be their first theatre in this area. They are planning big changes like a $5 million dollar renovation which includes leather reclining seats, floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall screens, surround sound, and possibly a bar. It was also mentioned that they might reduce the number of screens from 12 to 10; the largest screen would probably be upstairs, possibly restoring it to the way it used to be – the largest movie screen in Bergen County. Ticket prices have'nt been set yet but they may be in the $8.50 range for an adult after 6:00 pm.
I found this theater when I noticed it was playing the Korean Towering Inferno remake The Tower. I was told they regularly play Asian films (the theater neighbors a Samsung office building.) It’s a great find, and I wish I’d seen this place in it’s film days. I can’t think of another multi- in the state that looks like such an effort build. I was also told all 12 houses are served by one split-level projection booth, which is something else I haven’t heard of before. I’d love to know if there’s more theaters in this style.
According to Fandango, all screens are now digital.
Several of the screens are now digital, with some of them showing 3D movies. A little too late to compete against Edgewater and Secaucus.
AMC should close this theater and build a new one from the ground up in order to compete against surrounding theaters in the meadowlands area.
I think since the theater opened, “Titanic” had the longest run of any movie in its history.
Slimshady, is there any news that digital projection will be installed at this theater by this summer or fall? It needs to have 3D in order to compete against Edgewater and Paramus and Secacus.
Seems that this theater is showing some interesting films from asia…this is something Rockaway might look at in the future….when will 3d be installed at this theater? This theater is big enough for a digital IMAX to be installed at the biggest screen.
Thanks for the info.
this coming weekend, Jackie Chan’s Shinjuku Incident will be playing at this theater as well as the Village.
With the closing of the Meadows Six and Plaza 8, this theater as well as Jersey Gardens and Newport Center are the only AMC/Loews/Cineplex theaters left around the Hudson/Bergen area.
if this theater gets 4k, then it will be worth the wait for those who go there, especially my former high school friends who go to Ridgefield High School.
attendance varies compared to the edgewater theater
BTW, has attendance declined at this theater since the Edgewater theater opened?
Oh, thank you.
TinyURL.Com This would be your NY Times link using TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/bs92xw
Tiny URL?
Thanks for the link….don’t forget to use tinyurl instead!!!
Here’s a link to the article about the Korean films making their US premieres at the theatre:
View link
the new development in the meadowlands scheduled to open later this year.
Justin: What is “Xanadu”?
a korean movie premiered exclusively at this theatre, the only one in the country and the first korean movie to be shown, according to the ny times. theater 4, the large one, was packed with a mostly korean american audience who watched the movie for one night only.
that’s good news…I never been to this theater even though I used to attend schools in Ridgefield. This theater usually is packed with students from the Ridgefield School District as well as Ridgefield Park and surrounding communities.
they bought another lease. that’s illegal to void that contract. he will have to wait till the deadline… and there isn’t going to be someone else paying more for the reason that there’s more land that is cheaper, without a building on it, in that area.