Cinemark Century North Hollywood
12827 Victory Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
91606
12827 Victory Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
91606
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Operated by: Cinemark
Previously operated by: Century Theatres
Firms: Design Collective
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Century 7, Century 8
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Built on the structure of an old Westward Ho market, the Century 7 opened on June 3, 1988. In May 1995 screen 2 was divided into two screens and it became the Century 8. It features three large upstairs theaters and five smaller screens in the basement. They have the lowest twilight prices in the San Fernando Valley.
Competition from the Sherman Oaks Galleria 16 and the Burbank AMC could have led to the end of this fairly uninteresting modern style theater, which has been taken over by Cinemark. In late-2024 screen 7 was converted into a XD theatre.
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The upstairs theaters are much better now after upgrading to digital 3D projectors. There used to be allot of sound problems in those upstairs houses 2-3 years ago but now that seems to be fixed. Good to see Cinemark put some money in this small but still very much alive neighborhood theater. The downstairs houses are still tiny and it’s pretty amazing that they book some movies on such small screens in their first week of release. I guess management is doing the best they can with this old school theater. Way too crowded on the weekends, but still a nice place to catch a weekday matinee. Also lately I have seen an army of young kids working there so cleanliness and maintenece must be a priority now.
This theatre is located in North Hollywood CA, not Los Angeles CA.
North Hollywood IS part of Los Angeles. WEST Hollywood is a separate city, NORTH Hollywood (and regular Hollywood) are suburbs of the City of Los Angeles.
All seats throughout the complex were converted to ‘Cinemark Luxury Loungers’ in August 2015, and the building was rebranded ‘Cinemark North Hollywood’.
I am glad to see this theater still opened! I remember seeing Ghostbusters 2, and waiting in a looooong line with a couple friends. When we finally got to the theater, it was their ‘spillover’ theater which seemed like a big-screen tv, LOL. One of the friends who went worked in FX (still does),and I remember going to see other films here that he worked on, or friends of ours who worked on other films. I remember seeing ‘Swamp Thing’ (the 80’s remake), and a couple others that I don’t remember here. But, again, it is always nice to see old places, especially theaters, still opened when I visit L.A.!
LA Times started on May 25th, 1988 and the Grand opening ad appeared on June 3rd, 1988. Grand opening ad posted.
I was just here yesterday and it seems to me that screens 2/3 and 4/5 may have been one big screen in the past and chopped into two. Screen 5 that I was in is an extremely narrow hallway of a theater. I wonder if the luxury seats make this theater feel smaller than when it had the bucket seats of the past? Also the floor slants upward to the screen in the front and the screen is about ten feet from the ground so it’s much higher than your typical screen.
Anyone know the history on this?
The theater was built as a 7-plex in 1988 and theater 2 was split in May of 1995 (resulting in theatre 2 & 3). I just uploaded a 2004 photo of theatre 3 looking back at the projection booth. More at Cinematour.
Auditorium 7 is becoming an XD auditorium. New seat count will be slightly higher. DBOX motion seats will also be added to that theater only.
I cannot stand some of the downstairs theaters. They are set up in this old-school fashion where the screen is way up and you have to look up to see it. So you’re not looking directly straight into the projection, which is annoying for your neck. Not every downstairs theater is like this, but I think at least two of them are