Apple Cinemas Van Ness IMAX
1000 Van Ness Avenue,
San Francisco,
CA
94109
1000 Van Ness Avenue,
San Francisco,
CA
94109
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Please rename Apple Cinemas Van Ness IMAX and total seats 2,190 as of know, new Recliners coming soon, the count probably will change. Also, they only have IMAX and Apple ACX coming soon with ATMOS, Apple Cinemas discontinued Screen X and 4DX when they took control
Seating Capcity:
Theatre 1 115
Theatre 2 220
Theatre 3 251
Theatre 4 96
Theatre 5 152
Theatre 6 217
Theatre 7 227 IMAX
Theatre 8 88
Theatre 9 66
Theatre 10 153
Theatre 11 217
Theatre 12 234
Theatre 13 88
Theatre 14 66
Looking at old photos when CGV had the theatre, Apple removed the Screen X and 4DX off the walls, guess their not going to due the formats. Once Apple puts news seating in later this year, the 4DX seats will be removed.
First time at a Apple Cinema, no usher check tickets. The first theatre to serve you’re own popcorn. Still has CGV signs. Apple later this year, renovating CGV Rockers for recliners. Ill upload photos later after my movie The 4DX screen is running non 4DX films and a ACX screen coming soob
“San Francisco’s newest movie theater appears to be in legal trouble. Apple, the Cupertino tech company, is suing Apple Cinemas (no relation), the small, Massachusetts-headquartered movie theater chain, which opened a location in San Francisco last month at the former site of the AMC 1000 Van Ness. In a civil lawsuit filed Friday, the tech giant alleges that Apple Cinemas is infringing on its trademark and intentionally misleading consumers.”
“Ironically, the trademark infringement case mirrors a series of legal disputes between Apple Inc. and Apple Corps, the Beatles’ multimedia company. In 1978, Apple Corps sued the fledgling tech company for trademark infringement. Apple Inc. ended up paying the multimedia company millions of dollars over the course of three separate settlements.”
SFGate
2025 grand opening ad posted.
The theater is now open:
San Francisco, CA: Van Ness Movie Theater Open Under New Management [Jul 10, 2025]
San Francisco, CA: East Coast Theater Chain Coming to California, Opening Two Former Movie Theaters [Jun 30, 2025]
Please rename Apple Cinemas Van Ness Inc and reopening on July 10, 2025
This is now an Apple Cinemas location, opening some time this summer. They plan to install San Francisco’s first LED cinema screen here, with eventual plans for a restaurant, bar, and recliner seats.
This theater is available to lease as of February 6th, 2025.
Potential tenants have a few options:
-Auditoriums 1-14 (2,190 seats) for $91,797/month
-Auditoriums 5-9 (750 seats; IMAX & ScreenX) for $32,081/month
-Auditoriums 1-4 (682 seats; 4DX) for $29,931/month
-Auditoriums 10-14 (758 seats) for $29,785/month
-Auditorium 3 (251 seats) for $3,158/month
-Auditorium 1 (115 seats) for $1,719/month
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1000-Van-Ness-Ave-San-Francisco-CA/31644128/ https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1000-Van-Ness-Ave-San-Francisco-CA/34925430/
The name prior to AMC closing in 2019 was AMC Van Ness 14. It already had an IMAX auditorium before CGV renovated it.
This theater has a capacity of 2,190.
Auditorium capacities: 115 (1), 220 (2), 251 (3), 96 (4/4DX), 152 (5), 217 (6), 227 (7/IMAX), 88 (8/ScreenX), 66 (9), 153 (10), 217 (11), 234 (12), 88 (13), 66 (14)
This theatre complex will temporarily re-open to host the SF Film Festival, April 13-23
https://sfist.com/2023/03/22/sffilm-festival-announces-2023-lineup-and-theyre-reactivating-the-shuttered-1000-van-ness-theater/
Here is the info about the closing from the Chronicle.
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/movie-theater-closure-cgv-san-francisco-17795385
Please update, theatre closing on February 28, 2023.
Please update, total seats 2099, theatre includes IMAX, 4DX and Screen X
This theater reopened Sept 3. The new name is CGV Cinemas San Francisco. There are 2 other CGV Cinemas in California. One is in Buena Park, the other in Los Angeles.
The website is Here
Currently tickets for 6 films are being sold on Fandango in 8 of it’s screening rooms.
The former AMC Van Ness Theatre has been fixed up with all the new gadgets like 4DX but It still sits closed after all these years. CJ CGV Cinemas I think dropped out of this SF location. Some one needs to take over this movie spot in SF. No other cinemas in this prime area of San Francisco.
Did AMC (or anyone else, for that matter) ever offer a more detailed explanation as to why they just shut down out of the blue like that? The only movie I ever got to see there was “13 Days,” and it seemed a decent enough screen.
Official Facebook page for CGV Van Ness 14: https://www.facebook.com/CGVVanNess/
CJ CGV doesn’t usually install recliners in all of their cinema auditoriums but we’ll see what happens. CGV Buena Park only has them in their Premium Cinema auditoriums and that’s how I expect Van Ness will be.
As terrywade mentioned, they are also known for their flavored popcorn and other concession items.
The FB page has confirmed 4DX and ScreenX premium formats for the theater.
CJ CGV has their own large format auditorium called Starium, which is installed in some of their locations in South Korea and East Asia. The largest Starium auditorium in Seoul uses Christie laser projectors and Dolby Atmos sound: https://www.christiedigital.com/emea/about-christie/news-room/press-releases/6p-laser-lights-cgv-biggest-screen-english
We’ll see if they bring that over to one of the large auditoriums at Van Ness. It seems like they’ll be focusing more on the general theatre renovation and other premium formats, which already cost quite a bit.
I have been told this new South Korean cinema company does very well in the LA area because they offer cinema treats that the local chains don’t bother to offer. It will be fun to see a movie in 4D & EX in the San Francisco CA area in 2020!
A brand new cinema theatre company from Koren chain CJ CGV will take over the former AMC spot on Van Ness in 2020. They will feature SF’s first 4D and EX cinemas plus a giant curved screen any many other special extras that AMC & Century don’t offer in SF. They have two spots in Southern CA at this time. So glad the place will become a movie theatre again.
Recliners should be in the home, not a theater.
Cinemark Theatres under their Century Theatre brand has way too many cinemas in the SF Bay Area same with AMC. It’s time for a new cinema company to move into S.F. Bow Tie & National are mainly on the East Coast. Many new theatre operators are ready to take over old cineama’s or build new ones in California like Cineapolis opening this June in the Hillsdale area of San Mateo CA along with Maya, Showcase Icon and the new Cineworld Regal Theatre brand. Bring on the huge X curved screens along with 4DX, Screen X & Dolby Atmos® We are ready in San Francisco for the new guys to bring us some new movie going treats that are missing at Century.
The old AMC 14 at least had Dolby Atmos® in one of their small spaces. Whoever takes on the remodel upgrade job at the AMC SF 14 may add more new type sound systems as there are other new sound companies available besides Dolby® these days like Barco . One bad thing the seating will be way reduced when they put in recliners. I am not a fan of these way too big sleeper seats. I’d put in some new nice hi back deluxe seats and just put in the recliners in the largest auditoriums.
What about Bow Tie Cinemas or perhaps National Amusements or even Cinemark?
If the Cineworld Group (Regal) takes on the remodel of the AMC 14 Van Ness in SF maybe we will have under one roof a Dolby Cinema®, Screen X and a 4DX. It will be a big comeback to Regal Theatres under their new owners Cineworld. Regal at one time was a huge operator in the San Francisco area. With the new Regal Theatre going into the old Macy’s spot in the Stonestown area of SF they will have two new movie spots in SF If they take on the AMC Van Ness 14 location.