Regal UA Staten Island & RPX
2474 Forest Avenue,
Staten Island,
NY
10303
2474 Forest Avenue,
Staten Island,
NY
10303
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Please update, closed as of July 20, 2023
After serving the borough for 22 years, this Staten Island movie theater to close its doors for good Thursday Published: Jul. 18, 2023, 12:41 p.m.
By Jessica Jones-Gorman | STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Regal UA in Mariners Harbor will prep its final batches of popcorn and show its last film this week: According to an alert on the movie theater’s website, the longstanding borough business will close its doors for good on Thursday, July 20.
Located at 2474 Forest Ave., across the street from Home Depot, the theater is one of Staten Island’s largest, containing 16 screens and over 3,500 seats.
Its closure comes after the theater chain’s parent company, Cineworld, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, rejecting leases for dozens of its movie houses. Cineworld recently amended its plan for reorganization, The Hollywood Reporter noted, establishing a newly incorporated company, “NewCo,” to become the sole owner of Cineworld when it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this month. That change reportedly sparked more closures, with several local news agencies reporting that theaters will soon shutter in Illinois, Texas, Indiana, Kansas and Pennsylvania.
Regal Cinemas is considered the second-largest theater chain in the United States behind AMC, operating more than 500 locations throughout the nation. According to Advance/SILive records, the Mariners Harbor location was originally opened by United Artists in November 2001. It was updated and equipped as a Regal Premium Experience (RPX) in 2014, when the company added immersive sound effects and laser projector\ After shuttering during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Regal location remained closed even when movie houses were permitted to be open. In January 2021 it was listed “For Lease,” but eventually reopened on May 7, 2021, still operated by Regal.
The theater’s final day will include showings of “Barbie,” “Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning” and “Sound of Freedom.” According to Regal UA’s website, the final show will be at 10:20 p.m. Customers are currently being directed to the chain’s other Staten Island location, Regal Bricktown Charleston.
Please update, theatre is open and includes RPX and 4DX
https://www.genealogybank.com/ Has the advance 1945-2016
@rivest266 need to know which website the old staten island advance are availabe. Thank you
Grand opening ad posted. this cinema is now open.
Please update, the theatre is opening on May 7 as per Regal website even though the theatre up for lease.
Theater is now closed and available for lease: https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2474-Forest-Ave-Staten-Island-NY/21893627/
Theatre opened November 16, 2001 as the UA All Staten Island 16. This building was built by Regal Cinema. Just like the other New York locations, United Artists took full control until they merge with Regal Cinemas. The interior pictures from yelp and google shows it definitely built by Regal Cinemas. In recent years, Regal removed All the name of the theatre. Please update the description.
Seating capacities at this theater (via Fandango’s reserved seating service):
Theaters 1 & 16 – 238 seats
Theater 2 – 287 seats
Theater 3 – 194 seats
Theater 4 – 222 seats
Theaters 5, 6, 11 & 12 – 166 seats
Theaters 7 & 10 – 188 seats
Theater 8 – 300 seats [RPX]
Theater 9 – 352 seats
Theater 13 – 221 seats
Theater 14 – 195 seats
Theater 15 – 289 seats
This theater now has an RPX auditorium
This opened in 2001.
This is the only theater I currently patronize on Staten Island where I reside. It is an okay theater and I really haven’t had any major problems there, just the occasional lowlife loudmouth who could not care less about anyone else and just keeps on yakking like they are in their living rooms. There were several of these idiots there the time I saw “The Dark Knight.” But unfortunately, if you go to the movies nowadays you have to be prepared to run into dregs like these no matter what theater you attend.
Was this theater built on the same ground which used to hold Weissglass Stadium?
currently the premiere theater on s.i. , its only real competition is the atrium.