Laguna Hills Mall Cinemas
24155 Laguna Hills Mall,
Laguna Hills,
CA
92653
24155 Laguna Hills Mall,
Laguna Hills,
CA
92653
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Opened December 16, 1983 and closed on May 26, 2016. It was announced in April 2022 that the building would be demolished. It is planned to build a new movie theatre on the site to open in 2024 as the Showplace ICON at Oakbrook 14.
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Just received a message on Facebook that the Laguna Hills Mall Cinema will close on Friday, May 27. It’s because the mall is FINALLY going to be renovated…with plans to add a new 14-screen theater run by Icon Cinemas. So it appears Thursday, May 26, is the last day of the Laguna Hills Mall Cinema. If you want to go there one last time, make plans now!
Grand opening ad posted.
Caught “The War of the Roses” starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner & Danny DeVito on cable this past weekend & was reminded I originally saw it at the Laguna Hills Mall Cinemas back in December 1989.
Actually recall seeing a few Michael Douglas films here in the ‘80s: “Jewel of the Nile,” “Fatal Attraction” & “Black Rain.”
GREAT NEWS!
ShowPlace ICON at Oakbrook 14 will open sometime in 2023! Laguna Hills and Lake Forest/El Toro desperately needs this! No more Aliso Viejo Town Center or Foothill Ranch or Irvine Spectrum. 😇😇😇😍😍😁
jwmovies:
I agree this is great news…and noticed the last time I was in that area that there was finally some activity on that construction site…but I have to disagree about the Aliso Viejo Town Center. That’s always been a great theater and it’s not that far from Laguna Hills. I would agree, though, that this theater could take business from the Regal Foothill Ranch, since that has always been an underperforming theater. The Spectrum is the Spectrum. Not sure anyone’s going to make a dent in their business.
John Hughes' beloved 1987 holiday classic “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” opened at the Laguna Hills Mall Cinema 35 years ago this week (November 25, 1987).
Starring Steve Martin and John Candy, the film opened at number three (behind “Three Men and a Baby”) on over 1,100 screens and remained in the top ten through early January of ‘88, grossing just shy of $50 million in North America and finishing the year as the 21st highest-grossing film of 1987.
I saw it here opening night on Thanksgiving Eve as a teenager and have made it a holiday tradition at my house for over 20 years.
The Laguna Hills Mall Cinemas opened 40 years ago today (Dec. 16, 1983). Opening day films included “Uncommon Valor,” “The Man Who Loved Women” & a double bill of Disney’s “The Rescuers” & “Mickey’s Christmas Carol.”
The theatre should be classified as demolished. Aside from a couple of out buildings, the entire mall property was razed (including the theatre). The ICON theatre will be a new build, located within a completely new development.
Anyone have a source on the supposed ICON theater? The current redevelopment plans (May 2024) don’t specify a theater, just general entertainment references in a build-out plan that might not be done completely for over a decade. I assume that may have been part of the now cancelled “5 Lagunas” plan.
I’ve seen some semi recent plans that list “cinema”, but as a generic “Retail/Restaurant/Health Club/Cinema” map legend color key; which seems to suggest more of a possible use than concrete plan. Considering the delays, setbacks, and current state of the theatre industry, I wouldn’t be surprised if ICON dropped out of the project (it’s certainly been over a year since they were mentioned as being attached).