Hoyts Mid-City

13-27 Manners Street,
Wellington 6011

Unfavorite 1 person favorited this theater

Showing 5 comments

GraemeEdwards
GraemeEdwards on January 8, 2026 at 4:52 pm

Hoyts MidCity Wellington was not on the former Regent site but further up Manners St opposite where the old Roxy Theatre stood. It was KO who built a replacement Regent Triple with 3 screens on the site of the former Regent which further up Manners St by James Smith corner with Cuba St. When Hoyts bought Everard Cinemas the deal included the new Regent Triple which they later expanded to 5 screens 10 screens in Wellington. Both complexes closed when Reading opened Courtenay Central.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on August 7, 2018 at 11:12 pm

Built on the site of the demolished Regent Theatre. Rebuilt and opened as Regent 3, and renamed Hoyts 5 in 1995, and then Hoyts Wellington and hoyts Mid-City and then Regent on Manners.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on August 7, 2018 at 10:37 pm

Opened on 14/4/1982 with 3 screens(1170 seats). Later 5 screens(1104 seats) Closed on 19/8/2009.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on August 5, 2018 at 11:56 pm

I assume there was a lift or lifts to get up to the cinemas too?

ABCDE
ABCDE on July 2, 2017 at 2:26 pm

The Midcity Cinema Centre was opened by Amalgamated Theatres in 1987 as a replacement of their four older theatres (Kings, Plaza, Lido & Cinerama). The main opening film was ‘The Mission". All 3 screens seated about 450 and were of good design. However it was on the 3rd floor of an office building and there were escalators and passage ways to get up to it. In 1992 two more cinemas were added (120 & 60) and featured behind screen projection. These were on a lower level and were separately promoted as 'art house’ type cinemas. Hoyts suddenly closed these cinemas in 2007 without any prior warning and centered their Wellington operation on their 5 screen Regent on Manners