iPic North Miami Beach

3701 NE 163rd Street,
North Miami Beach, FL 33160

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Operated by: iPic Theatres

Previously operated by: Frank Theatres, General Cinema Corp., Sunrise Cinemas

Functions: Movies (First Run)

Previous Names: Intracoastal Cinema 8, Intracoastal Cinemas 8

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 786.563.7061

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iPic North Miami Beach

Located in the Intracoastal Mall, the Intracoastal Cinema 8 was opened by General Cinema Theatres on October 23, 1987. It had a seating capacity of 1,990 in its 8 screens. It was closed on September 23, 2000. On May 4, 2001 it was taken over by Sunrise Cinemas and renamed Intracoastal Cinemas 8. It presented the best in first run commercial, art, foreign and independent films.

Each theatre featured state of the art digital stereo sound and all auditoriums were handicap accessible.

The Intracoastal Cinemas 8 was also the venue for the annual Israeli Film Festival. In November 2011 it was taken over by Frank Theatres. It was closed on April 27, 2014 and the building was gutted internally.

It was taken over by iPic Theaters and remodelled into a luxury 8-screen theatre, with auditoriums seating between 50 and 90 moviegoers. It reopened December 4, 2015 as the iPic North Miami Beach.

Contributed by Chuck Van Bibber

Recent comments (view all 12 comments)

moviesmovies
moviesmovies on July 14, 2005 at 12:18 am

a part of ‘The Sunrise Cinemas’ which are great for indies and foreign film.
Recently saw ‘Apres Vous’ with Daniel Autueil here.

chomposaurus
chomposaurus on August 25, 2008 at 2:55 pm

LM,

I just combed through the text on this page and could not find a single instance in which “Intracoastal” was mispelled, so I can’t see the relevance of your post.

woody
woody on April 20, 2009 at 1:18 pm

some scans of theatre tickets, including one for GCC Intracoastal, it was for Whats Love Got To Do With It, all i can remember is it was packed and hot, people were walking the aisles with babies, and i dont think there was any air con just huge extract fans in the ceiling
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3456462789/

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on December 1, 2010 at 5:15 am

This theater is now being managed by Frank Theatres; the new official website is: http://www.franktheatres.com/Home.aspx

David_Schneider
David_Schneider on December 11, 2016 at 7:03 pm

The actual address according to their website and Google Maps is 3701 NE 163rd Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33160.

The theater is operating yet is still not listed in the Miami Herald’s movie times though it used to be under previous owners/names.

Harvey
Harvey on January 13, 2021 at 5:03 pm

Pics at Abandoned Florida:

Intracoastal 8

Gregg L. Friedman MD
Gregg L. Friedman MD on June 10, 2022 at 7:48 pm

There used to be about 12 Movie Theaters in North Miami Beach. This is one of the few that remain open. Overall it is a nice facility with ample parking. 5 Stars. By Gregg L. Friedman MD

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on September 10, 2022 at 11:33 pm

The Intracoastal Mall on the waterfront of North Miami Beach opened in 1987 with discount clothing chains T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s, grocer Winn-Dixie, and a General Cinema multiplex theater as its anchors. Restaurants included Shooters and a Ruth Chris Steak House. The General Cinema Intracoastal 8 launched with “Orphans,” “Deadline,” “Killing Time,” “When You Were Here,” “Dirty Dancing,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,” and “The Sicilian” on October 23, 1987.

Ten years later, General Cinema was watching aggressive building of new destination theatre complexes in the “megaplex era” devour aging 6-8 screen multiplexes. Unfortunately for the circuit, they held a huge portfolio of such multiplexes and they witnessed their death in slow motion. GCC’s Intracoastal was the very definition of an aging and uncomfortable multiplex. The circuit closed all eleven of its remaining Florida locations on “(GCC) Black Friday” September 29, 2000 along with 13 others (five in Atlanta, three in New Orleans, as well as Seattle, Albuquerque, Houston, Raleigh and Columbus, Ohio).

On May 4, 2001, the venue was reopened as the Sunrise Intracoastal Cinemas 8. The venue featured independent films, international films, and hosted events including a question and answer with the director of “Play the Game” in 2009. Sunrise moved on in November of 2011. That same month, it was taken over as the Intracoastal Cinemas 8 operated by Frank Theatres. Frank also moved on as the theatre staggered, by all reviews, toward its April 27, 2014 closure in need of repairs and air fresheners.

The theatre received a much-needed transformation in 2014 when Boca Raton-based iPic Theatres completely gutted the existing space and created a premium dining/bar/theatre experience with seating drastically reduced to just 50 to 90 seats per the eight auditoriums. The iPic North Miami Beach launched (deciding not to include “Intracoastal” for reasons unknown) on November 10, 2017. As the retail portion of the Intracoastal Mall staggered, an ambitious master plan was announced for the Mall that would turn it into a mixed used facility. The iPic North Miami Beach continued to operate as the plan was under consideration.

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