TCL Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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The Chinese may have hit an all time low for its Christmas film. They are getting The Darkest Hour. Really sad.
Sadly, I have decided that I will attend the theatre one last time with my (almost) 6 year old son in 2012. I want to remember it – and him to see it – like it was before the inevitable happens.
The old days are gone, folks. Shoebox auditoriums, LieMax and Netflix rule the roost. Sigh…
Someone needs to pay for that $2m upgrade, and it’s sure not going to be the owners.
I had no idea they raised the prices to compete with Arclight. At least with Arclight though you get stronger film choices. If the Chinese wants to charge so much they should at least TRY to get some tent-pole films booked. They are still just pretty much getting the crap Arclight passes on.
I am a frequent attendee at Graumans, but got the shock of my life when I bought a senior ticket for the Sunday 5PM showing of “New Year’s Eve”. I expected to pay the usual $9 and was shocked that the price had zoomed to $12.50 and $14.75 after 6PM on weekends. The adult rate is $13.75 and $16 after 6PM on weekends. A 3D surcharge adds $3! I declined the ticket and went over to the El Capitan and got a live organist, mini stage show, a holiday bell bracelet, Muppets exhibits, a friendly usher who opened the auditorium door for me as I had a concession tray($5.75 kids combo includes a small pocorn, soda and M&Ms)for $12.
Is the Chinese management out of their gourds? With 1000 seats to fill they should LOWER their prices. They add insult to injury by ADDING sales tax to refreshments.
FYI, the best 3D bargain is at the Regency Valley 6 in North Hollywood. I saw a 3D movie on their Tuesday half-price day for $3.50($1.50 + $2 surcharge).
Sadly, I have not been to the Chinese theatres since the original Sherlock Holmes two years ago, and that was the Main theatre. The Chinese 6 I did patronize when Mann was able to book product first run. Now it is either Children’s films, move-overs or funky bookings. I would say it appears with this remodel the kept the function of showing films. It looks like this is how they intend to run the theatre. They really need to bring the Tent Pole movies into the main theatre again. The last one they had was Harry Potter last summer. Really sad for the most famous movie theatre in the world stuck with playing junk.
I always thought they could have fit 3 more screens in the Lobby of the 6-plex.
yes. It looks like the “Ballroom” is the lobby. Which is quite spacious.
Is the “Ballroom” the lobby?
The Chinese 6 is having an ‘event’ this Saturday. The remodel has turned into a Ballroom. They are not showing films tomorrow evening because of this event. I guess this is what they had planned for Special Events along with films.
World’s No #1 DJ David Guetta Coming to the newly renovated Grauman’s Ballroom at the Chinese Theatres December 3!
Not sure what they have as the Holiday film; Arclight is already posting times for Sherlock Holmes 2 and they are getting Girl with Dragon Tattoo and Mission:Impossible also. Does not leave much for wide releases unless they are getting Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Hopefully the Chinese can start booking better things than Horror Films and Family Films that the Arclight doesn’t want.
Went back to Grauman’s to see the costume exhibit which is great. Costumes worn by Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Fontaine, Judy Garland, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Vivien Leigh, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Elizabeth Taylor. They even have jewelry worn by Liz in 1963’s Cleopatra and the actual Ten Commandment tablets from 1955!
Go as this lobby exhibit could be removed any day now. FYI, “The Thing” is a well made movie and the Antarctic vistas on the big screen are great, but these type of octapus type monsters are getting very redundant.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/10/hollywood-chinese-theatre-upgrades.html.
Mark, not really sure
In Hollywood, face-lifts are pretty common, especially for an icon that is nearly 85 years old.
But this upgrade is expected to cost at least $2 million and draw close inspections by thousands of fans.
The Chinese Theatre in Hollywood is undergoing a renovation that will include a restaurant to serve gourmet food and a renovated lobby that will be used to host parties of up to 1,000 guests, according to the new owners of the theater. The theater recently added a new seating reservation system as part of the upgrades.
The face-lift should be completed by early November, said entrepreneur Elie Samaha, who bought the theater in May along with movie producers Don Kushner and Steve Markoff from a partnership between Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures parent Viacom Inc.
Samaha called the theater Hollywood’s most popular tourist attraction and said he wants to see it enjoyed by out-of-town visitors and Hollywood insiders.
“What we love about Hollywood is the history,” he said. “And we want to preserve that.”
The theater is scheduled to host about 40 movie premieres by the end of the year. With its upstairs lobby converted to a ballroom, the theater will be able to host after-parties and other private events, Samaha said.
“We pretty much want to do more premieres,” he added.
The single-screen theater — known for its giant, red Chinese pagoda, signature Chinese dragon guard dogs and cement footprints and handprints of Hollywood celebrities — was declared a historic and cultural landmark in 1968.
Warner and Viacom acquired the theater in 2001 along with six other theaters owned by Encino-based Mann Theatres after the chain declared bankruptcy in the face of rising competition.
Warner and Viacom have been trying to sell the theater for more than a year but had struggled to find a buyer. The details of the deal were not disclosed.
Brade48 – what sort of renovations are they doing at the 6?
Hello to my fellow posters. i discovered this website the end of January and have greatly enjoyed it ever since. now if i’m not mistaken the golden age of movie palace building was approx. 1913 to 1941. now i set up a project for myself using this website. its simple-of movie palaces build during this period and still standing how many have not been gutted for retail space, turned into 2nd or 3rd run grind houses, never showed porn, never used as a radio ot t.v. studio, never converted into concert halls or performing arts center, or twinned, tri-plexed or quaded but have stayed in more or less there original condition as 1st run movie theaters since the day they opened. using this website i have only come across 2-Grauman’s Chinese and the Uptown Theater in D.C. can they be the only 2 in the whole country? so does anyone know of any others that fit my criteria? thanks in advance.
The Three Musketeers 3D opens Oct 21 Main theatre and 6 Plex. In addition the Chinese will (again) host the AFI Festival Nov 3-10. Opening Night Premiere Clint Eastwood’s J.EDGAR. It appears the 6 plex is getting renovation now to provide a Restuarant Atmosphere, to open in November. The renovation is why the 6 plex is closed for weekday matinees.
Graumans Chinese has a great lobby exhibit of costumes worn by Marilyn Monroe, Vivian Leigh, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, and others. Check it out with a PAID admission.
It makes no sense that Grauman’s booted out high grossing “Dolphin Tale”, after only one week, to bring in the flop “What’s Your Number?”, and carry it over for a second week! It’s a terrible movie but at the costumes and gorgeous theater made my $9 senior admission worthwhile.
Interestingly, Arclight is no longer listing Twilight: Breaking Dawn 1 as playing in Hollywood (they had it up for sale for a few days and now it’s no longer there the last day or two). Could be a temporary glitch or…
While I certainly wouldn’t see any Twilight at Grauman’s (or Arclight for that matter) it would be good to see this play at The Chinese if only to sell a lot of tickets for them.
It’ll attract a lot of horror fans!
Chinese will be getting THE THING remake/reboot First Run on Oct. 14. Could be somewhat of a hit for the theatre.
Ah yeah, totally blanked. Was thinking WB.
Real Steel: Made by DreamWorks & distributed by Disney. Hence the El Capitan engagement.
No. Real Steel is booked at the El Capitan for 2 weeks.
Looks like they may be getting REAL STEAL (no showtimes for ArcLight yet, despite all three other locations on sale)… that would be a big booking for them.
The Chinese 6 appears to be dropping early matinee shows during the week (or at least next Monday through Thursday). They seem to be picking up new product though with What’s Your Number and will host Screamfest 2011 at the Chinese 6 on Oct 14.