America Cinemas Houston
7500 Bellaire Boulevard,
Sharpstown,
Houston,
TX
77036
7500 Bellaire Boulevard,
Sharpstown,
Houston,
TX
77036
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Operated by: America Cinemas
Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, Premiere Cinemas
Functions: Movies (First Run), Movies (Foreign)
Previous Names: Sharpstown Center Cinemas, Viva Cinema, Cinema Houston Sharpstown Center 8, Houston Sharpstown Center
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
713.492.0302
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News About This Theater
- Dec 3, 2013 — Viva blames AMC for closure
Located in the Sharpstown district of Houston, in the PlazAmericas Shopping Center. The 8-screen Sharpstown Center Cinemas was opened by Cineplex Odeon on December 11, 1992. It was later operated by Premiere Cinemas it was closed in 2012.
Reopened as the Viva Cinema in May 2013. It played first-run Hollywood movies with Spanish sub-titles, and Spanish language movies, to cater for the local population.
It was closed suddenly on November 10, 2013. Two of the final movies were “The Butler” and “Elysium”. Independently operated, the owners of the Viva Cinema blame the 30-screen AMC just two miles away for taking away business, as AMC also began to screen Spanish language movies. It was reopened by TX America Cinemas in 2017, screening movies with Spanish sub-titles. By 2024 it was operating with 7-screens, which contained 1,675-seats.
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Reopened as the Cinema Houston Sharpstown Center 8 in 2017 under the TX America Cinemas operation.
I remember seeing Dunston Checks In at this theater.
Renamed as America Cinemas de Houston
An Canadian film trade journal and the Toronto Star reported that Cineplex (of Canada) in 1981 or 1982 had plan to open a theatre at Sharpstown.
Please update, theatre opened December 11, 19992 (ad in photos sections)
Please update, total seats 1675 based on 7 screens. One screen is been closed for months.
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 CLOSED
Theatre 2 359
Theatre 3 191
Theatre 4 190
Theatre 5 213
Theatre 6 226
Theatre 7 242
Theatre 8 254
Pictures I found on the website, shows no mention of theatre 1, but probadly closed for other used.
1982 trade ad (page 17) announcing the Cineplex Sharpstown 11.
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