CGV by Regency Buena Park Cinemas

CGV Cinemas opened their second U.S. location January 27, 2017, at The Source, a multi-level shopping, dining and entertainment experience with hotel, just down the boulevard from Knott’s Berry Farm.

Among their premiere films were “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” and “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” shown with Korean, Mandarin, and Vietnamese subtitles. The cinema will also offer films with Chinese, English, and Japanese subtitles.

Developed by CGV, the ScreenX auditorium projects a 270-degree picture on the main screen and two sidewalls. CGV says: “Inside every dedicated 4DX auditorium, motion chairs and multisensory environmental effects such as wind, bubbles, lightning, fog, water, rain, air shots, and scents work with perfect synchronicity with the action on the screen.”

Traditional movie snacks, burgers, hot dogs, nachos, wine, and beer can be enjoyed on the 8-screen, 1,187-seat cinema, with more benefits offered in their membership club.

Designers involved in the 500,000 square foot The Source are NBBJ Architecture and Gene Fong Associates, who note that 40,000 square feet are given to cinema space.

The South Korean based CJ CGV Cinemas opened their first U.S. location in Los Angeles’ Korean Town in 2010 and is the fifth-largest circuit in the world, covering seven countries with 276 locations and 2,877 screens. At the end of February 2025 the CGV Cinemas Buena Park were listed as temporary closed. It was taken over by Regency Theatres and reopened on May 23, 2025.

Recent comments (view all 8 comments)

mooncinema on February 2, 2017 at 6:01 am

For some additional tidbit on the name CGV: It stands for the 3 companies that established the theater chain. CJ of Korea, Golden Harvest of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia.

dallasmovietheaters on March 22, 2025 at 4:00 am

The CGV Buena Vista is listed as “temporarily closed.” I’m guessing that will turn out to be permanent with the parent company’s financial issues and because they’ve taken down their Facebook page.

neeb on May 26, 2025 at 7:02 am

It’s back!

Regency just took over management and it’s showing movie again.

Mark it as “open.”

ridethectrain on May 27, 2025 at 2:43 am

Please rename CGV by Regency Buena Park Cinemas as per Regency Theatres website

rivest266 on May 27, 2025 at 7:08 am

Grand opening ad:

BigScreen_com on June 3, 2025 at 9:29 pm

Buena Park, CA: CGV by Regency Buena Park Cinemas Now Open [Jun 3, 2025]

ridethectrain on July 7, 2025 at 6:05 pm

Grand opening ad posted in photos section

ridethectrain on July 7, 2025 at 6:26 pm

Please update, total seats 1,132

Seating Capacity:

Theatre 1 102

Theatre 2 93

Theatre 3 121

Theatre 4 157

Theatre 5 228 SCREEN X

Theatre 6 136 4DX

Theatre 7 248 LG LED

Theatre 8 47 (PREMIUM CINEMA)