Beverly Center Cinemas 13

8522 Beverly Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90048

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Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, Mann Theatres, Rave Motion Picture Theatres

Functions: Retail

Previous Names: Cineplex Beverley Center 14

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Beverly Center 13 - Last Day of Operation, June 3, 2010

Opened on July 16, 1982 by Cineplex, the Beverly Center then contained 14-screens, the most screens of any theater in the United States and had a total seating capacity of 1,879. The theater, located at the top of this Beverley Grove shopping mall that borders Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, was closed on January 26th, 2006, as it did not become part of the Loews-AMC merger, and reopened as a Mann theater on February 10th, 2006.

It was closed by Mann Theatres on August 6, 2009. It re-opened in early-September, 2009, under the management of Rave Motion Pictures chain and operating with 13-screens as the Beverly Center Cinemas 13. Sadly, this was to be short-lived and it was closed on June 3, 2010. It has been converted into a Forever 21 store.

Contributed by Cinema Treasures

Recent comments (view all 179 comments)

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on May 28, 2016 at 6:31 pm

The mall in which the theater was in was featured in Volcano from 1997 in which the entire building gets destroyed by lava.

rivest266
rivest266 on August 6, 2016 at 6:51 pm

July 16th, 1982 grand opening ad as well as the March 20th, 1987 expansion. This is the first theatre for Cineplex in the USA, having built cineplexes in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg etc. Cineplex became Cineplex Odeon after the merger with Canadian Odeon theatres.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on November 15, 2016 at 3:10 pm

Mary Lynn Raskjub used to work at this theater before she started acting. Her first music video was for Beck, “The New Pollution”. 1987 was when Cineplex Odeon opened its largest theater in the nation at Universal CityWalk in LA.

Richie_T
Richie_T on April 2, 2017 at 8:30 pm

I used to frequent this theater during the late 90s. Memorable screenings include: Star Wars Special Edition, Saving Private Ryan, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, American History X, The Phantom Menace, and LA Confidential. Cinema 1 with the balcony was where you hoped your movie would be playing. Cinema 11 on the other hand, like watching a movie at home.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on April 3, 2017 at 3:15 pm

Sounds similar to the Route 4 tenplex in Paramus. Theater 1 was the big one while theater 10 was small.

Edward Havens
Edward Havens on July 18, 2022 at 12:52 am

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Cineplex Beverly Center 14 (July 16th), I devoted a full episode of my podcast to the life and death of the theatre. Includes a discussion with Cinema Treasures co-founder Ross Melnick on the importance of the Cineplex Beverly Center 14 on the exhibition industry. I hope you’ll listen.

https://the80smoviepodcast.com/episode-082-the-cineplex-beverly-center/

sunflower62
sunflower62 on July 5, 2024 at 3:54 pm

Could anyone clarify-the grand opening ad from 1982 says 14 cinemas. The picture at top of page says Beverly Center Cinemas 13. The ad from 1987 says we’ve gone through the roof with two new theaters. So did the addition make it a 15 or 16 plex? The listing on Cinema Treasures still calls it the Beverly Center 13 Cinemas. I apologize if I’m missing something, but ? ? ?

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on July 5, 2024 at 4:52 pm

It ended its days operating with 13 screens. The overview above has been amended.

jmarellano
jmarellano on July 5, 2024 at 5:42 pm

The theater was not demolished but repurposed into a forever 21. The building itself is still there including its long hall to the new theaters.

The building opened as a 14 screen. One theater was combined with another to form 13. Later two small theaters were closed off for a long corridor and the two new large balcony theaters. It ended with 13.

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