Regency Santa Paula 7

Opened on April 14, 1995, the Santa Paula 7 Theatres screened first- and second-run films for the heartstoppingly amazing price of 50 cents before 6 PM and $1 after 6 PM. It was run by the Wallace Theatres chain (WTC), which operated the Wallace Malibu Theatre on PCH in Malibu.

Purportedly, theatre #6 is haunted: “Employees report feeling uneasy in the theatre while cleaning. There are reports of a man seen sitting in one of the seats who vanishes and claims of apparitions appearing in the projection booths”.

This is the only operating theatre in a small town (pop. 30,000+) that, at one time or another, had seven theatres running. The Tower (formerly the Mission, Columbia, Lyric, and Fox Tower Theatre) still remains closed and boarded up, just a bit further east on Main Street.

In 2008 it was taken over by Regency Theatres.

Recent comments (view all 4 comments)

MagicLantern on June 3, 2004 at 11:58 am

So much for the bargain matinee! Coming soon – $3 matinees (instead of 50 cents) and $5 general admission. A well-kept theatre, with auditoriums that tend on the cold side…

kencmcintyre on April 12, 2010 at 3:54 pm

Looks to be a Regency Theater now:
http://tinyurl.com/ydw7r3s

pberger on November 11, 2012 at 10:17 am

Somewhere I got the idea the City of Santa Paula now owns the Tower theater building. I think they had a meeting there within the last 6 months.

ridethectrain on September 12, 2025 at 4:33 pm

Please update, rename Regency Santa Paula 7, theatre opened April 14, 1995 (No grand opening ad, just the regular display ad posted in photos section) and total seats 372

Seating Capacity:

Theatre 1 60

Theatre 2 and 5 50

Theatre 3 88

Theatre 4 42

Theatre 6 37

Theatre 7 45