List of cinemas in Hong Kong

STAR Cinema

This is a list of current and former cinemas in Hong Kong.

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Broadway Circuit^[1]

PALACE ifc

Former Broadway Olympian City cinema.

• PALACE ifc, at ifc mall
• Broadway Cyberport, at The Arcade, Cyberport
• Broadway Hollywood, at Plaza Hollywood
• Broadway The ONE, at The ONE
• Broadway Cinematheque
• Broadway Mongkok, on Sai Yeung Choi Street South
• PALACE apm, at apm
• Broadway Kwai Fong, at Metroplaza
• Broadway Tsuen Wan, at Tsuen Wan Plaza
• Broadway Kingswood Ginza, at Kingswood Ginza

Former cinemas

• Broadway Olympian City, at Olympian City. Closed on 16 September 2013
• Broadway Kowloon Bay, at Amoy Plaza. Closed in March 2009
• Broadway Kornhill, at Kornhill Plaza. Closed in 2002, succeeded by MCL Kornhill
• Broadway Yuen Long, at Sun Yuen Long Centre. Closed on 6 March 2013

AMC Cinemas^[2]

• AMC Pacific Place, at Pacific Place, Admiralty, Hong Kong

UA Cinemas^[3]

UA Citygate

Interior of UA iSQUARE IMAX theatre.

• UA Cinema @ Airport, at Terminal 2, Hong Kong International Airport. Houses the third (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong^[4]
• UA Cityplaza, at Cityplaza
• CINE TIMES, at Times Square. Opened in November 2013.^[5]
• Windsor Cinema, at Windsor House, Causeway Bay
• UA Cine Moko, at Grand Century Place, Mong Kok
• UA iSQUARE, at iSQUARE. Houses the second (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong^[6]
• UA MegaBox, at MegaBox. Houses the first (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong^[6]
• UA Shatin, at New Town Plaza. Opened in 1985 as the first UA cinema in Hong Kong.^[7]
• UA tmtplaza, at Tuen Mun Town Plaza
• UA Citygate, at Citygate

Former cinemas

• UA Pacific Place, at Pacific Place. Closed on 27 January 2006, succeeded by AMC Pacific Place^[8]
• UA Telford. Succeeded by MCL Telford
• UA Times Square, at Times Square. Opened in December 1993. Closed in February 2012.^[9] The site was replaced by a Louis Vuitton store, and the UA theater was relocated to the 12th to 14th floor of the mall.^[10][11]
• UA Whampoa. Opened in May 1985. Closed in October 2009, succeeded by GH Whampoa^[6]
• UA Langham Place, succeeded by Cinema City

Golden Harvest Cinemas^[12]

Interior of Grand Ocean theatre

• Grand Ocean, at Ocean Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
• Golden Gateway, at The Gateway
• GH Tsing Yi, at Maritime Square
• GH Citywalk, at Citywalk 2
• GH Whampoa, at Whampoa Plaza, Whampoa Garden^[13][14]
• the sky, at Olympian City 2

Former cinemas

• GH Mongkok, at Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward Road West
• GH Hollywood, at Plaza Hollywood. Closed on March 31, 2011. Became Broadway Hollywood^[15]

Newport Circuit^[16]

Dynasty Theatre in Mong Kok Road.

• President Theatre, on Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay
• Dynasty Theatre, on Mong Kok Road, Mong Kok
• Hyland Theatre, on Heung Sze Wui Road, Tuen Mun
• Newport Theatre, on Soy Street, Mong Kok

Former cinemas

• Century Theatre

MCL Cinemas^[17]

Former Chinachem Golden Plaza

• MCL JP Cinema, at JP Plaza, Causeway Bay
• MCL Kornhill Cinema, at Kornhill Plaza
• MCL Metro Cinema, at Metro City, Phase 2
• MCL Telford Cinema, at Telford Gardens
• MCL South Horizons Cinema, at South Horizons
• STAR Cinema, at PopCorn, Tseung Kwan O
• The Grand Cinema

Chinachem Cinema Circuit^[18]

• Paris London New York Milano Cinema, at Hong Lai Garden, Tuen Mun

Former cinema

• Chinachem Golden Plaza, in East Tsim Sha Tsui. Opened in February, 1988. Closed in May 2013.^[19][20]

Other Cinemas

1/150 scale model of the former Capitol Theatre.

Yau Ma Tei Theatre in 2012.

• Cine-Art House, at Amoy Plaza, Amoy Gardens. Established in 1988 at the ground floor of Sun Hung Kai Centre, in Wan Chai. It closed in 2006 and reopened in 2009 within Amoy Garden Shopping Arcade.^[21][22]
• Cinema City, at Langham Place
• Hong Kong Film Archive
• Lux Theatre, on Bulkeley Street, Hung Hom. Opened in 1971.^[23]
• Ma On Shan Classics Cinema, at Sunshine City
• Stanley Ho Space Theatre, within the Hong Kong Space Museum
• The Metroplex, at Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Kowloon Bay. Opened on 14 February 2014.^[24]
• Yuen Long Cinema, on Yuen Long Pau Cheung Square, Yuen Long^[25]

Former cinemas

• Brightly Star. Closed in 2008
• Capitol Theatre, Jardine's Bazaar, Causeway Bay. Opened in 1952. Closed in 1977.^[26]
• Kwun Chung Theatre, at 30 Kwun Chung Street, Kwun Chung. It was Hong Kong's last adult cinema until it closed on March 15, 2011.^[27][28]
• Fanling Town Centre Cinema, in Fanling. Opened in 1993. Closed in 2006.^[29]
• Golden Valley Theatre (金茂坪戲院), Hiu Kwong Street, Sau Mau Ping. Opened in 1978. Closed in 1992.^[30][31]
• Lee Theatre
• Lung Wah Theatre, at 117 Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan. Opened in 1962. Closed in 1996.^[32]
• Queen's Theatre, at the corner of Queen's Road Central and Theatre Lane. Closed in 2007.^[33] The site is now occupied by LHT Tower.
• Royal Cinema. Closed in 2007
• Silver Theatre, in Kwun Tong. Opened in 1963. Closed in 2009. The building was demolished in 2013.^[34]
• Silver Star Cinema. Closed in 1999
• State Theatre, in North Point. Operated from 1959 to 1997. Formerly the Empire Theatre, which operated from 1952 to 1957.
• Sunbeam Cinema. Renovated into a stage theater in 2007
• Tuen Mun Cinema. Closed down in 2008 due to renovation in Tuen Mun Town Plaza
• Yau Ma Tei Theatre. Opened in the late 1920s. Closed in 1988.
• Yuen Long Cinema. Reopened as independent cinema

References

1. "Broadway Circuit". Cinema.com.hk Ltd. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
2. "AMC Theater Hong Kong - About AMC". Cinema.com.hk Ltd. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
3. "UA Cinemas". UA Cinema Circuit Limited. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
4. Wong, Maggie Hiufu (28 March 2012). "World's first airport IMAX cinema coming to Hong Kong". CNN Travel. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
5. Annual Report 2013, The Wharf (Holdings)
6. "GH Whampoa Set to Open Before Christmas". hkfilmart.com. Hong Kong Trade Development Council. November 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
7. Lark International Group: "Cinemas - Hong Kong and Macau"
8. Lo, Raymond. "UA Pacific Place Cinemas". Cinema Treasures. Cinema Treasures, LLC. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
9. "UA Times Square Cinema", cinematreasures.org
10. Tsoi, Grace (16 February 2012). "Integration Anxiety". HK Magazine. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
11. Chan, Thomas; Cheung, Martin (1 February 2012). "Final curtain for cinema complex at Times Square". South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). Retrieved 16 December 2014.
12. "Goldenharvest". Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
13. "GH Whampoa Cinema", cinematreasures.org
14. GH Whampoa Cinema on Golden Harvest website
15. "Broadway Hollywood Cinema", cinematreasures.org
16. "Newport Circuit 新寶院線". Newport Entertainment Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
17. "MCL Cinema". MCL Cinema Ltd. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
18. "Welcome to Chinachem Cinema Circuit". Chinachementertainment.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
19. "Chinachem Golden Plaza Cinema", cinematreasures.org
20. Nip, Amy; Ho, Jolie (25 May 2013). "Nina Wang's beloved cinema shuts after 26 years". South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). Retrieved 16 December 2014.
21. Cityline - Movies
22. "Cine-Art House", cinematreasures.org
23. "Lux Theatre", cinematreasures.org
24. "The Metroplex".
25. Cityline - Movies
26. "Capitol Theatre", cinematreasures.org
27. wantchinatimes.com "Tissues at the ready: farewell to HK's last porn cinema", 2011-03-29
28. "Kwun Chung Theatre", cinematreasures.org
29. "Fanling Town Centre Cinema", cinematreasures.org
30. "Golden Valley Theatre", cinematreasures.org
31. "Golden Valley Theatre", thaiworldview.com
32. "Lung Wah Theatre", cinematreasures.org
33. "Queen's Theatre", cinematreasures.org
34. "Silver Theatre", cinematreasures.org

External links

• Wong, Cindy Hing-yuk; McDonogh, Gary W. (2001). "Consuming Cinemas: Reflections on Movies and Market-places in Contemporary Hong Kong". In Mathews, Gordon; Lui, Tai-lok. Consuming Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 81–116. ISBN 9789622095465.
  • See p.111 for the number of cinemas for the years between 1952 and 1996