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| | The Original First-Week Engagements Of “Star Wars” Original, first-week engagements of "Star Wars" | Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter
| Written by: Michael Coate (Copyright 2003) | Date: May 25, 2003 | The engagements on the list have been identified by market, or exchange as it is known in film distribution parlance. In some cases, the theatres are/were not located in the market city noted but, rather, in a suburb or neighboring city. For example, the Glenwood was located in the Kansas City, Missouri suburb of Overland Park, Kansas; the Rock Island Showcase Cinema was located in Milan, Illinois, a neighboring city of Rock Island and the so-called Quad-Cities; the Park (AKA the St. Louis Park) was in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park; the Americana was in Southfield rather than Detroit proper; the Showcase East in Pittsburgh was actually in Monroeville; and so on. Specific cities have been identified only in cases where a market had multiple engagements (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia).
"Dolby"/"70mm-Dolby" = format indications represent opening-week presentation type. Engagements on list without any designation are believed to have been monaural. Many theatres upgraded their projection and/or sound systems during the course of run and switched to a different type of presentation.
Opened Wednesday, May 25, 1977:
1) Boston, MA: Charles 1-2-3 [Dolby]
2) Cincinnati, OH: Showcase Springdale [Dolby]
3) Denver, CO: Cooper [Dolby]
4) Detroit, MI: Americana [Dolby]
5) Indianapolis, IN: Eastwood [Dolby]
6) Los Angeles, CA (Hollywood): Chinese [70mm-Dolby]
7) Los Angeles, CA (Orange): City Center [70mm-Dolby]
8) Los Angeles, CA (Westwood): Avco Center [70mm-Dolby]
9) Louisville, KY: Showcase [Dolby]
10) Minneapolis, MN: Park
11) New York, NY (Hicksville): Twin South [70mm-Dolby]
12) New York, NY (Manhattan): Astor Plaza [70mm-Dolby]
13) New York, NY (Manhattan): Orpheum [70mm-Dolby]
14) New York, NY (Menlo Park, NJ): Menlo Park
15) New York, NY (Paramus, NJ): Triplex Paramus [70mm-Dolby]
16) Philadelphia, PA: Eric's Place
17) Philadelphia, PA (Claymont, DE): Twin Tri-State Mall
18) Philadelphia, PA (Fairless Hills): Twin Fairless Hills
19) Philadelphia, PA (Pennsauken, NJ): Twin Pennsauken
20) Philadelphia, PA (Trenton, NJ): Twin Lawrenceville
21) Phoenix, AZ: Cine Capri
22) Pittsburgh, PA: Showcase East [Dolby]
23) Portland, OR: Westgate [Dolby]
24) Rock Island, IL: Showcase [Dolby]
25) Sacramento, CA: Century 25
26) Salt Lake City, UT: Centre
27) San Diego, CA: Valley Circle
28) San Francisco, CA: Coronet [70mm-Dolby]
29) San Jose, CA: Century 22
30) Seattle, WA: Cinema 150 [Dolby]
31) St. Paul, MN: Roseville 4 [Dolby]
32) Washington, D.C.: Uptown [Dolby] | Further in 70mm reading:
The Original First-Week Engagements Of “Star Wars”
The Original 70mm engagements Of "Star Wars"
“The Empire Strikes Back”
"Return of the Jedi"
70mm Engagements by Title
35mm to 70mm Engagements by Year | Opened Thursday, May 26, 1977:
33) Kansas City, MO: Glenwood [Dolby]
Opened Friday, May 27, 1977:
34) Chicago, IL: Esquire [Dolby]
35) Chicago, IL (Calumet City): River Oaks
36) Chicago, IL (Lombard): Yorktown
37) Chicago, IL (Northbrook): Edens [Dolby]
38) Dallas, TX: Northpark I & II
39) Dayton, OH: Dayton Mall [Dolby]
40) Des Moines, IA: River Hills [Dolby]
41) Houston, TX: Galleria
42) Omaha, NE: Cinema Center [Dolby]
43) St. Louis, MO: CreveCoeurCiné [Dolby]
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