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70mm Presentations in San Diego
A Chronology of 70mm Large Format Exhibition, 1957-Present

All 70mm film lists
Compiled by: Michael Coate, William Kallay & Gabriel Neeb Date: 31.05.2024

Part 1: The Cinemas

 
What follows is a title-based chronology of 70mm six-track stereophonic sound feature-film presentations in the San Diego region of California, USA.

The focus of this work is publicly-promoted 5-perf 70mm feature films and the cinemas in which they were exhibited. Short subjects, IMAX and Special Venue presentations have not been included.

Part 1: The 70mm-Equipped Cinemas

CARLSBAD
Plaza Camino Real

CHULA VISTA
Chula Vista (Nickelodeon) / Chula Vista Center
Chula Vista (United Artists) / Movies / Park Plaza

DEL MAR
Flower Hill

EL CAJON
Parkway Plaza

ESCONDIDO
Carousel
Movies / Del Norte Plaza

LA MESA
Cinema Grossmont
Grossmont Center
Grossmont Mall

NATIONAL CITY
Sweetwater

SAN DIEGO
ArcLight La Jolla
Capri
Center
Cinema 21
Cinerama
Clairemont
College (?)
Fox
Glasshouse
Grove / 9 at the Grove
Hazard Center
Horton Plaza
La Jolla Village
Loma
Midway Drive-In
Mission Valley / AMC Mission Valley 20
Pacific Drive-In
Rancho Drive-In
Rueben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
San Diego Sports Arena [special events]
Valley Circle

An overview of each cinema will be provided in a forthcoming revision.
 
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Dolby Stereo


 

Part 2: The 70mm Presentations

 
Opening date YYYY-MM-DD … TITLE … cinema (duration in weeks) [notes]

* Reserved-seat engagement (i.e. roadshow)

# Presentation not explicitly or consistently promoted as 70mm suggesting presentation may have been 35mm

1957-08-01 … AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS* … Capri (45)

1958-07-01 … SOUTH PACIFIC* … Capri (21)

1959-03-20 … SLEEPING BEAUTY … Capri (8)
1959-10-22 … THE BIG FISHERMAN* … Capri (10)
1959-12-25 … SOLOMON AND SHEBA … Fox (5)
1959-12-31 … PORGY AND BESS* … Capri (11)

1960-03-23 … SOLOMON AND SHEBA / THE BIG FISHERMAN … Pacific Drive-In (1)
1960-06-01 … CAN-CAN* … Loma (17)
1960-06-16 … BEN-HUR* … Capri (49)

1961-05-24 … EXODUS* … Capri (11)
1961-08-09 … SPARTACUS* … Capri (20)

1962-01-31 … CAN-CAN … Midway Drive-In (1)
1962-02-14 … WEST SIDE STORY* … Capri (36)
1962-03-21 … OKLAHOMA! … Fox (3)
1962-04-11 … KING OF KINGS … Midway Drive-In (2)
1962-04-25 … OKLAHOMA! … Midway Drive-In (1)
1962-05-04 … EL CID … Fox (8)
1962-05-23 … SPARTACUS … Midway Drive-In (3)
1962-05-23 … SPARTACUS … Rancho Drive-In (3)
1962-08-01 … EL CID … Midway Drive-In (3)

1963-02-28 … MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY* … Capri (17)
1963-03-27 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA* … Loma (23)
1963-06-26 … CLEOPATRA* … Capri (42)
1963-07-19 … 55 DAYS AT PEKING … Cinema 21 (4) #

1964-04-22 … IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD* … Cinerama (50)
1964-06-11 … THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE* … Capri (10)
1964-06-18 … BECKET … Loma (8) #

1965-02-17 … CIRCUS WORLD* … Center (8)
1965-02-19 … MY FAIR LADY* … Capri (44)
1965-03-31 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC* … Loma (133)
1965-04-13 … THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD* … Center (15)
1965-07-27 … THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL* … Center (13)
1965-08-04 … THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD* … Cinerama m/o (9 [24])
1965-08-04 … THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN…* … Cinema Grossmont (12)
1965-10-27 … MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY* … Center (8)
1965-12-22 … THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY* … Capri (13)
1965-12-22 … BATTLE OF THE BULGE* … Center (20)

1966-03-31 … DOCTOR ZHIVAGO* … Cinerama (46)
1966-05-11 … RUSSIAN ADVENTURE* … Center (6)
1966-06-23 … KHARTOUM* … Center (8)
1966-10-26 … THE BIBLE* … Capri (38)
1966-12-21 … IS PARIS BURNING?* … Cinema 21 (7) #

1967-02-09 … THE SAND PEBBLES* … Cinema 21 (33)
1967-02-21 … GRAND PRIX* … Center (35)
1967-10-25 … GONE WITH THE WIND* … Center (31)
1967-12-21 … CAMELOT* … Cinerama (41)

1968-02-15 … DOCTOR DOLITTLE* … Cinema 21 (22)
1968-05-03 … FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD … Capri (7)
1968-05-28 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY* … Center (44)
1968-11-06 … FINIAN’S RAINBOW* … Cinerama (15)
1968-12-18 … STAR!* … Loma (12)
1968-12-19 … FUNNY GIRL* … Capri (39) #
1968-12-20 … CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG* … Valley Circle (14)

1969-02-20 … THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN* … Cinerama (12)
1969-03-26 … OLIVER!* … Valley Circle (26) #
1969-04-02 … ICE STATION ZEBRA* … Center (12)
1969-05-15 … SWEET CHARITY* … Cinerama (13)
1969-06-25 … KRAKATOA EAST OF JAVA* … Center (16)
1969-12-17 … GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS* … Cinerama (11)
1969-12-20 … HELLO, DOLLY!* … College (23) #
1969-12-25 … PAINT YOUR WAGON* … Cinema 21 (39)

1970-03-11 … PATTON* … Center (16)
1970-04-15 … ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS … Cinerama (10)
1970-05-08 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY … Cinema Grossmont (3)
1970-05-27 … GONE WITH THE WIND … Cinema Grossmont (4)
1970-06-26 … DARLING LILI … Cinerama (4)
1970-07-01 … AIRPORT … Center (25)
1970-07-22 … GONE WITH THE WIND … Cinerama (1)
1970-07-29 … DOCTOR ZHIVAGO … Cinerama (1)
1970-10-07 … TORA! TORA! TORA!* … Loma (25)
1970-12-25 … SONG OF NORWAY* … Capri (22)

1971-02-10 … RYAN’S DAUGHTER … Center (21)
1971-02-19 … MY FAIR LADY … Cinerama (3)
1971-08-04 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY / GRAND PRIX … Valley Circle (1)
1971-12-14 … FIDDLER ON THE ROOF* … Loma (52) #

1972-12-14 … MAN OF LA MANCHA* … Loma (16) #
1972-12-22 … DELIVERANCE … Cinerama (22)

1973-03-16 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC … Valley Circle (15)
1973-07-18 … TOM SAWYER … Valley Circle (3)
1973-08-17 … THIS IS CINERAMA … Cinerama (4)

1974-07-17 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! … Valley Circle (14)
1974-08-21 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY … Cinerama (4)
1974-11-20 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! … Capri (4)

1975-07-16 … ROLLERBALL … Cinerama (9)
1975-07-30 … THE WIND AND THE LION … Cinema Grossmont (8)

1976-05-07 … LOGAN’S RUN … Valley Circle [sneak preview]
1976-06-16 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT PART II … Valley Circle (7)
1976-06-23 … LOGAN’S RUN … Cinema Grossmont (6)
1976-09-22 … THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE … Cinema Grossmont (2)

1977-05-25 … STAR WARS … Valley Circle (57) [70mm from Week 38]
1977-12-14 … CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND … Cinema 21 (13)

1978-03-17 … CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND … Parkway Plaza (20)
1978-07-21 … STAR WARS … Parkway Plaza (7)
1978-08-25 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC … Loma (5)
1978-09-01 … TOMMY … Cinerama [Fri/Sat/Sun midnight]
1978-12-08 … DERSU UZALA … Cinema Grossmont (1)
1978-12-15 … SUPERMAN … Cinema 21 (7) [70mm from Week 2]

1979-02-23 … DAYS OF HEAVEN … Valley Circle (3)
1979-03-28 … THE DEER HUNTER … Cinema Grossmont (12)
1979-11-02 … SLEEPING BEAUTY … Loma (6)
1979-12-21 … THE ROSE … Cinema Grossmont (9)

1980-04-12 … THE ISLAND … Loma [sneak preview]
1980-05-21 … THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK … Cinerama (30)
1980-06-13 … THE ISLAND … Loma (4)
1980-07-11 … THE BLUE LAGOON … Loma (11) [70mm from Week 2]
1980-08-01 … RAISE THE TITANIC … Valley Circle (8)
1980-09-26 … DIVINE MADNESS … Loma (4)
1980-11-21 … FAME … La Jolla Village (1)
1980-11-26 … SLEEPING BEAUTY / THE BLACK HOLE … La Jolla Village (1)
1980-12-05 … APOCALYPSE NOW … La Jolla Village (1)
1980-12-12 … DIVINE MADNESS … La Jolla Village (1)

1981-01-30 … ALTERED STATES … Cinema Grossmont [sneak preview]
1981-02-06 … ALTERED STATES … Cinerama (9)
1981-04-10 … ALTERED STATES … Cinema Grossmont (1)
1981-05-22 … OUTLAND … Valley Circle (8)
1981-05-22 … SLEEPING BEAUTY / THE BLACK HOLE … Cinema Grossmont (1)
1981-05-29 … APOCALYPSE NOW … Cinema Grossmont (1)
1981-05-29 … DAYS OF HEAVEN … La Jolla Village (1)
1981-06-05 … CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND … Cinema Grossmont (1)
1981-06-05 … DERSU UZALA … La Jolla Village (1)
1981-06-12 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK … Cinema Grossmont (58)
1981-07-17 … OUTLAND … Glasshouse (1)
1981-07-31 … THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK … Glasshouse (4)
1981-07-31 … THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK … La Jolla Village (4)
1981-12-04 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY / STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE … Loma (2)

1982-03-12 … QUEST FOR FIRE … Cinerama (9)
1982-05-08 … BLADE RUNNER … Cinema 21 [sneak preview] #
1982-05-14 … QUEST FOR FIRE … Glasshouse (4)
1982-05-14 … QUEST FOR FIRE … La Jolla Village (3)
1982-06-04 … POLTERGEIST … Valley Circle (27)
1982-06-04 … STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN … Cinerama (8)
1982-06-11 … E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL … Loma (52)
1982-06-18 … ANNIE … Cinema 21 (5)
1982-07-09 … TRON … Glasshouse (19)
1982-07-09 … TRON … La Jolla Village (6)
1982-07-09 … TRON … Parkway Plaza (4)
1982-07-30 … STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN … Glasshouse (12)
1982-07-30 … STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN … Parkway Plaza (8)
1982-09-10 … ANNIE / THE JAZZ SINGER … La Jolla Village (1)
1982-09-17 … PINK FLOYD: THE WALL … Cinema Grossmont (7)

1983-01-21 … GANDHI … Cinema Grossmont (20)
1983-02-11 … LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER … Glasshouse (2)
1983-03-25 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK … Valley Circle (1)
1983-05-07 … BLUE THUNDER … Cinema 21 [sneak preview]
1983-05-13 … BLUE THUNDER … Cinema 21 (9)
1983-05-20 … TRON … Cinerama (1)
1983-05-25 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … Glasshouse (22)
1983-05-25 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … La Jolla Village (21)
1983-05-25 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … Parkway Plaza (23)
1983-05-25 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … Sweetwater (#1: 41)
1983-05-25 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … Sweetwater (#2: 6) [interlock]
1983-06-03 … WARGAMES … Cinerama (17)
1983-06-10 … OCTOPUSSY … Cinema Grossmont (14)
1983-07-08 … PINK FLOYD: THE WALL / LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER … Sweetwater (1)
1983-07-14 … QUEEN: WE WILL ROCK YOU … Sports Arena (3 days) [Mobile Vision]
1983-07-15 … STAYING ALIVE … Cinema 21 (13)
1983-07-29 … KRULL … Valley Circle (6)
1983-09-21 … GANDHI … Valley Circle (1)
1983-09-30 … BRAINSTORM … Cinerama (11)
1983-09-30 … WARGAMES … Glasshouse (5)
1983-09-30 … WARGAMES … Sweetwater (11)
1983-10-15 … THE RIGHT STUFF … Cinema Grossmont [sneak preview]
1983-10-21 … THE RIGHT STUFF … Cinema Grossmont (7)
1983-12-09 … THE RIGHT STUFF … Chula Vista Park Plaza (15) [70mm from Week 6]

1984-02-03 … AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS … Cinerama (2)
1984-05-23 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM … Cinema Grossmont (19)
1984-05-23 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM … La Jolla Village (12)
1984-05-23 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM … Loma (18)
1984-06-01 … STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK … Carousel (17)
1984-06-01 … STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK … Cinerama (7)
1984-06-01 … STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK … Flower Hill (10)
1984-06-01 … STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK … Sweetwater (13)
1984-09-14 … THE RIGHT STUFF … Cinerama (1)
1984-09-19 … AMADEUS … Cinerama (11)
1984-12-05 … AMADEUS … Grossmont Mall (16)
1984-12-07 … 2010 … Carousel (7)
1984-12-07 … 2010 … Valley Circle (9)
1984-12-21 … AMADEUS … Chula Vista Park Plaza (18) [70mm from Week 6]

1985-01-25 … 2010 / STARMAN … Carousel (3)
1985-03-29 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … Carousel (3)
1985-03-29 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … Glasshouse (3)
1985-03-29 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … La Jolla Village (2)
1985-03-29 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … Parkway Plaza (3)
1985-03-29 … RETURN OF THE JEDI … Sweetwater (6)
1985-06-21 … COCOON … Carousel (16)
1985-06-21 … COCOON … Glasshouse (12)
1985-06-21 … COCOON … La Jolla Village (14)
1985-06-21 … COCOON … Parkway Plaza (10)
1985-06-21 … COCOON … Sweetwater (19)
1985-06-21 … RETURN TO OZ … Cinema 21 (3)
1985-06-29 … SILVERADO … Cinema 21 [sneak preview]
1985-07-03 … AMADEUS … Cinerama (1)
1985-07-06 … SILVERADO … Cinema 21 [sneak preview]
1985-07-10 … SILVERADO … Cinema 21 (12)
1985-07-19 … THE BLACK CAULDRON … Loma [sneak preview]
1985-07-24 … THE BLACK CAULDRON … Valley Circle (3)
1985-08-09 … AMADEUS … Cinerama (1)
1985-09-06 … AMADEUS … Grossmont Mall (2)
1985-11-22 … AMERICAN FLYERS … Loma (1)
1985-11-27 … ROCKY IV … Cinema 21 (9)
1985-12-04 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES … Cinerama (6)
1985-12-04 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES … Loma (4)
1985-12-04 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES … Sweetwater (6)
1985-12-06 … WHITE NIGHTS … Valley Circle (8)
1985-12-20 … A CHORUS LINE … Cinema Grossmont (7)
1985-12-20 … OUT OF AFRICA … Sweetwater (19)

1986-05-15 … TOP GUN … Cinema 21 [west coast premiere]
1986-05-16 … TOP GUN … Cinerama (20)
1986-05-16 … TOP GUN … Loma (28)
1986-07-18 … ALIENS … Glasshouse (17)
1986-07-18 … ALIENS … Horton Plaza (11)
1986-07-18 … ALIENS … Parkway Plaza (10)
1986-07-18 … ALIENS … Sweetwater (14)
1986-08-01 … HOWARD THE DUCK … Cinema 21 (2)
1986-10-17 … THE COLOR OF MONEY … Valley Circle (10)
1986-11-26 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME … Cinema Grossmont (9)
1986-11-26 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME … Del Norte Plaza (32) [70mm from Week 8]
1986-11-26 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME … Horton Plaza (9)
1986-11-26 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME … Loma (13)
1986-11-26 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME … Plaza Camino Real (10)
1986-12-05 … TOP GUN … Cinema 21 (1)
1986-12-25 … THE MISSION… Valley Circle (11)

1987-06-03 … THE UNTOUCHABLES … Cinema Grossmont (10)
1987-06-03 … THE UNTOUCHABLES … Plaza Camino Real (12)
1987-07-01 … INNERSPACE … Valley Circle (3)
1987-08-05 … STAKEOUT … Cinema 21 (9)
1987-12-09 … THE LAST EMPEROR … Cinema 21 (18)
1987-12-11 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN … Valley Circle (8)

1988-01-15 … GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM … Cinema Grossmont (13)
1988-02-12 … SHOOT TO KILL … Plaza Camino Real (3)
1988-05-20 … WILLOW … Cinema 21 (5)
1988-06-10 … THE PRESIDIO … Cinema Grossmont (6)
1988-06-22 … WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT … Cinema 21 (15)
1988-11-10 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY … Rueben H. Fleet (7) [Thurs-Sun]

1989-03-17 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA … Cinema 21 (12)
1989-05-24 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE … Grossmont Mall (10)
1989-05-24 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE … Grove (9)
1989-05-24 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE … Plaza Camino Real (11)
1989-05-24 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE … Sweetwater (12)
1989-06-03 … DEAD POETS SOCIETY … Cinema 21 [sneak preview]
1989-06-09 … DEAD POETS SOCIETY … Cinema 21 (7)
1989-06-09 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA … Valley Circle (1)
1989-06-09 … STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER … Cinema Grossmont (6)
1989-06-22 … BATMAN … Grove (16)
1989-06-22 … BATMAN … Horton Plaza (9)
1989-08-09 … THE ABYSS … Grove (8) [70mm from Week 6]
1989-08-09 … THE ABYSS … Horton Plaza (8)
1989-08-18 … CASUALTIES OF WAR … Cinema 21 (7)
1989-11-17 … THE LITTLE MERMAID … Cinema 21 (12)

1990-01-12 … GLORY … Cinema Grossmont (7)
1990-03-02 … GLORY … Grossmont Mall (1)
1990-03-02 … THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER … Cinema Grossmont (14)
1990-05-25 … FIREBIRDS … Cinema 21 (3) #
1990-06-15 … DICK TRACY … Cinema 21 (6)
1990-06-15 … DICK TRACY … Grove (9)
1990-06-15 … DICK TRACY … Plaza Camino Real (21)
1990-07-18 … ARACHNOPHOBIA … Valley Circle (5)
1990-08-31 … BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III / DICK TRACY … Plaza Camino Real (3)
1990-10-05 … FANTASIA … Cinema 21 (6)
1990-12-25 … THE GODFATHER PART III … Cinema 21 (6)

1991-03-01 … THE DOORS … Cinema Grossmont (8) [70mm from Week 6]
1991-05-24 … FANTASIA … Valley Circle (1)
1991-06-21 … THE ROCKETEER … Cinema 21 (5)
1991-11-22 … BEAUTY AND THE BEAST … Cinema 21 (13)

1992-05-09 … FAR AND AWAY … Grossmont Mall [sneak preview]
1992-05-16 … FAR AND AWAY … Grossmont Mall [sneak preview]
1992-05-22 … FAR AND AWAY … Grossmont Mall (9)
1992-06-05 … PATRIOT GAMES … Valley Circle (6)
1992-12-25 … HOFFA … Grossmont Mall (5)
1992-12-25 … HOFFA … Hazard Center (4)

1993-04-26 … GANDHI … Chula Vista Center
1993-04-26 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA … Chula Vista Center
1993-04-26 … TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY … Chula Vista Center
1993-04-27 … GANDHI … Chula Vista Center
1993-04-27 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA … Chula Vista Center
1993-04-27 … TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY … Chula Vista Center
1993-04-28 … DAYS OF THUNDER … Chula Vista Center
1993-04-29 … TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM … Chula Vista Center
1993-04-30 … THE PRESIDIO … Chula Vista Center
1993-05-03 … BATMAN … Chula Vista Center
1993-05-04 … THE LAST BOY SCOUT … Chula Vista Center
1993-05-05 … HOOK … Chula Vista Center
1993-05-28 … CLIFFHANGER … Grossmont Mall (6) [70mm from Week 4]
1993-06-17 … LAST ACTION HERO … Chula Vista Park Plaza (6)
1993-06-17 … LAST ACTION HERO … Valley Circle (4)
1993-11-12 … GETTYSBURG … Chula Vista Park Plaza (12)

1994-08-31 … TRUE LIES … Chula Vista Center (3)

2015-12-25 … THE HATEFUL EIGHT … ArcLight La Jolla (10)
2015-12-25 … THE HATEFUL EIGHT … Grossmont Center (5)
2015-12-25 … THE HATEFUL EIGHT … Mission Valley (1+)

2016-03-25 … BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE … ArcLight La Jolla (9)
2016-11-18 … FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM … ArcLight La Jolla (9)

2017-07-20 … DUNKIRK … ArcLight La Jolla (9)
2017-07-20 … DUNKIRK … Grossmont Center (7)
2017-07-20 … DUNKIRK … Mission Valley (2)

2018-03-28 … READY PLAYER ONE … ArcLight La Jolla (1+)
2018-03-28 … READY PLAYER ONE … Grossmont Center (1+)
2018-06-01 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY … Grossmont Center (4 days)

2019-10-04 … JOKER … ArcLight La Jolla (1+)
2019-10-04 … JOKER … Grossmont Center (1+)

2020-08-31 … TENET … Grossmont Center (1+)

2023-07-20 … OPPENHEIMER … Grossmont Center (6)
2023-07-20 … OPPENHEIMER … Mission Valley (6)

2024-02-23 … TENET … Grossmont Center (1)
2024-02-29 … DUNE: PART TWO … Grossmont Center (8)

Note that some of the titles included in this chronology were presented in 35mm (or, recently, DCP) during the latter week(s) of their engagement due to contractual terms or print damage (and the distributor’s unwillingness to supply a 70mm replacement print) or because the booking was moved to a non-70mm-equipped auditorium within a multiplex. As well, the reverse may have been true in some cases whereas a booking began with a 35mm print because the lab was unable to complete the 70mm print order in time for an opening-day delivery or the exhibitor negotiated a mid-run switch to 70mm. In these cases, any 35mm portion of the engagement has been included in the duration figure.

During the roadshow era, the reserved-seat policy, in some instances, was relaxed during the summer and/or latter weeks of the run. Any non-roadshow portion of such an engagement has been included in the applicable duration figure.

References: Various issues of Boxoffice, The Hollywood Reporter, Motion Picture Exhibitor, The San Diego Union, The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Variety; projection and sound system trade advertisements and installation records.

Special Thanks: Marshall Crawford and Paul Linfesty. Marshall Crawford, Paul Linfesty and Tim O’Neill. Extra special thanks to the staff of the California State Library, Carlsbad City Library, Georgina Cole Library and San Diego Pubic Library and the library staff of California State University San Marcos and San Diego State University.

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