The 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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