List of cinemas in Hong Kong

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

Broadway Circuit

PALACE ifc

Former Broadway Olympian City cinema

In addition to operating its own brand, Broadway Circuit also operates the AMC Cinemas,[1] PALACE, Premiere Elements, MOViE MOViE and MY CINEMA chains.

• AMC Pacific Place, at Pacific Place, Admiralty, Hong Kong
• Broadway Cinematheque
• Broadway Cyberport, at The Arcade, Cyberport
• Broadway Hollywood, at Plaza Hollywood
• Broadway Kingswood Ginza, at Kingswood Ginza
• Broadway Kwai Fong, at Metroplaza
• Broadway Mongkok, on Sai Yeung Choi Street South
• Broadway The ONE, at The ONE
• Broadway Tsuen Wan, at Tsuen Wan Plaza
• PALACE apm, at apm
• PALACE ifc, at IFC Mall
• Premiere Elements, at Elements Mall (former site of The Grand Cinema)
• MOViE MOViE, at Cityplaza
• MY CINEMA YOHO MALL, on Yuen Long

Former cinemas

• Broadway Kornhill, at Kornhill Plaza; closed in 2002; succeeded by MCL Kornhill
• Broadway Kowloon Bay, at Amoy Plaza; closed in March 2009 - now UA Amoy
• Broadway Olympian City, at Olympian City; closed on 16 September 2013 – now the sky by Golden Harvest, at Olympian City 2
• Broadway Yuen Long, at Sun Yuen Long Centre; closed on 6 March 2013 (Operation now focused on MY CINEMA, also located in the same YOHO MALL precinct)
• AMC Festival Walk, at Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong – now MCL Festival Grand[2][3]

UA Cinemas

Interior of UA iSQUARE IMAX theatre

Former UA Citygate

The UA Cinemas brand in Hong Kong is not related to the United Artists Theaters chain in the United States, which is owned by Regal Cinemas.

• CINE TIMES, at Times Square; opened in November 2013[4]
• UA Cine Moko, at Grand Century Place, Mong Kok
• UA Cinema @ Airport, at Terminal 2, Hong Kong International Airport; houses the third (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong[5]
• 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 Citygate, at Citygate; closed temporarily on 18 September 2016 for renovations.
• UA Amoy, at Amoy Plaza

Former cinemas

• UA Langham Place, succeeded by Cinema City
• 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, renamed as CINE TIMES.[10][11]
• UA Whampoa, opened in May 1985, closed in October 2009; succeeded by GH Whampoa[6][12]
• Windsor Cinema, at Windsor House, Causeway Bay; closed in September 2015, succeeded by MCL Grand Windsor Cinema
• UA Cityplaza, at Cityplaza; closed on 23 February 2017, succeeded by MOViE MOViE by Broadway Circuit.
• UA tmtplaza, at Tuen Mun Town Plaza; closed on 10 March 2018, succeeded by StagE by Golden Harvest.

Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Interior of Grand Ocean theatre

• Grand Ocean, at Ocean Centre Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui
• GH Citywalk, at Citywalk 2
• GH Fanling, at Fanling Town Centre
• GH Whampoa, at Whampoa Plaza, Whampoa Garden[13][14]
• the sky, at Olympian City 2
• StagE, at Tuen Mun Town Plaza

Former cinemas

• GH Hollywood, at Plaza Hollywood; closed on March 31, 2011; became Broadway Hollywood[15]
• GH Mongkok, at Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward Road West - now UA Cine Moko.
• Golden Gateway, at The Gateway, Harbour City.[16] (Operation now focused on Grand Ocean, also located in the same Harbour City precinct)
• GH Tsing Yi, at Maritime Square; closed on January 3, 2018; succeeded by UA Maritime

Newport Circuit

Dynasty Theatre in Mong Kok Road

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

Former cinemas

• Century Theatre

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MCL Cinemas

STAR Cinema

In addition to operating its own brand, MCL Cinemas also operates the Grand, Star Cinema, and the Movie Town chains.

• MCL JP Cinema, at JP Plaza, Causeway Bay
• MCL Kornhill Cinema, at Kornhill Plaza
• MCL Metro Cinema, at Metro City, Phase 2
• MCL South Horizons Cinema, at South Horizons
• MCL Telford Cinema, at Telford Gardens
• STAR Cinema, at PopCorn, Tseung Kwan O[18]
• Grand Windsor Cinema, at Windsor House, Causeway Bay
• MCL Cheung Sha Wan Cinema, at Lai sun commercial centre, Cheung Sha Wan

Former cinemas

• The Grand Cinema, at Elements Mall (site acquired by Broadway and rebranded as Premiere Elements)

Chinachem Cinema Circuit

Former Chinachem Golden Plaza

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

Former cinemas

• Chinachem Golden Plaza, in East Tsim Sha Tsui; opened in February, 1988, closed in May 2013[19][20][21]

Pegasus Entertainment Holdings Limited

• Cinema City, at Langham Place[22]

Emperor Cinemas

• Entertainment Building, Queen's Road Central / D'Aguilar Street, Central[23]
• Ma On Shan Emperor Cinema, in Sunshine City, Ma On Shan.
• Tuen Mun Emperor Cinema, New Town Commercial Arcade, 2 Tuen Lee St, Tuen Mun, in New Town Mansion Shopping Arcade

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; closed in 2006 and reopened in 2009 within Amoy Garden Shopping Arcade[24][25]
• Hong Kong Film Archive
• Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre, renamed in 2018
• L Cinema, on Mong Lung Street, Shau Kei Wan; opened on 8 February 2016[26]
• Lux Theatre, on Bulkeley Street, Hung Hom; opened in 1971[27]
• The Metroplex, at Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Kowloon Bay; opened on 14 February 2014[28]
• Stanley Ho Space Theatre, within the Hong Kong Space Museum
• Yuen Long Cinema, on Yuen Long Pau Cheung Square, Yuen Long[29]

Former cinemas

• Astor Theatre / Po Hing Theatre (普慶戲院). Kowloon's first cinema. Now the location of the Eaton Hotel.[30]
• Brightly Star, closed in 2008
• London Theatre at Corner Austin Road and Nathan Road, Jordan /倫敦大戲院 [1962-1988]
• Liberty Theatre [1949-1997] Corner Temple Street & Jordan Road
• Universal Theatre / 民樂戲院 Located at Bowring Street, Jordan [1967-1995]
• Washington Theatre and Golden Harvest Theatre Both located at Woo Sung Street. Jordan
• Capitol Theatre (京華戲院), Jardine's Bazaar, Causeway Bay; opened in 1952, closed in 1977[31]
• Fanling Town Centre Cinema, in Fanling; opened in 1993, closed in 2006[32]
• First Theatre (第一戲院), Public Square Street,1925– 1960s.[30]
• Golden Valley Theatre (金茂坪戲院), Hiu Kwong Street, Sau Mau Ping; opened in 1978, closed in 1992[33][34]
• Isis Theatre (新都戲院), Moreton Terrace, Causeway Bay; opened in 1966, closed in 1999.
• Ko Shing Theatre (高陞戲園/戲院), Sheung Wan (1870‐1970s). Hong Kong's second indoor opera‐cum‐movie theatre[30]
• Kwong Chee Theatre (廣智戲院), Temple Street / Kansu Street, 1919–1968. First cinema in Yau Ma Tei.[30]
• Kwong Ming Theatre (光明戲院), Public Square Street, 1930-1960s.[30]
• Kwun Chung Theatre, at 30 Kwun Chung Street, Kwun Chung; was Hong Kong's last adult cinema until it closed on March 15, 2011[35][36]
• Lee Theatre; opened in 1927, closed in 1991.
• Lung Wah Theatre, at 117 Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan; opened in 1962; closed in 1996[37]
• Majestic Cinema (大華戲院) Nathan Road / Saigon Street, 1928 ‐1940s/1940s– 1988/1992– 20004.[30]
• Nanyang Theatre (南洋戲院), Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai; opened in 1966, closed in 1989.
• Olympia Theatre (國都戲院), Power Street, North Point; opened in 1965, closed in 1995.
• Park Theatre (百樂戲院), Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay; opened in 1970, closed in 1997.
• Peng Chau Theatre (坪洲戲院), Peng Chau; opened in 1978, closed in the late 1980s
• Queen's Theatre (皇后戲院), at the corner of Queen's Road Central and Theatre Lane, opened in 1924, closed for reconstruction in 1958, reopened in 1961, closed in 2007;[38] the site is now occupied by LHT Tower
• Royal Cinema, closed in 2007
• Silver Star Cinema, closed in 1999
• Silver Theatre, in Kwun Tong; opened in 1963, closed in 2009; the building was demolished in 2013[39]
• 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
• Tai Ping Theatre (太平戲院)
• Tuen Mun Cinema, closed in 2008 due to renovation in Tuen Mun Town Plaza
• Tung Hing Theatre (同慶戲園/戲院) (1867‐1910s). Hong Kong's first indoor opera‐cum‐movie theatre[30]
• Yau Ma Tei Theatre, opened in the late 1920s, closed in 1988
• Yuen Long Cinema, reopened as independent cinema

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• 黃夏柏 (2015). 香港戲院搜記．歲月鈎沉. 香港: 中華書局.

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 (eds.). 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.
• Tube Hong Kong cinema list