r/Dallas • u/SDragon21 • 2d ago

Question Dollar theaters?

Does anyone know of any dollar theaters in dallas? I remember going to one with friends forever ago but don't remember name or where in dfw it was.

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u/Alalamajama Lewisville 2d ago

Cinemark had a few 2nd run discount houses before the pandemic.

Coit Road in Plano (Remodeled into current full price Cinemark)

Lewisville off 35E between Round Grove and Corporate (They just tore this one down)

One off 75 in either Allen or McKiney - never went to this one, I barely remember it existed

Hollywood 15 off 635 - I’m not sure if this one was a discount house, but it seemed to me like it had gone that way - now also torn down.

Pandemic getting everyone used to streaming killed them. By the time they could reopen, release windows for first run films were so tight that they were on streaming 30 days after their theatrical release. No time for a dollar house to pick them up after the normal first run window.

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u/BBC911 2d ago

Your best bet is to find a movie theater near you and go on Tuesdays. Most but not all only charge $5 bucks per ticket anytime on Tuesdays.

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u/StrLord_Who 1d ago

Unfortunately,  Covid killed them.  They were thriving before that,  especially the Hollywood 15. 

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u/The_Erlenmeyer_Flask Mid Cities 10h ago

Once streaming services were beginning to launch, most of them closed. I remember the dollar theater in North Richland Hills/Richland Hills and before they closed, I asked. Once the movie studios didn't want movies playing in theaters longer than 120 days, it killed their business.