This is a list of current and former cinemas in Hong Kong.
In addition to operating its own brand, Broadway Circuit also operates the B+, PALACE, Premiere Elements, MOViE MOViE and MY CINEMA chains. It previously run AMC-branded cinema in Pacific Place.[1]
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.
On 8 March 2021, UA Cinemas announced that the business will cease business with immediate effect due to unavoidable and devastating pressure faced by the business since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.[15]
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
UA Telford, succeeded by MCL Telford
UA Times Square, at Times Square; opened in December 1993, closed in February 2012;[16] 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,[17][18] opened in November 2013.[19] Closed in March 2021, it was succeeded by Emperor Cinemas.
UA Whampoa, opened in May 1985, closed in October 2009; succeeded by GH Whampoa[20][21]
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 TMT Plaza, at Tuen Mun Town Plaza; closed on 10 March 2018, succeeded by StagE by Golden Harvest.
UA Shatin, at New Town Plaza; opened in 1985 as the first UA cinema in Hong Kong;[22] closed in June 2018, succeeded by MCL Movie Town
UA Cinema @ Airport, at Terminal 2, Hong Kong International Airport; houses the third (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong;[23] closed in 2019 due closure of Hong Kong International Airport Terminal 2
UA Maritime, at Maritime Square; closed March 2021, succeeded by CineArt House
UA K11 Art House, at K11 MUSEA; closed February 2021; revived by MCL
UA iSQUARE, at iSQUARE; houses the second (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong;[20] closed March 2021, succeeded by Emperor Cinemas
UA MegaBox, at MegaBox; houses the first (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong;[20] closed March 2021, succeeded by GH Megabox
UA Citygate, at Citygate; closed temporarily on 18 September 2016 for renovations; closed March 2021, succeeded By MCL Citygate
UA Amoy, at Amoy Plaza; closed March 2021, succeeded By MCL Amoy
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 before its closure in 2018.[24][25] It re-opens in 2019 at Kowloon City Plaza,[26] followed by second branch at Maritime Plaza in 2021.
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;[54] the site is now occupied by LHT Tower
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. ISBN9789622095465.
See p.111 for the number of cinemas for the years between 1952 and 1996.