{{Short description|American movie theater chain}} {{confuse|Arclight Films}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = ArcLight Cinemas | logo = | type = Subsidiary | founded = {{Start date and age|2002|03|22}}<br />Los Angeles, California, U.S. | defunct = {{End date and age|2021|04|12}} | founders = | owner = The Decurion Corporation | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | num_locations = 11 (at the time of closure) | area_served = United States (locations in California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Maryland) | key_people = | industry = Movie theater | fate = Permanently Closed in April 2021 | products = | revenue = | num_employees = | website = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.arclightcinemas.com/ |date=* |title=Archived official website }} }}
'''ArcLight Cinemas''' was an American movie theater chain that operated from 2002 to 2021. It was owned by The Decurion Corporation. The ArcLight chain opened in 2002 as a single theater, the ArcLight Hollywood in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and later expanded to eleven locations in California, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Illinois.
The chain has been credited for pioneering features such as assigned seating, reclining chairs, and in-house bars and restaurants that were later adopted by major theatre chains. Screenings at the ArcLight were usually introduced by an employee and visitors would not be admitted after the screening had started.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |date=2021-04-13 |title=The Closure of Arclight Cinemas Has L.A. Movie Lovers in Mourning — and Asking, Can It Be Saved? |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/arclight-cinemas-closure-la-movie-lovers-in-mourning-1234949843/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
ArcLight Cinemas closed temporarily in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 12, 2021, Pacific Theatres announced that the ArcLight and Pacific Theatres chains would permanently close, citing the lack of a viable path forward after the pandemic. Following the closure, all former ArcLight locations (except Hollywood and Santa Monica) were acquired by other theater chains. The Decurion Corporation planned to reopen the former ArcLight Hollywood, along with the Cinerama Dome, in 2025 as the Cinerama Hollywood.
==Locations==
=== ArcLight Hollywood === right|thumb|ArcLight Cinemas and the Cinerama Dome.
ArcLight Hollywood was the first theater in the ArcLight chain and was considered to be the flagship location. It opened on March 22, 2002 and was located at 6360 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.<ref name="LAT">[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-26-fi-theaters26-story.html The Los Angeles Times]</ref> It featured 15 screens with stadium seating, and carried a THX certification for sound and picture presentation. The building was located adjacent to the Cinerama Dome. It was a subsidiary of The Decurion Corporation, which also owned Pacific Theatres.<ref name=LAT/>
left|thumb|The courtyard entrance of the ArcLight Hollywood complex.
Tickets for all film showings used assigned seating. The only restriction was the inability to select a seat if it created a single-seat space between an already reserved seat, to prevent orphan empty seats that could only be filled by a single individual.
The only promotional material shown before films were trailers.<ref name="LAT" /> At showtime, immediately before the trailers began, an usher would introduce the film to the audience and state the ArcLight's policies regarding quality assurance. Two ushers would remain in the theater for a few minutes after the film had begun, to ensure that the picture and sound quality were acceptable. The usher would also ask the audience to silence their cell phones and refrain from texting.<ref name="newyorker">{{cite news |last=Denby |first=David |date=December 25, 2006 |title=Big Pictures |magazine=The New Yorker |url=http://www.newyorker.com/printables/critics/070108crat_atlarge |url-status=live |access-date=January 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115064104/http://www.newyorker.com/printables/critics/070108crat_atlarge |archive-date=January 15, 2007}}</ref> Seating was prohibited after a film had begun, in correlation with ArcLight's slogan, "Your Movie Time Uninterrupted."
In 2008, the ArcLight Hollywood and the ArcLight Sherman Oaks, which opened in 2007, introduced digital projection.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-03-07 |title=Hollywood, CA: ArcLight Cinemas to Get Digital Projection |url=https://www.bigscreen.com/j/Hollywood-CA-ArcLight-Cinemas-to-Get-Digital-Projection/1037 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=The BigScreen Cinema Guide |language=en}}</ref> Each location had two houses with Kinoton 35mm projectors for archival and special presentations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cinema technology magazine by Emo Lie - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/carschild/docs/cinematechnologymagazine2007june |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=issuu.com |date=17 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
The ArcLight routinely featured exhibits of props and costumes from the films it was screening, as well as local art including 5 different exhibitions from 2009-2020, by artist Clifford Bailey and a exhibit dedicated to L. Ron Hubbard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IT Artwork Display at Arclight Cinemas (Hollywood)! |url=http://www.lazmarquez.com/blog/2017/9/13/it-artwork-display-at-arclight-cinemas-hollywood |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Laz Marquez |date=14 September 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Other locations === ArcLight Sherman Oaks opened November 16, 2007, at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, replacing the Galleria Pacific Theater. The grand opening took place on December 14, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eric |date=2007-11-19 |title=ArcLight Sherman Oaks: Younger, Smaller, Fuzzier Sister of ArcLight Hollywood |url=https://la.curbed.com/2007/11/19/10583954/arclight-sherma |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301023452/https://la.curbed.com/2007/11/19/10583954/arclight-sherma |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Curbed LA |language=en}}</ref> A location in Pasadena at The Paseo opened on May 10, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-10 |title=ArcLight Pasadena opens its doors at Paseo Colorado |url=https://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20100510/arclight-pasadena-opens-its-doors-at-paseo-colorado |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> In late 2010, Pacific Theaters refurbished an existing Pacific Theaters multiplex as an ArcLight in El Segundo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-24 |title=ArcLight theater coming soon to El Segundo |url=https://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20100624/arclight-theater-coming-soon-to-el-segundo |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Press Telegram |language=en-US}}</ref> The location opened as ArcLight Beach Cities on November 5, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Painter • • |first=Alysia Gray |title=ArcLight Goes El Segundo |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/local/arclight-goes-el-segundo/2097816/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=NBC Los Angeles |date=5 November 2010 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In November 2012, ArcLight La Jolla opened in San Diego, its first location outside of Los Angeles County. It was located at Westfield UTC, and was part of the mall's $180 million renovation.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/nov/02/arclight-cinemas-opens-first-non-la-location-utc/ | title=ArcLight Cinemas: No talking, cellphones, crying babies | newspaper=U-T San Diego |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160306110627/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2012/nov/02/arclight-cinemas-opens-first-non-la-location-utc/ |archive-date = March 6, 2016| date=November 2, 2012 | access-date=May 10, 2013}}</ref>
In October 2014, the first location outside California opened at Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda, Maryland.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://robertdyer.blogspot.com/2014/10/arclight-cinemas-bethesda-preview-tour.html | title=ArcLight Cinemas Bethesda Preview Tour | publisher = Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row | date=October 22, 2014}}</ref>
In 2015, ArcLight opened two locations in the Midwestern U.S., both in the Chicago metropolitan area in Illinois. The first theatre in Glenview opened in May 2015, followed by the second location in Chicago's Lincoln Park in November 2015. The Glenview location was previously occupied by Regal and extensively remodeled to the chain's standards, while the Chicago location was the chain's first theatre constructed in the Midwest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A look inside Lincoln Park's new ArcLight movie theater |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-arclight-chicago-theater-20151103-story.html |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Chicago Tribune|date=4 November 2015 }}</ref>
A location in Culver City, California, opened on May 1, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-30 |title=ArcLight Culver City Opening Just in Time for 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/arclight-culver-city-opening-just-in-time-for-avengers-age-of-ultron/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> The ArcLight opened the first of two proposed locations in Santa Monica, California, in November 2015 in the newly remodeled Santa Monica Place.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-10 |title=VIDEO: ArcLight Cinemas Santa Monica Is Now OPEN! |url=https://smmirror.com/2015/12/video-arclight-cinemas-santa-monica-is-now-open/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=SM Mirror |language=en-US}}</ref> In August 2017, the developer for the second ArcLight location announced that they were abandoning the deal, citing doubts about its profitability due to being in close proximity to the existing Santa Monica location. If completed, it would have featured the ArcLight's first IMAX screen.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://la.curbed.com/2017/8/28/16216808/santa-monica-arclight-movie-theater-abandoned | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828233744/https://la.curbed.com/2017/8/28/16216808/santa-monica-arclight-movie-theater-abandoned | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 28, 2017 | title=Developer agrees that maybe Santa Monica doesn't need two ArcLights | date=August 28, 2017 }}</ref>
A location in Boston, Massachusetts, the first Northeastern U.S. location, opened at The Hub on Causeway on November 26, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Jacqueline |date=2019-11-05 |title=ArcLight Cinemas Is about to Open With Funky Popcorns From Local Chefs |url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2019/11/05/arclight-cinemas-boston-cafe-bar-menu/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Boston Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
== COVID-19 pandemic and closure == The ArcLight chain closed temporarily in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 12, 2021, Pacific Theatres announced that the ArcLight and Pacific Theatres chains would close permanently, citing a lack of a viable path forward after the pandemic. The parent company, The Decurion Corporation, said in a statement to the ''Los Angeles Times'' that, “After shutting our doors more than a year ago, today we must share the difficult and sad news that Pacific will not be reopening its ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres locations,” Pacific Theatres said in a statement. “This was not the outcome anyone wanted, but despite a huge effort that exhausted all potential options, the company does not have a viable way forward.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Faughnder |first1=Ryan |date=April 12, 2021 |title=Pacific and ArcLight theaters will not reopen following the pandemic, company says |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-04-12/pacific-and-arclight-theaters-will-not-reopen-following-the-pandemic-company-says |access-date=April 13, 2021}}</ref> After the announcement, the owner of Santa Monica Place evicted ArcLight from its location at the mall, claiming it owed nearly $369,000 in back rent.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maddaus |first=Gene |date=2021-04-30 |title=Santa Monica Mall Owner Moves to Evict ArcLight Theater |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/arclight-santa-monica-eviction-1234964252/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Planned Cinerama Hollywood reopening === In June 2022, it was announced that Decurion Corp. has plans to reopen the ArcLight Hollywood and Cinerama Dome and rename the complex as Cinerama Hollywood, which would include two bars and a restaurant at the location.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=One of LA's Favorite Movie Theaters is Set for Hollywood Comeback |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2022/07/iconic-hollywood-movie-theater-to-reopen-with-new-name/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Commercial Observer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 30, 2022 |title=Cinerama Dome Returning With New Name, Plans for Two Bars and Restaurant |newspaper=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/cinerama-hollywood-liquor-license-1235306558/ |accessdate=July 4, 2022}}</ref> In September, it was reported that the cinema would not be reopening until at least 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2023-05-04 |title=Cinerama Dome Re-Opening Pushed To 2024 – Update |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/cinerama-dome-closed-status-hollywood-movie-theater-1234898930/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> In November 2023, it was reported that the cinema's reopening had been delayed until the second quarter of 2025 due largely to the redesign happening in the space including the addition of restaurants and event space.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2023-11-30 |title=Cinerama Dome Now Planning To Reopen In 2025 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/cinerama-dome-reopening-2025-date-1235645069/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2025, however, a report from ''Variety'' said that the reopening of the Cinema was uncertain due to the property manager saying it would not reopen that year and that Decurion was unwilling to either sell or reopen the complex. A petition to reopen the Arclight Hollywood and Cinerama Dome had reached more than 30,000 signatures at the time of the report.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Saperstein |first1=Pat |last2=Tangcay |first2=Jazz |date=2025-04-13 |title=Supporters Rally to Save the Cinerama Dome as Future of Hollywood Theater Complex Remains Uncertain |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/save-cinerama-dome-campaign-reopening-uncertain-1236363487/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> When asked about the future of the cinema during a June 2025 public hearing held by the Los Angeles Office of Zoning Administration, land use consultant Elizabeth Peterson of the Elizabeth Peterson Group said:
{{Blockquote|The property owner is again Dome Center for LLC Robinson Property Group. They have reached out to me and have recently started discussing moving forward with the Cinerama Dome. We don’t have any plans yet, but I think that they wanted to make sure that they did this in a timely manner. The ownership is very committed to moving forward to continue redeveloping the site. Obviously, the theater would be next. And all I can tell you is that they have reached out to me to discuss that. Their goal is to restore the entire property.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2025-06-05 |title=Blue Note Jazz Club Moves Forward at Hollywood ArcLight Complex — Will the Cinerama Dome Be Next? |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/blue-note-jazz-club-hollywood-arclight-complex-cinerama-dome-1236418965/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>}}
In August 2025, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' stated that the fate of the Cinerama Dome and ArcLight Hollywood remained in limbo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baum |first=Gary |date=2025-08-08 |title=Will L.A.'s Iconic Cinerama Dome Ever Re-Open? |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/blue-note-jazz-club-hollywood-arclight-complex-cinerama-dome-1236418965/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> In October 2025, however, Dome Center LLC, the company that owns the property, filed an application for a conditional-use permit to sell alcohol for on-site consumption at the Arclight Hollywood and Cinerama Dome. A findings document filed with the City Planning Department also mentioned: {{Blockquote|When the theater reopens, it will bring additional jobs to Hollywood and reactivate the adjacent streets, increasing safety and once again bringing vibrancy to the surrounding area.}} However, no timetable for the reopening was given.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Tracy |date=2025-10-31 |title=Is there still hope for the Cinerama Dome? New permit request filed with city of L.A. |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2025-10-31/cinerama-dome-reopening-alcohol-sales-permit |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Subsequent acquisitions of other former ArcLight locations === On June 19, 2021, Regal Cinemas acquired the lease of the location of the former ArcLight at Sherman Oaks Galleria. Regal planned a $10 million renovation with the addition of IMAX with Laser, RPX & 4DX auditoriums.<ref>{{cite news |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |date=June 19, 2021 |title=Regal Cinemas Signs New Lease For Space Previously Occupied By Arclight Sherman Oaks |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/regal-arclight-sherman-oaks-lease-1234778350/ |access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 18, 2021 |title=Former ArcLight at Sherman Oaks Galleria taken over by Regal Cinemas |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-18/former-arclight-at-sherman-oaks-galleria-taken-over-by-regal-cinemas |access-date=July 23, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The theater reopened in July 2021 as part of the Regal chain.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tartaglione |first1=Nancy |date=July 15, 2021 |title=Cineworld Boss Mooky Greidinger Says 'Black Widow' Could Have Opened To $110M+ In U.S. Without Day-And-Date Streaming: "The Way To Generate Maximum Income On A Movie Is With A Window" |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/mooky-greidinger-interview-black-widow-day-cineworld-1234793975/ |access-date=September 19, 2021 |quote=I would say that we have successfully opened Regal Sherman Oaks. I would really compliment our great team in real estate and in operations, which did the whole thing in record time. People really were so happy to get their local cinema back.}}</ref> In January 2023, however, it was announced that the theater would close on February 15 unless the lease was renegotiated, but it continued to operate after the date had passed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuster |first=Jeremy |date=January 19, 2023 |title=Regal Cinemas to Close 39 Locations, Including Sherman Oaks Galleria |url=https://www.thewrap.com/regal-cinemas-close-39-theaters-sherman-oaks/ |access-date=January 19, 2023 |website=The Wrap |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Brueggemann |first1=Tom |last2=Welk |first2=Brian |date=February 15, 2023 |title=39 Regal Theaters Were Supposed to Close February 15: Here's Why Most Are Still Open |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2023/02/regal-theaters-havent-closed-yet-1234809993/ |access-date=February 16, 2023 |website=Indie Wire |language=en-US}}</ref> In May 2023, Regal reached a new lease agreement with the Galleria to continue operating the theater as part of their company.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Regal|date=2023-05-22|title=Regal announces new lease agreement at Sherman Oaks Galleria|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/regal-announces-new-lease-agreement-at-sherman-oaks-galleria-301831268.html|access-date=2023-05-30|website=PR Newswire|language=en-US}}</ref> In May 2025, Regal announced that an IMAX would be added to the cinema.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vlessing |first1=Etan |date=May 19, 2025 |title=Regal Adds Four Imax Theaters in U.S., Including at L.A. Live |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/regal-imax-theaters-imarket-1236221228/ |access-date=May 19, 2025}}</ref>
In November 2021, it was announced that Landmark Theaters had acquired the lease to The Glen Town Center's former ArcLight in Glenview, Illinois.<ref>{{cite news |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |date=December 12, 2021 |title=Landmark Takes Over Former Arclight Cinemas Glen Town Center Location In Illinois |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/landmark-theatres-arclight-cinemas-glen-town-center-takeover-1234882338/ |access-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222222505/https://deadline.com/2021/12/amc-entertainment-arclight-and-pacific-theatres-la-chicago-1234900923/ |archive-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> It reopened as part of the company's chain the following year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robb |first1=Tom |date=November 18, 2022 |title=Landmark Theaters At The Glen Opens Today (Friday) |work=Journal & Topics |url=https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/landmark-theaters-at-the-glen-opens-friday/ |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref>
In December 2021, AMC Theatres announced that they had acquired the lease to the former ArcLight Chicago 14 in Lincoln Park, Chicago, which reopened as part of the AMC chain in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=December 21, 2021 |title=AMC Entertainment Takes Over Two More Arclight Cinemas And Pacific Theatres – In LA, Chicago |url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/amc-entertainment-arclight-and-pacific-theatres-la-chicago-1234900923/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222222505/https://deadline.com/2021/12/amc-entertainment-arclight-and-pacific-theatres-la-chicago-1234900923/ |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |access-date=December 21, 2021 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AMC NewCity 14 - Cinema Treasures |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/50496 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=cinematreasures.org}}</ref>
In February 2022, AMC reached a deal to acquire the leases to the former ArcLight at Westfield UTC mall in San Diego, California, and the former ArcLight at Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda, Maryland. The former reopened during that month, and the latter resumed business in March of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=February 8, 2022 |title=AMC Entertainment In Lease Deals For Former ArcLight Theaters In San Diego, D.C. Markets |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/amc-entertainment-arclight-theaters-san-diego-1234928467/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208143432/https://deadline.com/2022/02/amc-entertainment-arclight-theaters-san-diego-1234928467/ |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2022, it was announced that AMC acquired the lease to the former ArcLight located at The Hub on Causeway in Boston and it was reopened as part of the company's chain in November 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldsmith |first1=Jill |date=December 19, 2022 |title=AMC Entertainment Acquires 13-Screen Former ArcLight Cinema In Boston |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/amc-entertainment-arclight-cinema-boston-adam-aron-1235202349/ |access-date=December 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bowker |first=Brittany |date=December 21, 2022 |title=AMC Entertainment buys ArcLight Cinema in Boston |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/21/arts/amc-entertainment-buys-arclight-cinema-boston/ |url-access=limited |access-date=December 30, 2022 |website=Boston Globe |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=AMC opens new theater on Causeway Street |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/amc-opens-new-theater-on-causeway-street/3194421/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=NBC Boston |language=en-US}}</ref>
In July 2022, Amazon acquired the lease of the former Culver City, California location and planned to operate it as its first movie theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=2023-04-24 |title='The Boys' to Show 'Urethra Scene' and 'Herogasm' on the Big Screen With Season 3 Marathon at Amazon's Culver Theater (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-boys-screening-season-3-culver-theater-amazon-1235593071/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> It reopened as the Culver Theater in December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-15 |title=Local Event: Grand Opening of The Culver Theater! |url=https://patch.com/california/culvercity/calendar/event/20221218/7348254f-27fd-4a06-9f40-0c10e12b5277/grand-opening-of-the-culver-theater |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Culver City, CA Patch |language=en}}</ref>
In April 2023, it was announced that Regal had acquired the lease to the former ArcLight theater at The Paseo in Pasadena, California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=April 13, 2023 |title=Regal To Reopen Former ArcLight Theatre At The Paseo In Pasadena |url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/regal-reopning-arclight-theatre-paseo-in-pasadena-1235325022/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=April 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McClintock |first1=Pamela |date=April 13, 2023 |title=Regal to Reopen Former ArcLight Movie Theater in Pasadena |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/regal-reopen-former-arclight-movie-theater-pasadena-1235373805/ |access-date=April 13, 2023}}</ref> It reopened as a Regal location in June 2023 with plans to add ScreenX and 4DX auditoriums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regal Pasadena 14 in Pasadena, CA - Cinema Treasures |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/29736 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=cinematreasures.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2023 |title=The Regal Paseo Movie Theater Opens, Replacing the ArcLight |url=https://www.pasadenanow.com/main/the-regal-replacing-the-arclight-theatre-opens-in-the-paseo |access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref>
In November 2023, Cinema West Theaters announced that they would remodel the former ArcLight theater in El Segundo, California as the new "CinemaWest Beach Cities". It was originally slated to open in Summer 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schlepp |first1=Travis |title=New 'luxury' movie theater replacing shuttered ArcLight in El Segundo |url=https://ktla.com/news/local-news/new-luxury-movie-theater-replacing-shuttered-arclight-in-el-segundo/ |website=KTLA 5 Local News |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> In January 2025, the theater's page at Cinema West's website posted an opening date of Spring 2025 and an image alluding to a partnership with Pink's Hot Dogs <ref>{{Cite web |title=CINEMA WEST > BEACH CITIES - Movies, Showtimes, Tickets and Concessions |url=https://www.cinemawest.com/pages/beach-cities |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=www.cinemawest.com |language=en}}</ref> The theater reopened on February 13, 2025 with ScreenX and 4DX auditoriums.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |first1=Boxoffice |title=CinemaWest Beach Cities to Open in El Segundo with SCREENX, 4DX |url=https://www.boxofficepro.com/cinemawest-beach-cities-to-open-in-el-segundo-with-screenx-4dx/ |website=Box Office Pro |access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cinema West Beach Cities |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/22060 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=cinematreasures.org}}</ref>
As of 2025, the Santa Monica location is the only to have not reopened. In 2023, it was announced that the structure at Santa Monica Place containing Bloomingdale's and the former Santa Monica ArcLight would be renovated as a 48,000-square-foot flagship outpost for Arte Museum, an immersive digital media destination, with the remaining space to possibly house a high-end fitness facility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snowden |first=Scott |date=2023-06-05 |title=Council votes to allow ArcLight cinema complex to be repurposed - Santa Monica Daily Press |url=https://smdp.com/business/council-votes-to-allow-arclight-cinema-complex-to-be-repurposed/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|ArcLight Hollywood}} * {{official website|http://www.arclightcinemas.com}}
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