Los Angeles Theatres: CGV Cinemas

621 S. Western Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90005 | map |

"New Cultureplex. New Thrill." CGV at Madang was the first American branch of the South Korean multiplex chain, CJ CGV. They now have one in Buena Park as well.

The location is on the west side of the street a half block north of Wilshire Blvd. and the Wiltern Theatre. The photo looking south toward Wilshire is a 2016 Google Maps view.

Phone: 213-388-9000 Website: cgvcinemas.com

A 2023 entrance view from YMK Webfest.

Opened: 2010

Seating: 580

Status: It's a triplex showing Korean films and Hollywood product with Korean subtitles.

The theatre was included in the November 26, 2023 L.A. Times story "The 27 best movie theaters in Los Angeles." They had a nice entrance view but it was of the CGV Buena Park, not this house. The comments by Justin Chang:

"For anyone who’s spent many happy hours watching movies at CGV Cinemas’ venues in South Korea, it’s a particular pleasure to step into Los Angeles’ Koreatown CGV branch and marvel at all the imported signature touches: the handy seating diagrams displayed outside each of the complex’s three auditoriums; the lobby-adjacent CineCafé, where you can grab coffee, tea or a plated dessert before or after a movie; and the concessions — good God, the concessions.

"To visit CGV is to wonder why squid legs, salmon jerky and half-and-half popcorn tubs (as in, half caramel, half sour cream and onion) haven't become standard offerings at multiplexes across the U.S. You can still get your M&Ms and Sour Patch Kids, of course, just as you’ll find English-language studio and art-house movies scheduled alongside (and often crowding out) the latest Korean dramas, comedies and thrillers."