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The News: In 2025 the 806 seat "Premiere Theatre" was remodeled and rebranded as an Imax venue with both digital and 15 perf film capability, now seating 459. The other houses have been rebuilt for recliners except for the 4DX venue, #6.
More Regal L.A. Live pages: the Imax theatre | main lobby & auditoria 2-14 |
Opened: October 27, 2009 with "This Is It," the Michael Jackson film, running on all screens. This 14 screen theatre at Olympic and Georgia St. is part of the L.A. Live complex controlled by Phillip Anschutz' AEG. He owned the Regal circuit at the time this was built but sold it in 2017 to the British firm Cineworld Group. Photo: Bill Counter - 2010
Phone: 213-763-6070, 213-763-6071 Website: www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-la-live-1484
Architects: Gensler and Associates was the lead architect for the L.A. Live complex and also did the Regal's exterior. The interior was done by Blair Ballard Architects. Thanks to Joe Vogel for the research.
The big house: The 806 seat "Premiere Theatre" has been remodeled and rebranded as an Imax venue. The 1.90 ratio screen is about 80' wide. It was 70' wide before the renovation. It reopened December 19, 2025 with "Avatar: Fire and Ash" in 3D. For the opening it was digital only, with a CoLa single laser system. It got a 15 perf Imax 70mm projector installed in 2026.
The film system debuted with the March 13 screenings of "Project Hail Mary." See Michael Coate's In70mm article about the film's 70mm and 15 perf engagements. Ernest Nelms took the "Hail Mary" print to the Regal and has shared a fine 90 second video clip on Facebook offering a sweep around the theatre, including views inside the booth. The full width of the screen isn't used for 1.43 ratio film presentations. There is no masking. "The Odyssey" played the theatre on 70mm Imax film beginning July 16. See Michael's In70mm article "'The Odyssey': The 70mm Presentations."
Seating: The original capacity was 3,772 in the 14 auditoria. The largest, #1, sat 806. The other capacities were: #2 - 286, #3 - 230, #4 - 248, # 5 - 287, #6 - 4DX - 100, #7 - 219, #8 - 286, #9 - 230, #10 - 248, #11 - 286, #12 - 167, #13 - 175, #14 - 97. Thanks to Cinema Treasures contributor Greenthing for getting some of these numbers off Fandango in 2015. He notes that #1, #5, #6, #7, #10 and #12 were equipped to show 3D. #5 was later turned into an ICE/Immersive house with a capacity of 186.
Seating upgrades: In 2025 they started a rebuild of the big house, #1, into an Imax-branded venue and the capacity also dropped in the other theatres when they began re-terracing them to install recliners. In September 2025 theatres 2, 3, 4 plus the big house were closed. By December 2025 all screens were in use except the big house. It reopened December 19 with the main floor finished but work continuing in the balcony. All the auditoria now have recliners except #6, the 4DX house. Thanks to Scott Weinfeld for gathering the 2026 numbers:
Total capacity is now 1,768. #1 - Imax- 459 [280 main floor, recliners, 179 balcony, regular seats], #2 - 121, #3 - 105, #4 - 106, #5 - ICE - 122, #6 - 4DX - 104, #7 - 99, #8 - 122, #9 - 106, #10 - 106, #11 - 121, #12 - 81, #13 - 75, #14 - 41. See a seating chart for the Imax house. The balcony is in gray.
History: The L.A. Times covered the new theatre with this October 24, 2009 article by Richard Verrier:
A November 6, 2009 ad in the Times. Thanks to Scott Weinfeld for locating it.
The Times had a March 2014 article on Regal's plans to install a 4D auditorium in partnership with CJ Group, a Korean company. In 2015 the complex got a liquor license.
In May 2025 it was announced that the big house would be rebuilt as an Imax venue that would be both film and digital capable. It had a 70' screen -- they're saying it will be 80' after renovations. The Sherman Oaks Galleria is another of the Regal houses to get the upgrade, but not for film. Currently there are only 30 locations worldwide that show Imax 70mm film. In "Regal Adds Four Imax Theaters in U.S....," a May 19, 2025 article in The Hollywood Reporter by Etan Vlessing, they noted:
"That includes turbocharging the theatrical movie experience with premium experiences like Imax and other investments. 'At Regal, we are committed to providing the latest and most innovative technologies in our theatres with the overall goal of delivering the best moviegoing experience for our guests,' Eduardo Acuna, CEO of the Regal Cineworld Group, said in a statement."
"The agreement will also bring new Imax locations to three of Imax’s highest grossing metropolitan areas in the country, including Regal Greenway Grand Palace in Downtown Houston; Regal Virginia Gateway in the Gainesville suburb of Washington, DC; and Regal Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles. Three of the four new Imax locations are set to open this year, with the remaining location opening in 2026."
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