cineplex
Multi-screen movie venue
A cineplex is a large movie theater complex with multiple screens, typically eight or more, housed in one building.
The term blends cinema with complex and emerged as multiplex theaters grew larger through the 1980s and 1990s.
Cineplex often suggests the sprawling suburban variety with stadium seating and concession stands: Let's catch a movie at the cineplex.
Scheduled performance start
- matineeDaytime theatrical performance
- premiereFirst public performance
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
- projectionSomething that extends outward
schedule · tickets · viewing · subtitle · dubbing · rating · 3D · IMAX
Venue for live drama
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
- lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- concourseOpen gathering area
marquee · boxoffice · ticketbooth · concessions · seats · aisle · balcony · stalls
Attending film screenings
- date nightCouple's planned outing
- family outingRelatives traveling together recreationally
- weekendEnd-of-week rest days
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
crowd · previews · trailers · darkened · recliner seats · stadium seating · surround sound · big screen
Heated grain that puffs
pretzel · slushie · butter · salted · combo meal · snack bar · overpriced · bucket
showtime
Scheduled performance start
- matineeDaytime theatrical performance
- premiereFirst public performance
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
projection · schedule · tickets · viewing · subtitle · dubbing · rating · 3D · IMAX · surround sound
theater
Venue for live drama
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
- lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
concourse · marquee · boxoffice · ticketbooth · concessions · seats · aisle · balcony · stalls · usher
moviegoing
Attending film screenings
- date nightCouple's planned outing
- family outingRelatives traveling together recreationally
- weekendEnd-of-week rest days
audience · crowd · previews · trailers · darkened · recliner seats · stadium seating · surround sound · big screen · immersive
popcorn
Heated grain that puffs
hotdog · pretzel · slushie · butter · salted · combo meal · snack bar · overpriced · bucket · tub
blockbuster
Enormously successful entertainment property
genre · Hollywood · Bollywood · Nollywood · indie · documentary · animation · action · comedy · horror
- showbizHollywood, Bollywood, Tinseltown, backstage, behind the scenes
- cinemasmovie theater, movie house, picture house, drive-in theater, IMAX theater
- movie theatersAMC, screens, auditoriums, lobby, concessions
- _plex wordsduplex, triplex, quadruplex
cineplexrepertory theater
Venue rotating multiple productions
nickelodeon · picture house · independent cinema · art house · movie palace
cineplexhome
One's personal residence
living room · home theater · private screening · den · couch
cineplexarthouse cinema
Venue for experimental films
independent theater · art house · film society · cinematheque · revival house