Watch $3 Movies In NYC All Saturday For National Cinema Day

NEW YORK CITY — A bit of movie magic is coming to New York City's cinemas and will drop the price of a film ticket to $3.

National Cinema Day will unspool Saturday in a nationwide an effort to lure movie lovers back to theaters and revive flat box office sales.

Nearly 40 New York City theaters are participating, according to the one-day event's website.

“After this summer’s record-breaking return to cinemas, we wanted to do something to celebrate moviegoing,” Jackie Brenneman, president of the Cinema Foundation, which is organizing the event, said in a statement.

“We’re doing it by offering a ‘thank you’ to the moviegoers that made this summer happen, and by offering an extra enticement for those who haven’t made it back yet.”

As many as 3,000 participating theaters nationwide, including those owned by Regal, AMC, Cinemark, Fridley and other chains, will knock down ticket prices to as low as $3 as part of the effort.

Here are the New York City theaters participating, according to the website:

Manhattan

• Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Lower Manhattan
• AMC 19th St. East 6
• AMC 34th Street 14
• AMC Empire 25
• AMC Lincoln Square 13
• AMC Loews 84th Street 6
• AMC Loews Kips Bay 15
• AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9
• AMC Orpheum 7
• AMC Village 7
• Cinépolis Chelsea
• IFC Center
• Regal Battery Park
• Regal Essex Crossing & RPX
• Regal E-Walk & RPX
• Regal Union Square ScreenX & 4DX
• SVA Theatre

Brooklyn

• Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Downtown Brooklyn
• Linden Boulevard Multiplex Cinemas
• Regal UA Sheepshead Bay IMAX & RPX
• Williamsburg Cinemas

Queens

• AMC Fresh Meadows 7
• AMC Loews Bay Terrace 6
• College Point Multiplex Cinemas
• Jamaica Multiplex Cinemas
• Kew Gardens Cinemas
• Regal Atlas Park
• Regal Tangram 4DX
• Regal UA Kaufman Astoria & RPX
• Regal UA Midway

The Bronx

• AMC Bay Plaza Cinema 13
• Concourse Plaza Multiplex Cinemas

Staten Island

• Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Staten Island
• AMC Dine-In Staten Island 11
• Regal UA Staten Island & RPX

Movie theaters nationwide were shuttered for months during the COVID-19 pandemic, but came back this summer to see box office activity return to near normal activity with releases such as “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Minions: Rise of Gru,” “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and “Jurassic World Dominion.”

Movie ticket sales are about 20 percent less than in pre-pandemic 2019, but there have been about 30 percent fewer releases this year, The Associated Press reported.

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