Twilight Midnight Showing?
Oct 13th, 2008 | By Kallieross | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News
Is your local theater showing Twilight at midnight? We have some listeners that are working hard to get their theaters to realize that a midnight showing is a MUST! If you have any bright ideas, or if you need some help getting your theater’s attention you can leave comments on this post!
One listener, Kim, actually thought this up… she is in the Philadelphia area, and if you want to contact her you can email, kimkellylovejoy@yahoo.com.
Is Dixie Dozen in Louisville Kentucky going to have a Midnight showing? Because me, my mom, and my sis all want to see it.
Is Redwood City, California or anywhere in the Bay Area/ Northern California having a midnight showing?????
Thanks for posting the news! One fan at TwilightLexicon said that AMC will start making tickets available Nov 7th, and at that point they will know whether or not there will be a midnight release.
The best thing we can all do is call our local theaters – or visit in person to request a midnight show of Twilight. It helps to wear your Twilight gear – we leave more of an impression that way!
Umm, Springfield, IL is there a showing cuz half the school wants 2 see it
Fandango.com will be able to tell you if your theater has already scheduled a midnight showing. For most of us, so far the answer is no.. That’s why we’re all doing our part to create awareness/buzz among the various theater chains. In other words.. being persistent Twihards 😉
Alex, if half your school wants to see a midnight movie, definitely call them and let guest services know.. Get as many of your friends and classmates as you can to call and do the same.. Also, to ask theater staff in person when you do go to the cinema.. especially if you go to see Quarantine, City of Ember or Sex Drive – which should all have the Twilight trailer attatched.
It may be helpful if you guys tell me what company your theater belongs to..
by call “them” i meant call your theater, of course.. The key is to get large numbers of people to voice interest
um… i think the company name is Cinemark Tinseltown in Mission, Texas! there are alot of people wanting to go from my highschool and i am just not sure if they are having one!
🙂
umm there better be a midnight showing in connecticut 🙂
Pittsburgh better have one….
sonoma county/ Santa rosa city? (bay area California)
Vikki – according to Fandango, the Cinemark tinseltown IS having a midnight show, and you can buy your tickets online today if you like!
i emailed Wehrenberg Theaters (for a list of locations go to http://www.wehrenberg.com/ ) and they said
“Yes, we do plan a midnight showing. Watch our website. We’ll have
tickets available soon, we hope.”
my suggestion is to just ask your local theater, and they should tell you, most theater chains have websites, just go to their “contact us” section and ask them
OMG!!! Me and my cousin and her friends are all hoping and parying that the Broadway Mall in Hicksville is showing a midnight showing during the weekend (the day of Nov. 21st, night of Nov. 22nd). If they don’t have that, but they have a midnight showing the day of Nov. 20th… I would just die.
DO YOU KNOW IF THE SAN MARCOS OR ESCONDIDO THEATERS IN CALIFORNIA ARE SHOWING THEM?
Francesca, so far theaters in Redwood City CA are NOT having a midnight showing.. If Century theaters normally have midnight movies, you will want to call guest services, or drop by in person to ask if they are planning on doing one.. Ask your Twilight friends in the area to do the same..
to bad i cant go to a midnight showing on the 20th:( , that would mean me and all my friends would have to skip school the next day, that would look weird if we ALL were missing lol :), we are hopeing to go the night of the 21st though
In regards to Anne’s suggestion.. some chains do have email contact information. For those of us planning on attending the movie at AMC.. they don’t provide any kind of corporate contact information. That is why you have to call or visit the theater. Thanks to everyone for your help! I have already petitioned most of the major Twilight fan sites to post a bulletin – but with the speed that Twilight updates show up, they will quickly be off the main page. Make sure to tell your friends online and in person what they have to do to get a midnight release!
I JUST THOUGHT OF A SOLUTION FOR MY PROBLEM!!!, MAKE NOVEMBER 21ST A NATIONAL HOLIDAY! DUH! … why didd’nt i think of that before???!!!
Baton Rouge, Louisiana?
they better!
it’s all anyoen ever talks about and I already told my parents theres nothing htey can do to stop me from seeing the midnight premier hahahaha
i was thinkin more like bossier louisiana
plz
anyone know if they’ll have on in los angeles, california!
or even better, pasadena area.
AMC or EDWARD’S CINEMA’s?
^haha edward’s cinema.
if anyone knows these areas, and have info, let me know.please.!
hmm i wonder if the amc by me is having one..i hope so because i like made plans to go! and idk if i’ll be able to go on the 21st cause i have cheering practice and i’m not sure what time that’s ending because we have our competition on sunday. hmmm..does anyone know about the amc in rockaway, nj?
I hope that there’s a theatre in Baton Rouge that has a midnight showing. My birthday is the 20th so that’s what I wanna do for my birthday. A whole group of my friends wanna go with me to a midnight showing. So if anyone finds out that there is a midnight showing in BR, please post it!
Anyone know of a midnight showing in the Seattle/Tacoma area???
I’ve been on the lookout but maybe i”ve missed somewhere that has tickets available already. I’ve been checking Fandango and seaching forums online but to no avail!!! Does anyone know of anything??? Also i hear that some of the actors are touring to major cities a week before the premiere and that Cam Gigandet and the other bad vamps will be coming through the Seattle area. Does anyone know dates and any info for that event? If you are in the Seattle area (or even Portland, it’s close enough) and know of anything “twilight” going on in that area please, please, please email me!!! I’m ALWAYS on the lookout but any help would be great!! THANKS!!!
hulaprincess_junkie@hotmail.com
Sam, the AMC in Rockaway has NOT scheduled a midnight showing. Please call guest services at 973-328-4255 and ask if they are planning on scheduling one. Ask you friends to call in and do the same. Stop by in person if you can, just to ask about it – even if you don’t have time to catch a movie..
This goes for everyone: Express interest in seeing the midnight movie.. Be enthusiastic and persistent, but please be polite and positive with theater staff! We’ll leave a better impression that way 🙂 Don’t forget to wear your favorite Twilight shirts!
Amy, as of now, neither AMC nor Edward’s in the Pasadena area have scheduled a midnight show.
Please call guest services at the following AMC’s in your area – if you call ALL of them, word will get around faster in your area that there is a demand for the film:
Santa Anita 626-321-4270
Montebello 323-722-4583
Burbank Town Centre8 818-563-4901
Burbank 16: 818-953-4020
Burbank Town Centre6 818-562-1868
LOS ANGELES (also NO midnight shows currently scheduled)
Avco Center 310-475-0714
Century City 310-277-2262
Crenshaw 323-290-5910
Here is the link for Edwards Cinemas in CA (part of Regal Entertainment / United Artists on the east coast)
http://www.edwardscinemas.com/theatrelocations/default.aspx?state=CA
I’m from the metro Detroit area and can not even find one listing for showtimes, let alone tickets available for sell for the movie. I’ve been checking because I have a pretty good size group (at least 10 people) that would love to go and see the movie the Friday it comes out. It’s very frustrating!! 🙁
To Jane, and anyone else in the Pittsburgh area, NO midnight showings are currently available.. Please call your theaters to ask if they are planning for one.
This was the only AMC contact I could find in your region:
Waterfront 22: 412-462-6550
Stevenay (I have Obsessive Cullen Disorder as well!..)
There currently are no midnight showings scheduled for the Seattle/Tacoma area. Please call guest services at the following theaters to ask if they are planning to have one. Recruit your friends to express interest as well! Call as many as you can because word will get around that people in the “market area” are calling about Twilight!
Alderwood Mall (Lynnwood) (425) 921-2985
Cascade Mall (Burlington) 360-707-2727
Cinerama (Seattle) 206-441-3514
Factoria (Bellevue) 425-641-3461
Kent Station 253-373-9262
Kitsap (Silverdale) 360-692-1023
Lakewood Town Center 253-581-5351
Narrows Plaza (Tacoma) 253-564-0956
Oak Tree (Seattle) 206-527-3117
Pacific Place (Seattle) 206-652-8908
Renton Village 425-228-7269
Uptown (Seattle) 206-283-1960
Woodinville 425-482-6538
Hildai.. craziest thing, I typed up a response for you but it didn’t work, so here it is again:
Don’t be discouraged about the theater not posting showtimes yet. That’s not uncommon. I couldn’t find any currently listed midnight showings in the Metro Detroit area. Please call guest services at as many of the following theaters as you can to ask if they are planning for one. Recruit your 10+ friends to call and do the same.. Stop by in person if possible wearing your Twilight best 🙂
Fairlane (Dearborn) 313-982-0015
Forum (Sterling Heights) 586-254-1381
Gratiot (Clinton Township) 586-791-5427
Great Lakes (Auburn Hills) 248-454-0314
John R (Madison Heights) 248-585-4477
Laurel Park (Livonia) 734-462-4133
Livonia 20- 734-542-3191
Rochester Hills 248-299-2667
Southfield 248-368-1802
Taylor 734-287-8040
For mariah cullen loves twilight and anyone else in Connecticut.. without a city, I could only search for Hartford, Danbury and Plainville — NONE of which have currently scheduled a midnight release. Please call guest services and ask if they plan to have a midnight showing of Twilight.
Danbury16 (203)-796-7770
Plainville20 (860)-747-1071
For Sam and anyone else in the North Jersey market:
These are the guest services contact numbers you will want to contact to ask if they plan on having a Twilight midnight showing. Recruit your Twilight friends to call as well! Even if some of the theaters are farther from you, and you don’t intend to see the movie there, its still best to call all of them because word gets around within a theaters market area:
Aviation (Linden) 908-474-0271
Bridgewater Commons 908-725-2005
Clifton Commons 973-614-0966
East Hanover 973-515-1160
Essex Green (West Orange) 973-731-8378
Garden State (Paramus) 201-291-8524
Jersey Gardens (Elizabeth) 908-289-1855
Meadow (Secaucus) 201-866-0276
Menlo Park (Edison) 732-321-9093
Mountainside 908-232-6587
New Brunswick 732-846-2275
Newport Centre (Jersey City) 201-626-3258
Plaza 8 (Secaucus) 201-902-9206
Ridgefield Park 201-440-9178
Rockaway 973-328-4255
Wayne 973-890-0508
Whew!
Will there be a midnight showing in or anywhere near Norman, OK?
Rheanne, I could NOT find any midnight showings scheduled in your town.
If you are near Oklahoma City you can call guest services at the following theaters, asking about a midnight show:
Crossroads Mall 16 (405) 632-4872
Quail Springs Mall 24 (405) 755-2418
I am trying to get the Consolidated theatre at Ward to have a midnight showing – the manager gave me his card to call to see if they are – please stop by and see managers in person…he said people are beginning to ask.
I am also writing to the Consolidated Headquarters and telling the theatre that does have a midnight showing should ask the store managers of the local Borders to promote this as well…to get the message out!!!!
We need to support this!!!!!
If you live in Oahu and are interested in forming a united front, please email me and we can work on this together – duke0202004@yahoo.com.
Mahalo!!!!
Update:
The official word is that AMC will have tickets available for advance purchase November 7th. By that point, we should know if a midnight release is scheduled. I was told that when it comes to special engagements, they might not know til the last minute. Guest services suggested that the corporate office may be waiting on permission from Summit to do a midnight show. This seems unlikely, since some Cinemark theaters in the US have already scheduled and sold tickets for a 12:01am show.. unless Summit has to give permission to each theater-chain individually?
AMC’s corporate headquarters in Kansas City, MO (816) 221-4000 will ask for a four digit extension or forward you to the operator. As of now, we do not have a contact name or department.
I did call Summit Entertainment, but the receptionist was unsure where to forward my call. When I said that I was calling as “an interested party” in regard to midnight distribution, I got a voicemail in Exhibitor Services. I suppose in the ‘industry’, they call theaters ‘exhibitors’. Another term that gets thrown around is: Domestic Theatrical Distribution.
I will keep searching for a way to email our inquiry to AMC/Summit.. In the meantime, make sure your local theaters are aware of fan interest in the film!
Remember to post any progress, success, updates here 🙂
IRVINE, CA @ the Spectrum. WOOHOO!
I really want to see Twilight soo bad, I would do pretty much anything to watch it. Robert Pattinson/Edward Cullen is the hottest man on earth!!!:) I wish he was my boyfriend.
Edward is all I ever think about, and I want to see Twilight at midnight when it comes out, but I don’t think my mom would let me. Anyways, I’ll get to watch it one way or the other. God, he’s soo sexy, it should be a crime to look that good. Damn!!:):):):):) I would cook for him all the time, and bring him gifts if I knew where he lived, and if it was close by me. I would also bring one of my best friends with me-Katelyn Showers, she also loves Edward like there’s no tomorrow!:):):):):):):):) I LOVE YOU EDWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EDWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CULEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
Edward is all I ever think about, and I want to see Twilight at midnight when it comes out, but I don’t think my mom would let me. Anyways, I’ll get to watch it one way or the other. God, he’s soo sexy, it should be a crime to look that good. Damn!!:):):):):) I would cook for him all the time, and bring him gifts if I knew where he lived, and if it was close by me. I would also bring one of my best friends with me-Katelyn Showers, she also loves Edward like there’s no tomorrow!:):):):):):):):) I LOVE YOU EDWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EDWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CULEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
what about Regal Cinemas? Anyone know if they’re having midnite releases???! AAHHHH! if they don’t i will…say some naughty words at them that i shouldn’t say here…lol
I would request one for Liverpool, but Englands a few months off getting the joy of Twilight 😉
by the way, i posted about this on my twilight fansite/blog, peacelovetwilightblog.blogspot.com. i referred them to TST..
Kim should I refer them to you also?
Anna, thanks for posting on your site! I didn’t realize PLT was yours 🙂 You can inform your readership to check fandango.com to check if any showtimes have been posted / midnight show has been scheduled.. You can also recommend that they get contact information from their theater’s website and call/visit to let guest services know that they are interested in a midnight release.. If they have any ideas or need something more, they can post here or contact me directly if they want to get involved!
Update:
For anyone else in the Metro Philly / Bucks County area-
I spoke to Mike @ Neshaminy Mall and he could only confirm midnight showings for Quantum of Solace, Madagascar 2 and High School Musical 3.. They said to check back Nov 7th and they should know by then, but sometimes they don’t know about special engagments til the last minute.
Jill at Cherry Hill AMC/Lowes hadn’t heard of Twilight before but since lots of people were asking for it she asked a friend (who’s a huge fan) and now she wants to read the books/see the movies as well!
Tim @ Woodhaven 10 said that he doesn’t know yet, but he probably will have a midnight showing if he gets enough prints. He also said if Neshaminy doesn’t have a midnight show he definitely will, haha!
None of the people at AMC have received a one-sheet/poster from Summit yet??
Anna, I checked http://www.edwardscinemas.com which is the site for Regal Entertainment, which owns Regal Cinema, United Artists and Edward’s Cinemas.. My UA barely does midnight showings and could only verify SawV, but it varies by location, you know? The locations section will list the contact number for guest services at the theater nearest you. Also, keep checking fandango.com for movie times to be posted. So far the only chain I’ve found that’s selling tickets for midnight shows is Cinemark – and only in certain states. Good luck!
i emailed my local theater and they said it was up to the movie company, not the theater.
can anybody tell me the theatre for the midnight twilight viewing for Redmond, OR…or Bend, OR
i know there will be one i just don’t know where to get the tickets or which theatre it’ll be in..!…!…!
Brittany, your theater is correct — whether or not theaters are allowed to have midnight showings is up to the film company, in this case Summit. Whether or not theaters will actually show midnight movies (once given permission) is a theater’s corporate decision. After that point, it’s up to the individual theaters in that company if they feel there will be a large enough turn out to justify the expense of keeping extra staff (especially for concessions!) for a late showing.
For example, my local mall generally has midnight showings for pretty much anything that will draw a crowd – which was why I found it shocking that Twilight’s fate was uncertain.. Other AMC theaters in my area -could- do just as many midnight shows, but they usually don’t. Once Summit gives the green light it’s up to each theater chain and then each theater manager.. That’s why our voicing our love for Twilight actually makes a difference. Hopefully that clears some things up!