Top 5 Movie Theaters in the Lakewood and Tacoma Area

Some nights it's fun to sit back and watch your favorite flick in the comfort of your own home. However, when Netflix and microwaved popcorn won't do, there's always the local movie theater.

If you are in Lakewood or Tacoma, these are your some of your options:The Grand Cinema

606 Fawcett Ave
Tacoma, WA 98402(253) 593-4474

www.grandcinema.com

The Grand Cinema is a non-profit art-house theater, supported by its loyal patrons, volunteers, and members. Its mission is to enhance the cultural vitality of the community through the art of film.

Movie type: Indie

Number of screens: 3

Concession stand: Yes

Average Ticket price: less than $10

Matinee shows: Yes

Student/Military discounts: Yes

Area: Downtown Tacoma

Stadium Seating: No

Buy tickets online: No

Review: Off-beat, not so mainstream. If you enjoy independent movies, then you will love the Grand. The theatre is small and cozy, and the staff (volunteers) are friendly.

Galaxy Narrows 8
2208 Mildred St. W.
Tacoma, WA 98466(253) 565-7000

www.galaxytheatres.com

Galaxy Theatres, LLC is a fully integrated movie theatre company. Privately owned, it is ranked by size in the top 10% of its industry, according to the National Theatre Association and currently has theatres in California, Nevada, Texas and Washington. Formed in 1998, its focus is to develop and operate a portfolio of high impact, state-of-the-art movie entertainment theatres in selected markets of the western United States.

Movie: Mainstream

Number of screens: 8

Concession stand: Yes

Average Ticket price: less than $10

Matinee shows: Yes

Student/Military discounts: Yes

Area: University Place

Buy tickets online:

Stadium Seating: No

Review: It's the only theater in University Place. The theater is still very clean and well maintained. No lines usually.

AMC Loews Lakewood Town Center 12

5721 Main Street SW,
Lakewood, WA 98499
(253) 581-5351

www.amctheatres.com/

AMC Entertainment Inc. is a leading theatrical exhibition and entertainment company with interests in 309 theatres with 4,628 screens. Approximately 99 percent of our theatres are located in the United States and Canada. In the United States, we have a significant presence in major urban markets with locations in 30 states and the District of Columbia. We have the No. 1 or 2 market shares in 22 of the top 25 Designated Market Areas (DMAs).

Movie type: Mainstream

Number of screens: 12

Concession stand: Yes

Average Ticket price: $10

Matinee shows: Yes

Student/Military discounts: Yes

Buy tickets online: Yes at http://www.fandango.com/amcloewslakewoodtowncenter12_aaayn/theaterpage

Area: Lakewood

Stadium Seating: No

Review: Typical movie theater with typical amenities. Go have dinner, then see a movie at this place, since it's in the Lakewood Towne Center.

Regal Lakewood Cinema Stadium 15

2410 84th St. South

Lakewood, WA 98499

(253) 983-5010

www.regmovies.com/

Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) operates the largest and most geographically diverse theatre circuit in the United States, consisting of 6,773 screens in 549 theatres in 39 states and the District of Columbia as of April 2, 2009, with over 245 million annual attendees for the fifty-three week fiscal year ended January 1, 2009. Our geographically diverse circuit includes theatres in all of the top 33 and 44 of the top 50 U.S. designated market areas. We operate multi-screen theatres and have an average of 12.3 screens per location, which is well above the North American motion picture exhibition industry 2007 average of 6.5 screens per location. We develop, acquire and operate multi-screen theatres primarily in mid-sized metropolitan markets and suburban growth areas of larger metropolitan markets throughout the U.S.

Movie type: Mainstream

Number of screens: 15

Concession stand: Yes

Average Ticket price: $10

Matinee shows: Yes

Student/Military discounts: Yes

Area: Lakewood

Stadium Seating: Yes

Buy tickets online: Yes at http://www.fandango.com/regallakewoodcinema15_aajmo/theaterpage

Review: The snazziest movie theater in the area. Seats have stadium seating, which is a plus. It also has all the usual concessions, bathrooms and video games that other places have.

Galaxy Tacoma 6

(253) 383-5995

3102 S. 23rd
Tacoma, WA 98405

www.galaxytheatres.com

Galaxy Theatres, LLC is a fully integrated movie theatre company. Privately owned, it is ranked by size in the top 10% of its industry, according to the National Theatre Association and currently has theatres in California, Nevada, Texas and Washington. Formed in 1998, its focus is to develop and operate a portfolio of high impact, state-of-the-art movie entertainment theatres in selected markets of the western United States.

Movie type: Mainstream

Number of screens: 6

Concession stand: Yes

Average ticket price: Less than $10

Matinee shows: Yes

Student/Military discounts: Yes

Area: Tacoma Mall-area

Stadium Seating: No

Buy tickets online: No

Review: Nice little movie theater. They usually have the movies that the other movie theaters don't play.