If steep just the ticket prices forbid you from making it to themovie theateras often as you ’d like , we have some groovy news . This Sunday , August 27 , in honor of National Cinema Day , you may see a movie for just $ 4 at most major movie theaters ( and plenty of smaller ones , too ) .
Regal Cinemas , AMC Theatres , andCinemarkare all participating , as areAlamo Drafthouse , Angelika Film Center , andLandmark theatre , to name a few . Some of the chains even have deals onconcessions . AMC is offer a minor - popcorn - and - drink combo for $ 5 ; at Regal , the same combo is only $ 4 . you may get a drunkenness at Angelika for $ 4 , and Cinemark is giving every invitee a dollar bill off anypopcorn , soda ash , or confect .
We know what you ’re probably thinking : Surely the good deal only apply to certain low - demand films playing at a smattering of inopportune times . But no — it ’s every movie , at every showtime , and in every format . If you ’ve been waiting for a foretoken that it ’s finally time to put on your pinkest outfit and experience the wonderment of watchingBarbiewith a crowd , this is it .

As theAssociated Press reports , the initiative is spearhead by The Cinema Foundation , a non - profit associated with the National Association of Theater Owners . The first National Cinema Day took place last year on September 3 ; tickets were just $ 3 . motion picture theater attendance that twenty-four hours finish up being gamey than any other daylight in 2022 .
Barbie’sbillion - clam - plus performanceat thebox officethis summertime — not to mentionOppenheimer’ssome $ 720 millionin earnings so far — has kept dramatics busier ( and more flush ) than they were last twelvemonth at this time . If you ’ve already go steady both one-half of the Barbenheimer phenomenon , National Cinema Day is the perfect prospect to check out a motion-picture show you ’d otherwise just look to pour at home .
you may search all the theatre and just the ticket option for Sunday on theNational Cinema Day website .