A movie theater may also be referred to as a movie house, film house, film theater, cinema or picture house. In the US, theater has long been the preferred spelling, while in the UK, Australia, Canada and … See more

Traditionally a movie theater, like a stage theater, consists of a single auditorium with rows of comfortable padded seats, as well as a foyer area containing a box office for buying tickets. … See more

Movie theaters may be classified by the type of movies they show or when in a film's release process they are shown:
• First-run theater: A theater that runs primarily mainstream film fare from the major film companies and distributors, during the initial … See more

In order to obtain admission to a movie theater, the prospective theater-goer must usually purchase a ticket from the box office, which may be for an arbitrary seat ("open" or "free" … See more

Precursors
Movie theatres stand in a long tradition of theaters that could house all kinds of entertainment. Some forms of theatrical entertainment … See more

Usually in the 2010s, an admission is for one feature film. Sometimes two feature films are sold as one admission (double feature), with a break in between. Separate admission … See more

• Advertising: Some moviegoers complain about commercial advertising shorts played before films, arguing that their absence used to be … See more