National Cinema Day📽️

About National Cinema Day

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2027 Various Sep 4, Sep 5, Sep 7 USATue, Sep 7Observances Holiday United Kingdom Sep 4, Sep 5 United KingdomSun, Sep 5Observances Holiday United KingdomSat, Sep 4Observances Holiday 2026 Various Aug 29, Sep 5, Sep 6 USASat, Aug 29Observances Holiday United Kingdom Sep 5, Sep 6 United KingdomSun, Sep 6Observances Holiday United KingdomSat, Sep 5Observances Holiday 2025 Various Sep 7 USASun, Sep 7Observances Holiday United KingdomSun, Sep 7Observances Holiday 2024 Various Sep 7 USASat, Sep 7Observances Holiday United KingdomSat, Sep 7Observances Holiday 2023 Various Sep 2 USASat, Sep 2Observances Holiday United KingdomSat, Sep 2Observances Holiday
Summary
A national holiday that aims to entice cinema-goers back to the theaters with discounted tickets.
Where is National Cinema Day observed in 2026?
USAAug 29 United KingdomSep 5, Sep 6

Cinema Foundation, a non-profit organization, initiated National Cinema Day in 2022.

The non-profit organization was created by the National Association of Theatre Owners. It says that the new national holiday seeks to encourage more people to go back to their movie theater-watching routine.

Coming to a theater near you, the Cinema Foundation welcomes moviegoers to celebrate a day at the movies with discounted admissions to kick-off National Cinema Day, September 3rd.

The one-day event, held at more than 3,000 participating locations with more than 30,000 screens, will bring together audiences of all ages to enjoy a day at the movies with exclusive previews and special in-theater promotions at a discounted admission of no more than $3. National Cinema Day celebrates a summer of record-breaking moviegoing with movies and a special sneak peek of upcoming titles from A24, Amazon Studios, Disney, Focus Features, Lionsgate, Neon, Paramount, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony, United Artists Releasing, Universal, and Warner Bros., only on September 3.

“After this summer’s record-breaking return to cinemas, we wanted to do something to celebrate moviegoing,” said Cinema Foundation president Jackie Brenneman. “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.”

Brenneman said that the idea for a national movie theater holiday was in the works well before 2020, but that the Covid-19 pandemic forced those plans to be postponed.

For more details go to National Cinema Day, and look for more announcements on Twitter at #NationalCinemaDay and your local movie theater’s website. Join millions of other moviegoers and head to a theater near you.

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