THE ROXY by the numbers
Many people are fascinated by the numbers generated by the movie business.
 It's easy to find out the top grossing movies of the week, but we thought
you might enjoy looking at some of our own numbers from the Roxy.

Our most popular movies
(Figures as of January 2010. This covers movies played since 1980, based on
number of tickets sold.
Earlier figures are not available.
The years indicate the year
in which the movie played at
the Roxy -- not necessarily
the year the film was released)

1 E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
2 Titanic (1998)
3 The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King (2003)
4 How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
5 Shrek 2 (2004)
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
8 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
9 The Lion King (1994)
10 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Cost of an adult ticket in 1930:
50¢
(main floor)

Kids were 25¢

Number of speakers in the Roxy's sound system:
1930-1992:
1

1992 - 1997:
12

1997-present:
17

Number of "watts" of amplifier power:
1930-1992:
40

1992-2006:
1600

Currently:
3400


  • Average number of previews we play before the feature:
    4 or 5
     

  • Number of commercials:
    Zero


Age of some of the Roxy's equipment (as of January, 2011):

Digital projector:
6 months

Film Projector:
31 years

Change dispenser (in boxoffice):
114 years

Popcorn machine:
14 years

Seats (Balcony):
9 years
(
Main floor):
6 years


Number of light bulbs in the Roxy:

Stage area: 6

Auditorium: 16 (not counting the aisle lights, which are LEDs)

Concession stand: 13

Projection booth: 8

Office: 2

Restrooms: 5

Lobby: 4

Marquee: 28

Basement and backstage: 4

 



Above: The auditorium today: 194 seats

  • When the Roxy first opened, it had 500 seats, including 75 in the balcony.
     

  • Currently, we have 194 seats -- 44 in the balcony. (Over the years, the number of seats has been reduced to increase comfort and legroom.)

Below: The auditorium in 1979: 425 seats

Number of neon tubes in the Roxy's marquee: 54
(28 of the tubes are inside the marquee's reader-boards)

  • Our average crowd every week:
    About 325 people (55% of whom are usually adults)

  • Most crowded night of the week:  Saturday or Sunday
     

  • Least crowded:
    Wednesday or Thursday
     

  • Place to sit for the best sound:  Any of the back 6 rows downstairs
    (There are as many varied opinions on this as there are moviegoers!)

FASCINATING FACTS 
  • Dimensions of the Roxy's current movie screen:
    15 x 30 feet
    (The original screen was 15 feet square, with an exit door on either side)
     

  • When you watch a movie, you're actually looking at about 325,000 still pictures projected one after another (24 frames per second)
     

  • Approximate number of movies we play every year:
    About
    60 to 65
     

  • Average length of a movie:
    112 minutes
     

  • Average weight of that movie:
    About 65 pounds
     

  • First movie to open at the Roxy on its national release date: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2


Since 1930, the Roxy has had:

  • 7 soda machines
    4 popcorn machines
    6 new screens
  • 6 cash registers
    5 movie projectors
  • 4 answering machines
    3 sound systems
  • 5 computers
  • 4 butter warmers
  • 4 ice machines
    1 ticket printer

  • Longest-running movie ever at the Roxy:
    THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
    The Two Towers
    and
    THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
    The Return of the King
    Both films ran for 22 days.
     

  • Three movies ran for 21 days each:
    STAR WARS EPISODE III
    HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
    TITANIC
    SPIDER-MAN 3

     

  • In the early days, the Roxy would play up to four movies per week!

 

  • First year you could buy a soda pop at the Roxy's concession stand: 1953
    First year you would get ice with it: 1979
    The Roxy sold only Coca-Cola and Root Beer until 1979. We currently offer six flavors of soda, along with two kinds of bottled water, fruit juice and three types of energy drinks..

  • Largest-size soda available before 1979: 24 ounces
     

  • Largest size available now: 46 ounces
     

  • Year popcorn was introduced to the Roxy: 1940

  • We have a modern popcorn machine, but we still make popcorn the same way they did in 1940, because we think it tastes better the old-fashioned way.