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!
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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:
1600Currently:
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, 2008):
Projector:
28 years
Change dispenser
(in boxoffice):
111 years
Popcorn machine:
11 years
Seats (Balcony):
6 years
(Main floor):
3 years
Number of light
bulbs in the Roxy:
Stage
area: 10
Auditorium: 16 (not counting the aisle lights, which are LEDs)
Concession stand: 18
Projection booth: 11
Office:
2
Restrooms: 4
Lobby: 8
Marquee:
28
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Above: The auditorium today:
193 seats
Below: The auditorium in 1979: 425 seats
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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!
But this is my favorite location.)
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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
When the Roxy
first opened, it had 500 seats, including 75 in the balcony.
Currently, we
have 193 seats -- 44 in the balcony. (Over the years, the number
of seats has been reduced to increase comfort and legroom.)
 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
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Our
most popular movies
(Figures as of January 2006. 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) |
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1 |
TITANIC (1998) |
| 2 |
E.
T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
| 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 Lion King (1994) |
| 9 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
| 10 |
The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) |
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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 bottled water
and fruit juice.
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.
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