El Capitan Theatre

El Capitan Theatre is a fully restored movie palace at 6838 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood. The theater and adjacent Hollywood Masonic Temple (now known as the El Capitan Entertainment Centre) is owned by The Walt Disney Company and serves as the venue for a majority of the Walt Disney Studios' film premieres.[3]

For the nearby theatre known, during the 1940s, by the same name and the location of the iconic "Checkers speech", see Avalon Hollywood.
El Capitan Theatre
  • Hollywood Paramount Theatre
  • Loews Hollywood
  • Hollywood Cinema
  • Pacific's Paramount Theatre
El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard
El Capitan Theatre
Location within Los Angeles County
Address6838 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
United States
Coordinates34.101111°N 118.339722°W / 34.101111; -118.339722
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
OperatorBuena Vista Theatres, Inc.
TypeMovie palace
Capacity1,100[1]
Screens1
Construction
OpenedMay 3, 1926 (1926-05-03)[1]
Closed
  • 1941
  • 1989
  • 2020
Reopened
  • 1942
  • 1991
  • 2021
ArchitectG. Albert Lansburgh
Stiles O. Clements
BuilderCharles E. Toberman
Tenants
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Website
elcapitantheatre.com
Designated1990[2]
Reference no.495
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