Local movie theaters offering summer off-hours discounts

It’s the best feeling to step out of our blistering hot weather and into an ice-cold, darkened movie theater.

Local cinemas are offering several incentives during these steamy months to remove us from our Netflix addiction and experience the summer’s blockbusters in their crisp, dimmed playhouses.

The highest grossing megahit so far is “Top Gun: Maverick,” starring Tom Cruise as a Navy test pilot confronting his deepest fears. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” a Marvel Comics-style superhero flick, is another smash summer hit, along with “Jurassic World Dominion” and “Minions: The Rise of Gru.”

So many of us have been hesitant to go to theaters during the pandemic, but some consider large theaters with high ceilings and good ventilation to be a safe bet, especially when the theater is uncrowded and groups can spread out.

Many theaters offer the discounts below during hours when crowds are sparse. Check their websites if you have questions about their COVID-19 policies or these summer specials.

Savor Cinema, Fort Lauderdale, and Cinema Paradiso, Hollywood

The summer matinee price is $7.75, down from $9. The theaters are also

featuring special summer events and post discounts on their Facebook pages; recent offers included “buy a ticket, get one free” and discounted tickets for golf and country club members to see “The Phantom of the Open.” fliff.com Facebook.com/savorcinema

Facebook.com/cinemaparadisohollywood

AMC Theatres

Tickets are $5 all day on Tuesdays and 30% off every day before 4 p.m. Check in advance to make sure your local theater is participating in these offers.

amctheatres.com/ discounts

Regal Theatres

If you saw “Where the Crawdads Sing” before July 24, you could have entered a sweepstakes for a trip to North Carolina. There’s also a chance to win a trip to San Francisco when you see “Minions: The Rise of Gru.”

Tickets are $2 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for kids’ movies this summer, including “Minions.” If you join the Regal Crown Club, you can get 25% off candy on Mondays and 50% off popcorn on Tuesdays.

regmovies.com

Cinemark

Several discount options are available, including reduced prices on Tuesdays, and senior, military and student discounts.

cinemark.com/discounts

Gateway Theater, Fort Lauderdale

Check the theater’s Facebook page. Recent promotions have included a free ice cream soda float during a viewing of “Minions” and $1 “Boozy Snow Cones,” made of vodka, blue curacao liqueur and grenadine, for a showing of “Thor: Love and Thunder.”

Facebook.com/TheGatewayCinema

COURTESY Many theaters are offering discounts during those hours when crowds are sparse.