Hong Kong cinema chain Golden Harvest has announced that it will close its branch in the Kowloon Bay shopping mall MegaBox on Monday due to “the end of the tenancy.”
It will be the sixth cinema to shut down in the city this year.
In a post shared on Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday, Golden Harvest said GH MegaBox would offer a series of special discounts to audiences and host a “Classic Mystery Movie Session” on Sunday to mark its final day of operation.
IMAX tickets will be sold for HK$40, while selected combos at the concession stands will be priced at HK$40 on Sunday. Anyone who presents a GH MegaBox movie ticket at the snack counters of other Golden Harvest cinemas may enjoy a HK$10 discount on purchases of HK$65 or more between 9 and 30 June.
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The MegaBox branch, with seven theatres and 852 seats, will be the third Golden Harvest cinema to close this year.
Grand Ocean Cinema on Canton Road closed on Monday after operating for more than five decades. Golden Harvest said in its announcement last month that the cinema was a “landmark” in Tsim Sha Tsui, “witnessing the passage of time through different eras of film.”
In April, the Whampoa branch of Golden Harvest closed after nearly 16 years of operation in the residential area.
Golden Harvest said both closures were due to the end of the cinemas’ tenancies.
Last year, nine local cinemas closed as overall box office receipts in Hong Kong marked the weakest performance since 2011, according to figures compiled by Hong Kong Box Office Limited.
Total box office revenue amounted to HK$1.3 billion in 2024 – down 6.2 per cent from 2023, it also said in January.
As of Thursday, the Hong Kong Theatres Association’s website showed that it had 50 members: 12 on Hong Kong Island, 18 in Kowloon, and 20 in the New Territories, with GH MegaBox still listed as a member.
