Everything you ever wanted to know about the Melville Theatre!
The Melville Theatre is located in Saskatchewan's smallest city. (Melville has a population of just under 5000 people. To see more web pages about Melville businesses, tourism, and community events, click here).
It is the only movie theatre in Melville. It opened on February 10, 1995. The first show played was DUMB AND DUMBER starring Jim Carrey. The "biggest" show (by ticket sales) to date was TITANIC, which was played for a total of three weeks over two separate bookings, February 20-March 5 and April 24-30, 1998. The Melville Theatre is located at 223 Third Avenue West in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. Before I remodelled it to be a movie theatre, this building was a paint and wallpaper store which carried on business as City Paint. Melville had no theatre at all for a period of approximately 15 years before I set up shop here, and this building was vacant for about three years between the time that City Paint closed its doors and when I purchased it in October 1994 and started renovating.
There is one screen, 153 seats and two wheelchair spaces. Yes, we are wheelchair accessible! There are generally one or two shows per night, seven nights per week, and Saturday and Sunday matinees when appropriate movies are available. There are also occasional midnight shows. A free Christmas children's matinee is provided each December, sponsored by the Melville Chamber of Commerce. The Theatre is closed only two days per year, Christmas eve and Christmas day, December 24 and 25. Open all other days.
Movies shown at the Melville Theatre are generally between three and eight weeks after their national release date, with some exceptions one way or the other depending on individual circumstances.
Approximately 5000 flyers listing forthcoming movies are mailed each month to residents of Melville and sixteen surrounding towns and villages.
The Melville Theatre is an independent theatre. It is not part of any chain, and is owned and operated by Frank Cox.
