Randall Park Mall - Movie Theaters

Movie Theaters

When opened in 1976, Randall Park had a unique 3-screen cinema run by General Cinema Corporation. GCC operated this cinema in tandem with its two screens at nearby Southgate Plaza (which eventually also became a 3-screen theater prior to closing), effectively booking them as a 5-plex.

The theater's "lobby" was one store front wide, with steep steps leading to the concession stand, then more steps to the screens themselves. From the exterior, it looks as though a separate building had been grafted onto the mall.

The cinema became a second run theater in 1991, and closed in 1993. After that, and until the mall's closure, it was used as storage for Diamond's Men's Store (its next door neighbor in the mall). By the 2000s, Diamond's had extended their display window in front of the theater's entrance, and the cinema's steep blue steps could still be seen by looking through a door in the display.

In 1999, Loew's opened a 12-screen Magic Johnson cinema in the space originally designated for the never-built Halle's anchor (on the opposite side of the mall from the original 3-screen, which remained a storage area). The theater was sold by Loew's in 2007, becoming "O Theater" (with the slogan "O what a bargain!"). O Theater offered first run movies at matinee prices, but their website and phone number were offline by late 2008 and the theater closed at some point after that.