Malco Theaters to begin reopening June 15

RIDGELAND, Miss. (WLBT) - Malco Theaters will begin reopening on Monday, June 15.

Several theaters, including Renaissance Cinema Grill in Ridgeland, will be part of the first theaters to reopen. These include:

Renaissance Cinema Grill (Ridgeland, MS)
Olive Branch Cinema Grill (Olive Branch, MS)
Desoto Cinema Grill (Southaven, MS)
Tupelo Commons Cinema Grill (Tupelo, MS)
Smyrna Cinema (Smyrna, TN)
Owensboro Cinema Grill (Owensboro, KY)

Other theaters will be added to a rollout schedule each week afterward. Malco plans to have every theater operational by mid-July in time for the movie Tenet.

All locations have been closed since mid-March because of COVID-19.

“Malco is very excited to re-open theatres and welcome our customers back,” said David Tashie, President & COO. “We have been diligently working on implementing new measures and protocols to ensure the safety of our guests and employees, and we cannot wait for everyone to enjoy a night out experiencing movies on the big screen again.”

With no movies being released, the theaters will run a series of classics, indie films and pre-COVID releases. These include:

The King of Staten Island
The High Note
Jaws
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Madagascar
Indiana Jones
Trolls: World Tour
I Still Believe
The Invisible Man

After that, films currently scheduled for July released include Unhinged (July 1), Tenet (July 17), Mulan (July 24) and Spongebob: Sponge on the Run (July 31).