'Hocus Pocus' Movie Returning To California Theaters

CALIFORNIA – '90s kids will love this. The Sanderson sisters are coming out of retirement, and no, Max Dennison, this isn't a bunch of hocus pocus. Disney's iconic 1993 film "Hocus Pocus" turned 25 years old this year, and AMC Theatres wants to celebrate appropriately, by bringing it back to theaters nationwide, including to California.

So if you can't get enough of Winfred (Bette Midler), Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Mary (Kathy Najimy), make sure you mark your calendars — the film is returning to select AMC theaters from Oct. 26 through Oct. 31.

Here are the theaters showing the film in California:

• AMC Bay Street 16
  • 5614 Bay St., Emeryville, CA 94608
• AMC Brentwood 14
  • 2525 Sand Creek Road, Brentwood, CA 94513
• AMC Burbank 16
  • 125 E Palm Ave., Burbank, CA 91502
• AMC CLASSIC Apple Valley 14
  • 22311 Bear Valley Road, Building A, Apple Valley, CA 92308
• AMC Century City 15
  • 10250 Santa Monica Blvd. #2000, Los Angeles, CA 90067
• AMC Covina 17
  • 1414 N Azusa Ave., Covina, CA 91722
• AMC DINE-IN Fullerton 20
  • 1001 S Lemon St., Fullerton, CA 92832
• AMC DINE-IN Ontario Mills 30
  • 4549 Mills Circle, Ontario, CA 91764
• AMC DINE-IN South Bay Galleria 16
  • 1815 Hawthorne Blvd. #368, Redondo Beach, CA 90278
• AMC Deer Valley 16
  • 4204 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, CA 94531
• AMC Eastridge 15
  • 2190 Eastridge Loop, San Jose, CA 95122
• AMC Mercado 20
  • 3111 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054
• AMC Metreon 16
  • 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA 94103
• AMC Mission Valley 20
  • 1640 Camino Del Rio N, San Diego, CA 92108
• AMC Norwalk 20
  • 12300 E Civic Center Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650
• AMC Orange 30
  • 20 City Blvd. W, Orange, CA 92868
• AMC Palm Promenade 24
  • 770 Dennery Road, San Diego, CA 92154
• AMC Plaza Bonita 14
  • 3050 Plaza Bonita Road, National City, CA 91950
• AMC Promenade 16
  • 21801 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills, CA 91367
• AMC Puente Hills 20
  • 1560 S Azusa Ave., City of Industry, CA 91748
• AMC Rolling Hills 20
  • 2591 Airport Drive, Torrance, CA 90505
• AMC Santa Anita 16
  • 400 S Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007
• AMC Showplace Manteca 16
  • 848 Lifestyle St., Manteca, CA 95337
• AMC Thousand Oaks 14
  • 166 W Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
• AMC Tyler Galleria 16
  • 3775 Tyler St., Riverside, CA 92503
• Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood
  • 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608

In the family film, unsuspecting pranksters conjure up three witches from seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, and a night of chaos ensues. The Sanderson sisters try to bewitch the town and reclaim their youth. Their only hurdle: three meddling children hellbent on thwarting their dubious plan.

"Hocus Pocus," rated PG, released on July 16th, 1993 and raked in more than $39 million at the box office. The movie also sold more than 4.4 million DVD and Blu-Ray copies, according to The-Numbers.com, and has inspired numerous child and adult Halloween costumes.

While critics didn't fall in love with the film, audiences loved it. The ratings aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 30 percent on its "Tomatometer," with 30 out of 43 critics giving it a "rotten" rating. Meanwhile, 70 percent of users liked the film and gave it an average rating of 3.1 out of 5.

You can watch the trailer here.

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

Main photo by Buena Vista Pictures/Andrew Cooper

In-text photo by Buena Vista Pictures