Emagine Theater Grand Opening Set for Friday

FRANKFORT, IL — All 10 auditoriums at Frankfort's new luxury movie theater will be open to the public this Friday -- including its largest screen, the Dolby Atmos EMAX Theater, which stretches from wall to wall and floor to ceiling. Emagine Frankfort is located at 19965 S. LaGrange Road.

In addition to "huge screens so audiences are immersed in each movie," the theater offers luxury power recliners, 100 percent reserved seating (purchase tickets online or download the Emagine app via the Google Play Store or iOS App Store) and hand-crafted cocktails or beer for guests age 21 and older. Guests can enjoy their favorite movie candy, Emagine’s Poppin’ Olive popcorn or handcrafted, stone-oven pizza made on site. The theater also offers a self-serve freestyle Coke machine with more than 100 flavors as well as slushies.

"Now even more seats are available to offer southwest suburban movie-goers the latest upscale theater experience: Christie 4K DLP Digital Cinema projectors, spectacular Dolby sound systems and plush powered reclining chairs separated by a full seveb feet of row spacing in stadium-style seating to ensure that every audience member has the best seat in the house," Emagine said in a press release.

A day before the grand opening, the theater will host a joint fundraiser/ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 19 benefitting the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and the KidsWork Children's Museum in Frankfort.

Emagine Entertainment CEO Paul Glantz said he appreciates the community's support and looks forward to giving back. “The community response couldn’t be better, everyone has been so gracious,” Glantz said. “This just reinforces to me what a wonderful community Frankfort is.”

Showtimes are available for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," "Passengers," "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage" in 3D and EMAX, "Patriot's Day," "Sing," "Why Him?," "Hidden Figures," "Live by Night" and a special screening of "The Shining."

Ticket prices range from $6 to $12. Reserved-seating tickets are available online, on the Emagine app or at the box office.

Photo courtesy of Emagine: an artist rendering of the theater.