Arts & Entertainment

Rudy At Rialto For $5: Rialto Will Show These Movies In 2024

Tickets are $5 each and will be available in advance or the day-of at the Rialto Square Theatre Box Office.

Joliet native, Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger has always been told that he was too small to play college football.
Joliet native, Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger has always been told that he was too small to play college football. (Image via Rialto )

JOLIET, IL — The Rialto marketing staff on Monday announced its list of movies that it show for $5 throughout 2024 and one of them is Rudy.

According to the Rialto: tickets are $5 each and will be available in advance or the day-of at the Rialto Square Theatre Box Office. Tickets are not available online and will be on sale starting Monday, January 29th. Doors will open 30 minutes before the showtime; a free organ concert will start around that time, and all movies start at 7 p.m.

All seating will be general admission—first come, first served. Bar and concessions including freshly popped popcorn will be available for purchase. The 2024 Reels at the Rialto Movies Series at the Rialto Square Theatre will include the following mix of popular movies, old favorites, and some family-friendly titles:

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Wizard of Oz

Thursday, February 15, 2024 | 7 PM

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G | 1 hour and 42 minutes Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.

Mary Poppins

Thursday, February 22, 2024 | 7 PM PG | 2 hours and 19 minutes In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

The Quiet Man (Sponsored by: State Farm Insurance, Agent John Wright) Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 7 PM Not Rated | 2 hours and 9 minutes

A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.

Rudy

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | 7 PM PG | 1 hour and 54 minutes

Joliet native, Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.

Encanto

Thursday, May 23, 2024 | 7 PM PG | 1 hour 42 minutes

A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.

Ghostbusters (1984)

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | 7 PM PG | 1 hour and 45 minutes

Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.

The Sandlot

Thursday, June 20, 2024 | 7 PM PG | 1 hour and 41 minutes

In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.

Hocus Pocus

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | 7 PM PG| 1 hour 36 minutes

A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Thursday, November 21, 2024 | 7 PM R | 1 hour and 33 minutes

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

Movies for December will be announced as part of Home for the Holidays 2024.

The sponsors of the Reels at the Rialto movie series are Old National Bank, D’Arcy Buick GMC, Window World, Legacy Trucking, and Castle Law.

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