# What movies have you seen more than once in theatres? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041 "2014-10-30T18:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/61 "2014-11-01T03:16:20Z")
When I showed my last film in 1991, I went through the receipt book that we kept for all of the film prints as they came and went: there were about 120 films listed that I remembered showing. Most of them were quite forgettable, but I did see countless films over and over, or at least parts of them. Over and over. Sadly, the magic is long gone. When I watch a film, I can’t help but see the projection quality and hear the sound quality, noticing the layout of the theater and other stuff that folks in the business would see. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/62 "2014-11-01T04:03:18Z")
I saw Star Wars six or seven times. It was at the same theater, and it was there nearly a year. The film was getting scratchy by the last couple of showings I saw. I really don’t remember seeing any other films more than once in any theaters, but I may be mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/63 "2014-11-01T04:28:10Z")
A few I remember. Time Bandits. I saw it and really liked it. I told some friends about how good it was and they wanted to see it and I ended up going with them to see it again. Flashdance. I saw it and then a girl I knew wanted to see it so I took her to it. I remember it was one of those movies that hung around in the theatre for a long time so it was something like two or three months between the two times I saw it. Toy Story 3. I saw it on a regular screen. Then the theatre installed a 3D projector a couple of months later and brought it back in 3D so I went to see it again in 3D. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/64 "2014-11-01T04:34:06Z")
I just remembered that when I was working one of my jobs was to be in charge of the movies on weekends. We had a regular theatre set up inside Attica and we’d split the prisoners up into four groups and show the movies twice on Saturdays and twice on Sundays. And I had to be there for all four shows. So there was a bunch of movies I sat through four times in a single weekend - and many of them were barely worth watching once. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/65 "2014-11-01T05:36:17Z")
_Fantasia_, about 7 times. _2001_, maybe 6 times. For each one, on one occasion I sat through 2 showings. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/66 "2014-11-01T05:59:06Z")
_Star Wars_ (about 8 times on original release at age 5, a couple of times in various special editions later on; everything else I saw twice) _The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi The Adventures of Baron Munchausen_ (once on release, once at college theater years later) _The Princess Bride_ (same as above) _Apollo 13 Saving Private Ryan Gravity_ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/67 "2014-11-01T06:19:01Z")
Jurassic Park a lot of times…definitely at least 10. For a while I was going every week to the matinee. Avengers, 4 times ---
**Author:** ![Scruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Scruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruff)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/68 "2014-11-01T06:36:09Z")
**Galaxy Quest** a couple of times. In fact, we saw it in the theatre, came out and bought tickets for another showing that same evening! Had supper, and saw it again! **Star Trek** (the 2009? remake) twice in the theatre **Jurassic Park** twice ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/69 "2014-11-01T12:51:30Z")
Twice a year documentary producer and film historian Bruce Crawford brings a classic film to the big screen here in Omaha as a charity event. This started years ago as a tribute to Ray Harryhausen on the 65th anniversary of King Kong. Mr. Harryhausen and Ray Bradbury were in attendance and spoke before the movie was screened. We have missed a few, but they are always a good time. This is the [list of past events](http://www.omahafilmevent.com/past/index.htm) Friday, we will be seeing Alfred Hitchcock’s [The Birds](http://www.omahafilmevent.com/index.htm) with Tippi Hedron as the special guest ---
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first i saw footsteps in the night,then afterward,i saw funny face–both were made in 1957- ---
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I don’t go to the movies very often at all, and I honestly can’t think of a movie I’ve seen twice in the movie theater. > [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > Little Big Man, 3 times in 2 days. > Woodstock, many many times when it came out. > 200 Motels > All the major Marx Brothers movies I’ve seen this post twice, though. So, you know, I’ve got that going for me. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/72 "2014-11-03T05:21:14Z")
One more: I saw _Becket_ in the theater 2 times. ---
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Star Wars: An accurate number would be hard to gauge. I was six, and while it was in the theater, it was the only movie I wanted to see. Its long release forever colored my perception of how long a movie should be in the theater. It was a while before I realized that I couldn’t go see every movie repeatedly for a year, and I continued to be surprised at how quickly successful movies leave the theater. Movies’ quick trip to DVD has exacerbated this. Ghostbusters: 5 times, at least. I don’t really know why. Wayne’s World: 3 times. Again, I’m not sure why. Pulp Fiction: Again, an accurate number would be difficult to gauge. I went to see it by myself opening weekend because I couldn’t wait to see the follow up to Reservoir Dogs. I loved it so much I took just about everyone I knew to see it, even my little brother and mom. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Twice, once because I went to the midnight viewing myself, and another so my wife could know how bad it was and be disillusioned herself. ---
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> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Also a shout-out to college cinemas, specifically (for me) Cinestudio at Trinity College in the early to mid 1970s… Me too – we must have crossed paths IRL at some point. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/75 "2014-11-03T17:04:11Z")
Not counting _Rocky Horror_ (70 times): \*Raiders Of The Lost Ark \*13 times and the following movies all twice: \*Back To The Future \*(the first one) _E.T. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom The Matrix Iron Man The Avengers The Count of Monte Cristo_ For the last two, I saw them with my friend, then my wife decided she wanted to see them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041.md?page=3)