Found an Abandoned AMC Movie Theater from 1999! 

A retro theater that almost resembles a space ship in areas. Very awesome design and also huge in size ! This location was the first movie theater to close in the USA permanently due to the Pandemic. Enjoy this cinema forever stuck in 2020!

It’s nice to see that the staff here had enough pride in their workplace to (mostly) leave this theater clean and orderly upon their final exit.

I worked here in high school. My favorite job. This theatre was PACKED. I can’t believe out of every theatre this one didn’t make it. A lot of memories here ❤️

I used to work here for almost 4 years and worked my way up to manager and left in 2012. I knew every inch of that place. I wonder if the projection door code is the same lol. Lots of random rooms not shown but I assume cause they were locked. That room with the alarm was where the vault was. Oh that imax screen? It was redone and upgraded late 2019/early 2020. Reopened literally the weekend before everything shutdown. So it's barely used.

I used to work at this theater as a supervisor when I was 19-20 years old, brought back a lot of great memories. I spent a lot of time in that place, working till 3am sometimes when we had longer movies playing at midnight.

2 decades worth of memories spent here. I had a really rough time growing up and would spend entire weekends here. Paying for one movie early in the AM and staying all day seeing everything that I could. Anything was better than being at home. I actually teared up watching this. It’s crazy to see how it is now but remember it as this sanctuary, my safe space.

I went to this theater all the time since it opened in 1999 and it was a beautiful place to go to and it's sad to see it just sit empty. the employees were fantastic.

Enjoyed the video! As an AMC theater lover, this breaks my heart. With some cosmetic renovations, I feel like this place could breathe new life again.

Getting in an elevator in an abandoned theater? No way! Great explore guys!

What a shame, its in great shape still! I'm glad you guys and gals are respectful! No vandalism!

This was my local theater! I have tons of great memories of hanging out with friends there every weekend. It was the place to be, the sidewalks would always be lined with teenagers waiting to be picked up by their parents. As one other commenter said, this place was PACKED in its heyday.

I use to work at this theater, 2016 -2017. It's weird seeing it like this, as it use to be so busy, before the pandemic. I use to actually fill those poster cases weekly and projection was my job. That main area alone could hold 2,400 people in just 4 theaters.

This is my home theater. I grew up seeing movies here and saw many many classics debut here. I was there on it's last days before covid, and during covid. I actually reopened around September and it was playing a mix of new and old releases since there wasn't much of any new movies coming out in theaters. They even revamped that Imax into Imax laser and it was only opened for a few weeks before they closed it. When it reoepned they were showing movies like Tenet and reshowing Alita Battle Angel in Dolby. It officially closed in November with the staff only having a few days notice. There werent many people going to the theater when it reopened, but I did my best to support my home theater. It breaks my heart to see the Dolby stripped, but Im so happy to see the "Changing the way the world sees movies" sign still up and clean. It was one of my favorite things to see whenever I went to that theater. Thank you for preserving it's image and exploring such an important building to me.

My movie theatre! I have so many wonderful memories here… My dad would take me to see every new movie I wanted to see. I wish I could go back. I really hope someone reopens it. I feel like it’s possible especially since the electric is still on… Thank you so much for exploring it & making this video. ❤

Hi Devin! I have been watching your videos since I was a sophomore in highschool and I am now married and expecting our first baby. You have always had the best videos and the way you value and appreciate history and the origins of the abandoned properties is what drew me in. I just wanted to tell you that my husband and I used to watch your videos in his car eating Jersey Mike’s after school and now we watch them in our home all the time as we spend time together. Keep doing what you do and know that there are several of your subscribers who appreciate the respect you have for these places. We love you and happy exploring!!

Heartbreak feels good in a place like this

I grew up near this theater; used to go there all the time. So sad to see it dead 😢

Grew up going there as a kid. Recently moved to Florida and it makes me feel relived and all that how well preserved this has been kept. So many good memories in this place. Thank you again for taking me back ❤️

It's fun when guys like you and your friend take risks to allow us to see a recently abandoned AMC theater. It's too bad they won't reopen as it looked like a really nice theater. It's sad that it was once so full of life and laughter.

My home AMC is this EXACT floor plan. Literally. Weird seeing it as a ghost town

anyone else get that weird chill you get when you walk around an empty place just from watching this

The fact that the elevator was still even running is impressive. Btw it is just a Schindler MT

Someone partied like it's 1999!

I bet this theatre was packed during the release of The Phantom Menace.

This was so awesome thanks guys! This is my first video I've watched from your channel and it brought me wayyy back! I live 5 minutes from here and have wanted to explore it ever since it closed down. I went here with my pops in 99 when it first opened to see Star Wars Episode 1. Happy to be a new sub here, and thanks again for risking it all to show us this spot!

It's really cool that you found this theater still in tact. Almost all abandoned theaters are completely trashed and vandalized. When you guys went back, was that alarm still going off? My guess is that the cameras you saw were still active since everything else seemed to be.

I used to love coming here with my friends and girlfriend. Having an UNOs next door was a bonus. What a perfect evening out as a young adult/teenager. 😢

Classic 90s, "bigger is better!"

No way you got in! I tried to go in a couple months ago and we set off an alarm and cops came too! You’re lucky to even be able to get inside !

Wow this place is a time capsule. Great explore. Gotta be careful when there is cameras.

This is one of your best Explorations ever to see it in such great condition with power still on just completely amazing !

Abandoned movie theaters gotta be one of my favourite type of buildings in urban exploration. Great video!

Man, the temptation to try and power that place up and seeing what we could watch would be too much. I've always wanted to play video games on a movie theatre screen if that were possible.

To me it is somewhat scary to be in an abandoned building, but when you got in that elevator I thought my heart was going to beat out of my chest! I do not like elevators either! Thank you for the tour, I could almost smell the popcorn just seeing the theater.

Thank you for this fantastic tour of the AMC Hamilton 24/IMAX Theaters. The video was fun. When I first read you were going to check this place out, I invisioned the entire place vandalized, spray painted, and absolutely filthy. Surprised me, it looks like they are just about to open everything up. It's so sad that Covid destroyed so much of our day to day lives. We just go on, don't we. But a lot of us will carry the fond memories of going to the movies.

My favorite theater!!!! So many childhood memories

AMC 24...that's Hamilton Township, NJ. Not too far away from home for me. Unfortunately this theater joins the long list of closed and abandoned theaters thanks to the God-awful pandemic. Awesome video, dude. Nice to see it hasn't rotted away, but I know it's only been a couple of years.

This channel is a gem. I got the flu and watched a lot of the videos, and they really inspire me to go out more.

This was my roommates and my theater when we were in college. Lots of great memories of Avengers Infinity War and Endgame opening nights here. It was heartbreaking when we found out it was closing.

My favorite movie theatre ever, way better than marketfair. I miss it!

I've gone to this one so many times when I was younger, and I love watching videos about exploring abandoned places, so seeing a place I used to frequent with friends and family not only be in a youtube video, but in an abandoned one nonetheless, is surreal, sad, but also bittersweet since I have so many fond memories, and am happy to see it living on. Thank you for the amazing video

And yes, it is very much closed down for good. AMC had a rental agreement that let them close up to seven locations, and used the option to kill the lease on six including this one (all at once, so the Hamilton 24 here was part of the first wave. They were: AMC Studio 30 AMC Hamilton 24 AMC Portage Street 10 AMC Oakview Plaza 24 AMC Woodridge 18 AMC West Olive 16

Used to go here all the time since I live near it still and went to college near it. Played so much ddr there. Sad to see it closed. Great memories.

I went there about 6 years ago. It was weird, there were police officers with semi automatic rifles walking around the theater. I had never seen a police officer in a theater before then, let alone ones with rifles. I spoke to the ticket guy and asked if something happened, he said “not today, but they [the police] are always here.” I never went back.

I remember when this place opened. So many good memories and weird to think of it as retro lol.

Could have just turned on the cleaning lights and you'd be able to see the inside of the auditoriums a lot easier. They usually have timers on them, so there would have been enough time to get footage and then they'd cut off on their own. Also that black scanner that you picked up in the storage room earlier into the video is used to scan AMC Stubs Insider/Premier/A-List memberships so that they earn points when making purchases; nothing fancy. It wasn't used to scan tickets as the young man in the video guessed; it's actually a phone that's used to scan ticket QR codes (only tickets that a customer has saved on their phone or in the app; physical paper tickets are simply torn and dropped in the box and stub is given back to the customer so they can be able to find their auditorium and seat numbers).

This place looks exactly like the one I grew up going to with my best friend and their family. They would make a day trip of it. The theater is very distinct- exterior and interior. I remember walking these halls, sitting in these theaters, enjoying the courtyard, and so on. Wow memories flooding in.

My local theater is a near twin to this (AMC Forum 30), and it's eerie imagining it abandoned.

Hopefully AMC can buy back into this building, once the Box Office picks up, and they have enough extra cash on hand to do so.

I remember going to this place a few times over the years. Maybe there’s still some hope.

This was my go to theatre growing up besides Destinta in Hamilton that is now a Regal. I loved this place so much. Would go every weekend with my friends, sometimes more than once depending on how many movies came out that week I wanted to watch. The best time! So sad to see it's just an empty space. They need to do something with it.

I wish you could have gotten into the projection booths that had projectors I used to be a projectionists along time ago it would have been cool to see what they were using for projectors. Good show.

makes me feel old that the early 2000s look is retro now lol

Bruh I'm looking at the flooring of your video icon and noticed the Not See symbol on the floor.

I went to this movie theater all the time!! I was so sad when it shut down 🥺 Thank you for exploring and bringing back so many memories! 🙂

That alarm you heard was a trouble audible sound from an Ademco/First Alert security panel. It annunciates when there is a Comm. Fail, or Tamper if programmed to not be silent in those situations. Usualy a siren would be going off if you had triggered a secured zone.

Now that everyone knows where this place is & if u go & explore it please don't Vandalize it. So nice to see everything is still in there & not destroyed by kids having fun. It's so sad that so many movie theaters are closing I have 2 by me that closed & are still sitting empty.

The little star entrance with the round benches, I just imagine it filled with people waiting for their movie or for rides. So wild

This was my favorite theater to go to with my kids there’s no place like AMC 24 I really miss it 😢

The lack of any vandalism was an instant give away the location was tightly monitored either by video or motion detectors. Plus, the exterior must be kept in good shape since there is no outside environmental damage from water. I read elsewhere it was closed to due to a lease issue. That's hard to believe, since this is a standalone theater plex, and not a part of a shopping center or mall. So, this location - building, and property - has to be owned by AMC. The pristine condition - after four years - almost makes me wonder if AMC would consider reopening it or sell it to another theater chain. But due to the recent strikes in Hollywood, and another one in August (teamsters) the output of films is a serious problem for chain operators. Hard to operate a theater without any movies. There won't be a lot of films forth coming later in 2024 and in 2025. If the property is being sold off for a possible residential complex, it's hard to believe AMC would spend money to keep the building - inside and outside - in pristine shape.

I worked at AMC Deer Valley 16 in Antioch CA. I was there when it closed permanently in the summer of 2019. It happened suddenly, with no explanation. The final days were very sad. I was there as everything was being moved out to be used at other lactations. I took a few of the display movie posters for keepsakes. Watching this video reminded me of how haunting it is to walk through the empty areas that were once filled with the chatter of guests and concessions ambience. The sound of movies playing filling the auditorium corridors and the smell of cheap popcorn. The strange thing about that closure is plans were in place for the building to be renovated.

I used to work there as a Projectionist then in the facilities dept. (If anyone remembers me, I'm British and used to be friends with Anne, Jay, Melissa and Randi).

imagine if someone that loves movies Braught the theater and got one of those large lens Projectors they could keep two rooms for there own movie room and the others into large living room and games room

Me Never Seen A AMC Theater Before & It's Wonderful That You Gave Me This Chance An Sad To See It Sitting There Not Open Any More. God Bless You.

OMG. That is an awesome exploration. Thank you

Pretty cool. The element of getting caught! A little nerve racking and rush at the same time.

You're really stretching the term "abandoned" on this one. Closed for 4 years and likely looking for a buyer is a bit more accurate.

Omg this is my home town movie theater that shut down I would love to walk-through one more last time . Hope it reopens I read online somewhere. Cinemark was supposed to take it over. But that was a while ago.

Super loved😊❤

Love the dedication .. lol!

This is the movie theater I grew up with. ❤ Never knew there was an upstairs

Way cool, thanks for the tour, too bad about the projector rooms, best part!

Incredible shape, looks like they walked out 2 days before you got there, not 4 years.

Woooo!! Cant wait!

i know this theatre, last film i saw here was sonic the hedgehog, lol. really surreal to see it on this channel.

This place was the best man

Looks like it wouldnt be hard get going again.

There's a decent amount of AMCs that still have this exact same retro design that are up and running. One of them i live next to and it was recently renovated inside, but they kept alot of the old stuff so it wasnt totally remodeled thankfully.

Beautiful 🌹

Crazy that places like this dont get used for something

Now, this building is forgotten, are you serious? You guys are so great to explore.

Incredible video, used to work for AMC as a projectionist many years ago but in the UK, worked for Showcase too. I do think cinemas are dead now, worldwide. Me and my husband worked in cinemas when we met and we both feel the pandemic just finished off the industry. I've said it before on here but your explores make me feel very nostalgic, they are amazing. It's also interesting to me as it's 24 screens, I only worked in 10 or 11 screen ones.

Ahhh Hamilton 24. The landlord refused to work wih amc after covid and hoping to turn the site into condos. After that somewhat failed they tried to run their own theaters. They then realized that there are no imax and dolby projectors and probably abandoned that plan too. Shame cause amc would probably remodeled it.

honestly, this movie theater could absolutely be reopened. it’s in SUCH good condition. no mold anywhere, no damage, the electricity is still turned on, plumbing works, i mean, it’s basically all ready to go!!!! somebody should DEFINITELY consider reopening it. it’s a big theater and it’s in very nice condition. it would be better than just letting the empty building sit there. i think it can absolutely be done

I'm surprised they don't do anything else with the building and all that space. That would be weird being in there at night lol.

The only difference from this theatre and modern ones is that the chairs dont recline 😂

Very cool explore thank you!!

Your voice is so soothing

This movie theater looks too good to be abandoned! I really hope some other movie theater company like Cinemark or Regal buys this theater and reopen it again!

Oh wow, this is the AMC I used to go to all the time as a teen. It's a shame it's closed down. It was always busy anytime I went.

I'm reliving my entire childhood right now.

I spent many weekends going to movies at the Hamilton AMC 24. Lived in the area for 30 years. Took my girlfriend, now wife to several movies there. Many memories.

Great video, guys!! It's a shame it closed. If AMC wanted to reopen it, they could easily do so without any problems because the place is still in great condition. No vandalism, signs of being broken into, or damage from weather.

It would be nice if the vandals leave it alone, but we know that won’t last for long. Thankfully, you got there before it’s all smashed up.

thumbnail is a bit of clickbait the theater closed in 2019 not 1999

Ive been waiting so long for someone to do an explore of this theater!! I drive by it at least twice a week and always am tempted to go in and explore. I grew up going to this theater I always thought it was the coolest place in the world I was so sad when it closed. A little bit of lore that was never reported on which is also definitely a contributing factor to its closure; a few years before it closed they made a new rule that no one under 21 could see a movie after 7pm on a weekend without someone over 21 present. Not surprising why that would have a huge impact on their business. I always heard it was because there was a stabbing involving teenagers/gangs in the parking lot but that may have just been local gossip lol

Miss going to theaters like this

What a terrible waste to see this cinema abandoned in such a good state.

This looks very similar to the old AMC theater that was across the street from me. A different theater company bought the building and took over. Bittersweet considering our AMC had just done a wonderful refurb that didn't last very long before covid forced it out.

Looks amazing. Incredible condition before it get recked by people. Make you feel sad when places like this close