movie theater
- a motion-picture theater.
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Origin of movie theater
First recorded in 1910–15
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Contemporary Examples of movie theater
She remained on the air for five straight hours after the movie-theater massacre in Colorado.
Like previous tragedies, the movie-theater shooting in Colorado has led to all sorts of fevered calls to action.
After finishing his massacre, Holmes walked out to the movie-theater parking lot, and reportedly began idly firing at his car.