Editing Movie theater (section)

===Early dedicated movie theatres===
[[File:Hôtel du Syndicat des verriers D' Aniche (Idéal Cinéma) démoli en 1993.jpg|thumb|right|[[L'Idéal Cinéma]] at [[Aniche]], France, opened 23 November 1905, closed 1977, demolished in 1995]]
During the first decade of motion pictures, the demand for movies, the amount of new productions, and the average runtime of movies, kept increasing, and at some stage it was viable to have theaters that would no longer program live acts, but only movies.

The first building built for the dedicated purpose of showing motion pictures was built to demonstrate the [[Phantoscope]], a device created by Jenkins & Armat, as part of The [[Cotton States and International Exposition|Cotton State Exposition]] on September 25, 1895 in Atlanta, GA. This is arguably the first cinema in the world.

Claimants for the title of the earliest movie theatre include the Eden Theater in [[La Ciotat]], where ''L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat'' was screened on 21 March 1899. The theatre closed in 1995 but re-opened in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20131009-worlds-oldest-cinema-eden-theatre-reopen-ciotat-train-france-lumiere|title=World's oldest cinema to reopen in France's La Ciotat|date=9 October 2013|website=France 24|language=en|access-date=22 April 2019|archive-date=31 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031004341/https://www.france24.com/en/20131009-worlds-oldest-cinema-eden-theatre-reopen-ciotat-train-france-lumiere|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[L'Idéal Cinéma]] in [[Aniche]] (France), built in 1901 as l'Hôtel du Syndicat CGT, showed its first film on 23 November 1905. The cinema was closed in 1977 and the building was demolished in 1993. The "Centre Culturel Claude Berri" was built in 1995; it integrates a new movie theater (the Idéal Cinéma Jacques Tati).<ref>{{cite web| title=Aniche – le Jacques Tati| website=De la suite dans les images| archive-date=4 July 2013| date=2011| url=http://www.delasuitedanslesimages.org/aniche-le-jacques-tati/| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704000031/http://www.delasuitedanslesimages.org/aniche-le-jacques-tati/| language=fr| access-date=31 August 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=On vous refait le film de l'Idéal-cinéma Jacques-Tati d'Aniche | website=La Voix du Nord | date=26 January 2020 | url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/700316/article/2020-01-26/vous-refait-le-film-de-l-ideal-cinema-jacques-tati-d-aniche | language=fr | first=Benjamin | last=Dubrulle | access-date=31 August 2020 | archive-date=31 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831113344/https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/700316/article/2020-01-26/vous-refait-le-film-de-l-ideal-cinema-jacques-tati-d-aniche | url-status=live }}</ref>

In the United States, many small and simple theaters were set up, usually in converted storefronts. They typically charged five cents for admission, and thus became known as [[Nickelodeon (movie theater)|nickelodeons]]. This type of theatre flourished from about 1905 to {{circa}}1915.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

The Korsør Biograf Teater, in [[Korsør]], Denmark, opened in August 1908 and is the oldest known movie theater still in continuous operation.<ref>{{cite web | title=Guinness | website=Korsør Biograf Teater | url=http://www.korsoer-bio.dk/guinness | language=da | access-date=31 August 2020 | archive-date=31 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831112348/http://www.korsoer-bio.dk/guinness | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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File:Kino Juha in 2024.jpg|A small still-active Kino Juha movie theatre in [[Nurmijärvi]], [[Finland]], opened in 1958
File:Regent theatre Hokitika.jpg|Regent Theatre in [[Hokitika]], [[New Zealand]]
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