Reading Cinemas Celebrates 2025 Academy Awards

Reading Cinemas celebrates the Academy Awards with sweepstakes, menu specials, and screenings at select locations in California and New Jersey

Themed sweepstakes, concessions offers and special screenings on nominated films

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ( January 31, 2025 ) -

In honor of Hollywood’s most anticipated annual event, Reading Cinemas is rolling out the red carpet for moviegoers with Academy Awards-themed sweepstakes, menu specials, and screenings at all California Reading Cinemas—Reading Cinemas Cal Oaks with TITAN LUXE, in Murietta, Reading Cinemas Grossmont with TITAN XC in La Mesa, Reading Cinemas Town Square in San Diego, and Reading Cinemas Valley Plaza with IMAX in Bakersfield—as well as Reading Cinemas Manville with TITAN LUXE in Manville, N.J.

Now through Sunday, March 2—the night of the big event—guests purchasing tickets to any Oscar-nominated film can take advantage of an all-day Happy Hour with 25% off any food and beverage order, including cocktails and chef-curated dishes at select locations, or concessions classics like hot, fresh popcorn.

Movie lovers can also enter the Reading Cinemas Ballot Sweepstakes for the chance to win a $500 Reading Cinemas e-Gift Card. Award prediction ballots can be filled out online through each theater’s webpage, one entry per person, and must be submitted by 9 a.m. (EST) on March 2. The lucky winner will be selected by random drawing and there is no purchase necessary to enter.

Movie lovers are invited to get the hottest tickets in town and catch as many award contenders as they can ahead of the glittering ceremony. With stories set in fantastical worlds, powerful period pieces and more, the following 10 Oscar-nominated features are set to shine on the big screen at Reading Cinemas:

  • “Anora” – 6 nominations including Best Picture; playing at Cal Oaks with TITAN LUXE, Grossmont with TITAN XC, Town Square, Valley Plaza with IMAX, Manville with TITAN LUXE
  • “A Complete Unknown” – 8 nominations including Best Picture; playing at Cal Oaks with TITAN LUXE, Town Square, Manville with TITAN LUXE
  • “Conclave” – 8 nominations including Best Picture; playing at Cal Oaks with TITAN LUXE, Grossmont with TITAN XC, Town Square
  • “Dune Part Two” – 5 nominations including Best Picture; playing at Cal Oaks with TITAN LUXE, Manville with TITAN LUXE
  • “Emilia Pérez” – 13 nominations including Best Picture; playing at Cal Oaks with TITAN LUXE, Grossmont with TITAN XC, Manville with TITAN LUXE
  • “Flow” – 2 nominations – Best International Feature Film and Best Animated Feature; playing at Town Square, Valley Plaza with IMAX, Manville with TITAN LUXE
  • “Nosferatu” – 4 nominations including Best Cinematography; playing at Cal Oaks with TITAN LUXE, Town Square
  • “September 5” – Best Original Screenplay nominee; playing at Town Square, Manville with TITAN LUXE
  • “The Apprentice” – 2 nominations – Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role; playing at Manville with TITAN LUXE
  • “The Brutalist” – 10 nominations including Best Picture; playing at Cal Oaks with TITAN LUXE, Grossmont with TITAN XC, Town Square, Valley Plaza with IMAX, Manville with TITAN LUXE
  • “The Substance” – 5 nominations including Best Picture; playing at Grossmont with TITAN XC, Valley Plaza with IMAX, Manville with TITAN LUXE
  • “The Wild Robot” – 3 nominations including Best Animated Feature; playing at Valley Plaza with IMAX, Town Square
  • “Wicked” – 10 nominations including Best Picture; playing at Cal Oaks with TITAN LUXE, Grossmont with TITAN XC, Valley Plaza with IMAX, Manville with TITAN LUXE

    • Those planning an awards watch party at home can still indulge in epic movie snacks from Reading Cinemas concession, including blockbuster-sized bags of popcorn, perfect for sharing with family and friends. To load up concession treats for Hollywood’s biggest night, visit the ‘Eat & Drink’ tab on the Reading Cinemas website.

    Guests can get connected to the A-list through the Reading Cinemas app and readingcinemas.com for more details on Awards Season-inspired programming including ticket purchases, snacks, and official sweepstakes rules. “Academy Awards” and “Oscar” are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    About Reading International, Inc.
    Reading International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDI), an internationally diversified cinema and real estate company operating through various domestic and international subsidiaries, is a leading entertainment and real estate company, engaging in the development, ownership, and operation of cinemas and retail and commercial real estate in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

    Reading’s cinema subsidiaries operate under multiple cinema brands: Reading Cinemas, Consolidated Theatres and the Angelika brand. Its live theatres are owned and operated by its Liberty Theaters subsidiary, under the Orpheum and Minetta Lane names. Its signature property developments, including Newmarket Village in Brisbane, Australia, and 44 Union Square in New York City, are maintained in special purpose entities.

    Additional information about Reading can be obtained at the Company’s website at ReadingRDI.com.