STATISTICS
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The following statistics are compiled from a variety of resources, including personal visits and research, telephone recordings, websites, UDITOA member information, and on-line movie listings. Because of the constant flux of numbers (closings, addition of screens, change in ownership, etc.) sometimes, despite best efforts, a theatre will be erroneously tallied as operating (or not operating) that season.
Drive-In Theaters open in 2023
Statistics are calculated at the end of the operating season as a point in time.
8 Alabama 17 screens
411- (Centre Alabama) 2 screens Closed 11
Blue Moon – (Guin) 2 screens New Built 2
Ridgeview / Henagar (Henagar) 1 Screen Reopened 7
Kings- (Russellville) 1 screen
Sand Mountain Twin – (Boaz) 2 screens
Continental- (Dothan) - Reopened in 2020 4 screens
Coyote (Leeds) - new built 2016 4 screens
War House – Demopolis new build 20221 screen
1 Arizona 9 screens
Glendale 9 –(Glendale) 9 screens 299 opened in 2023
522 screens open in 2023
2 Arkansas 2 screens
Kenda –(Marshall) 1 screen
Stone- (Mountain View) 1 screen
13California 35 screens
Capitol –(San Jose) 6 screens
Lakeport Auto –(Lakeport) 1 screen
Madera –(Madera) 2 screens
Mission Tiki –(Montclair) 4 screens
Paramount –(Paramount) -reopened in 2014 2 screens
Rubidoux- (Riverside) 3 screens
Roadium- (Torrance)- reopened in 2019 1 screen
Sacramento 6 –(Sacramento) 6 screens
Santee- (Santee) 2 screens Closing at the end of 2023
Skyline –(Barstow) 2 screens
Smith’s Ranch –(Twentynine Palms) Reopened 2023 1 screen
Solano –(Concord) 2 screens
South Bay –(Imperial Beach) 3 screens
Sunset –(San Luis Obispo) 1 screen
Van Buren Cinema 3 –(Riverside) 3 screens
Vineland- (industry) 4 screens
7 Colorado 11 screens
88 –(Commerce City) 1 screen
Comanche –(Busena Vista) 1 screen
Holiday Twin –(Fort Collins) 2 Screens
Mesa –(Pueblo) 3 screens
Star –(Montrose) 1 screen
Star -(Monte Vista) 2 screens
Tru VU -(Delta) 1 screen
1 Connecticut 3 screens
Mansfield- (Mansfield Center) 3 screens
Pleasant valley- (Pleasant valley) 1 screen
0 Delaware
4 Florida 6 screens
Joy-Lan- (Dade City) 1 screen
Lake Worth- (Lake Worth) 2 screens
Ocala- (Ocala) 2 screens
Ruskin Family- (Ruskin) 1 screen
Silver Moon- (Lakeland) 2 screens
5 Georgia 10 screens
Jesup- (Jesup) 2 screens
Starlight 6- (Alanta) 4 screens
Swan- (Blue Ridge) 1 screen
Tiger- (Tiger) 1 screen
Wilderness- (Trenton) 2 screens
0 Hawaii
6 Idaho 6 screens
Motor Vu- (Idaho Falls) Reopened in 2020 1 screen
Sunset Auto vu- (Grangeville) 1 screen
Parma Motor VU- (Parma) 1 screen
Idan-Ha- ( Soda Springs)1 screen
Terrace- (Caldwell) 1 screen
Teton VU- (Rexburg) 1 screen
8 Illinois 11 screens
34 (Earlville) 1 screen
Fairview/ Drive N- (Newton) 1 screen
Blue Moonlight- (Galesburg) 1 screen ?????
Route 66- (Springfield) 2 screens
Harvest Moon- (Gibson City) 2 screens
Mc Henry- (MC Henry) 1 screen
Midway- (Sterling) 1 screen
Sky View- (Litchfield) 1 screen
Skyview- (Bellview) 2 screens
19 Indiana 35 screens
13-24- (Wabash) 1 screen
49er- (Valparaiso) 1 screen
Auburn Garrett- (Garrett) 1 screen
Bel-Air- (Versailles) 1 screen
Centerbrook- (Martinsville) 1 screen
Cinema 67- (Spencer) 1 screen
Georgetown-(Georgetown) 2 screens
Holiday- (Mitchell) 1 screen
Holiday- (Rockport) 6 screens
Huntington Twin- (Huntington) 2 screens
Melody- (Knox) 2 screens
Mel's at the Starlite- (Thorntown) 1 screen
Lakeshore- (Monticello) 2 screens
Hummel/ Airline twin- (Winchester) Reopened 2016 2 screens
Skyline- (Shelbyville) 1 screen
Starlite- (Bloomington) 1 screen
Tibbs- (Indianapolis) 4 screens
Triway- (Plymouth) 4 screens
Carnary Creek- (Carnaryvreek) 1 screen
Moon-lite- (Terre-Haute) Reopened 2018 1 screen
4Iowa 8 screens
61- (Maquoketa) 1 screen
Valle- (Newton) 1 screen
Superior 71- (Spirit Lake) 2 screens
Blue grass- (Blue Grass) opened in 2014 4 screens
5 Kansas 6 screens
Boulevard- (Kansas City) 1 screen
Kanopolis (Kanipolis) 1 screen
Starlite-( Wichita) 2 screens
Midway- (Osawatomie) 1 screen
South- (Dodge City) 1 screen
7Kentucky 8 screens
Bourbon –(Paris) 1 screen
Calvert- Calvert City- 1 Screen
Franklin- (Franklin) 1 screen
Judy- (MT. Sterling) 2 screens
Knox County-(Barbourville)- 1 screen
Sauerbeck Family Drive In- (La Grange) 1 screen
Skyline- (Greensburg) 1 screen
Stanford- (Stanford) 1 screen
0 Louisiana
6 Maine 7 screens
Bridgton Twin- (Bridgton) 2 screens
Pride's Corners -(Westbrooke) Reopened in 2017 1 screen
New Saco –(saco) New built 2023 1 screen
Skowhegan- (Skowhesan) 1 screen Closing at the end of 2023
Skylite- (Madawaska) 1 screen
Big Sky/ Narrow Gauge Cinema- (Farmington) New Built 2017 1 screen
1 Maryland 1 screen
Bengies- (Middle River) 1 screen
2 Massachusetts 3 screens
Mendon twin- (Mendon) 2 screens
Wellfleet- (Wellfleet) 1 screen
10 Michigan 20 screens
Capri- (Coldwater) 2 screens
Cherry Bowl- (Honor) 1 screen
Five Mile- (Dowagiac) 1 screen
Ford- (Dearborn) 5 screens
Getty 4- (Muskegon Heights) 4 screens
Hi Way- (Carsonville) 1 screen
Sunset- Hartford) 1 screen
US 23- (Flint) 3 screens
Summer Drive-in at USAHockey Arena- (Plymouth) 3 screens
Memory Lane (Denniston drive-in) (Monroe) Reopened in 2021 2 screen
4 Minnesota 7 screens
Long- (Long Prairie) 1 screen
Sky-VU- (Warren) 1 screen
Starlite- (Litchfield) 4 screens
Vern- (Luvern) 1 screen
1 Mississippi 1 screen
Iuka- (Iuka) 1 screen
10 Missouri 12 screens
21- (Van Buren) 1 screen
66- (Cartridge) 1 screen
Barco- (Lamar) 1 screen Closing at the end of 2023 storm damage
Moberly 5 and-drive 1 screen
Starlite- (Cadac) 2 screens
Rock N Roll drive-in (Montgomery) (Blomeyer) Reopened in 2020 1 screen
Phoenix- (Huston) 1 screen
Pine Hill- (Piedmont) Reopened 2022 1 screen
Sunset- (Aura) 1 screen
Twin- (Independence) 2 screens
2 Montana 2 screens
Silver Bow twin- (Silver Bow) 2 screens
4 Nebraska 4 screens
Sandhills –(Alliance) Reopened in 2020 1 screen
TK/Starlite-(Neligh) Reopened in 2023 1 screen
Midwest skyview Scottsbluff, NE New build 2020 1 screen
Quasar new built 2021 1 screen
2 Nevada 10 screens
El Rancho- (Sparks) 4 screens
Las Vegas 6- (North Las Vegas) 6 screens
3 New Hampshire 7 screens
Milford twin- (Milford) 2 screens
North Field- (Hinsdale) 1 screen
Weirs- (Weirs Beach) 4 screens
1 New Jersey 2 screens
Delsea- (Vineland) 2 screens
2 New Mexico 2 screen
Fort Union – (Las Vegas) 1 screen
Elevate Chama-(Chama) New/reopen 2023
28New York 49 screens
56 Auto- (Massena) 1 screen
Bay- (Alexandra Bay) 2 screens
Black River (Black River) 1 screen
Delevan Twin- (Delevan) 2 screens
Elmira- (Elmira) 2 screens
El Rancho- (Palatine Bridge) 1 screen
Fair Oaks-(Middletown) 1 screen
Finger Lakes- (Auburn) 1 screen
Glen twin- (Glen Falls) 2 screens Opened in 2020
Greenville- (Greenville) 1 screen
Hathaways- (N. Hoosick) 2 screens
Hi-Way- (Coxsackie) 4 screens
Hollywood- (Averill Park) 1 screen
Hyde Park- (Hyde Park) 1 screen
Jericho- (Glemont) 1 screen
Malta- (Malta) 2 screens
Midway- (Minetto) 1 screen
Overlook- (Poughkeepsie) 1 screen
Portville (Portville) 2 screens
Silver Lake (Perry) 2 screens
Skyline (Brooklyn) 1 screen
Transit- (Lockport) 5 screens
Unadilla- (Unadilla) 1 screen
Van Buren- (Dunkirk) Reopened in 2021 1 screen
Valley Brook- (Lyon Falls) 1 screen
Vintage- (East Avon) 4 screens
Warwick- (Warwick) 3 screens
Ozoner 29- (Broadalbin) 2 screens
Four Brouthers- (Ameana) new built 2014 1 screen
4 North Carolina 5 screens
Badin Road –( Albemarle) 1 screen
Belmont-(Belmont)- 1 screen
Eden- (Eden) 2 screens
Raleigh Road Outdoor Theater- (Henderson) 1 screen
Hounds (Kings Mountain) new built 2016 3 screens
0 North Dakota
23 Ohio 38 screens
Sidney Auto Vue Drive-In Theatre1409 4th Avenue- (Sidney) 1 screen
Aut-o-Rama Outdoor Theatre- (Elyria) 2 screens
Blue Sky Drive In Theater 959 Broad Street - (Wadsworth) 1 screen
Dixie Drive-In Theatre – (Dayton) 2 screens
Elm Road Triple Drive-In Theatre- (Warren) 3 screens
Fleo Flicks – (Edgerton) -New build 2022 1 screen
Hi Road Drive In,- (Kenton) 2 screens
Holiday Auto Theatre,- (Hamilton) 1 screen
Lynn Auto Theatre Rr 1,- (Strasburg) 2 screens
Magic City Drive-In- (Barberton) 2 screens
Mayfield Road Drive-In- (Chardon) 1 screen
Melody 49 Drive In Theatre- (Brookville) 1 screen
Midway Drive-in –(Ravenna) 2 screens
Skyview Cruise-In Theater- (Lancaster) 1 screen
Skyway Drive-In Theatre1805 North Leavitt Road Northwest- (Warren) 2 screens
South Drive In Theatre- (Columbus) 2 screens
Springmill Drive-In Theatre1040 Springmill Street- (Mansfield) 2 screens
Starlight Drive In Theatre1889 State Route 127- (Maria Stein) 1 screen
Star View Drive-In 2083 US Highway 20 West- (Norwalk) 1 screen
Starlite- (Amelina) 1 screen
Sundance Kid Drive-In Theatre 4550 Navarre Avenue- (Toledo) 2 screens
Field of dreams Tiffin Drive-In Theatre 4041 North State Route 53- (Tiffin) 2 screens
Van-Del Drive-In19986 Lincoln Highway- (Middle Point) 2 screens
Field of Dreams- (Liberty Center) 2 screens
7 Oklahoma 8 screens
Admiral Twin- (Tulsa) 2 screens
Beacon- (Guthrie) 1 screen
Chief- (Chickasha) 1 screen
Tee-Pee- (Sapulpa) 1 Screen Reopened in 2022
Tower- (Poteau) 1 screen
Winchester- (Oklahoma City) 1 screen
El-Co- (Shattuck) opened in 2014 1 screen
3 Oregon 3 screens
99 W –(Newburg) 1 screen
La Grande- (La Grande) 1 screen
M-F- (Milton Freewater) 1 screen
27 Pennsylvania 47 screens
Bar Ann Drive-In Theater Springhill Rd- (Portage) 1 screen
Becky's Drive-In Theatre Incorporated- (Walnutport) 2 screens
Brownsville Drive-in Multi Theaters Rt.40- (Brownsville) 3 screens
Circle Drive-In Theatre & Fair Route 6 Scranton Carbondale Hwy- (Scranton) 2 screens
Comet Drive-In Route 119- (Connelsville) 2 screens
Cumberland Drive-In Theatre 711 Centerville Road- (Newville) 1 screen
Dependable Drive-In Moon Clinton Road- (Coraopolis) 4 screens
Evergreen Drive In Theater Rr 4- (Mount Pleasant) 3 screens
Family Drive-In Route 6 E- (Kane)1 screen
Reynolds Drive-in (Transfer) Reopened in 2020 1 screen
Riverside- (North Vandergrift) 1 screen
Garden Drive In Theatre- )Hunlock Creek) 2 screens
Haar's Drive-In Route 15- (Dillsburg) 1 screen
Hi-way –( Carrolltown) 1 screen
Mahoning Valley Drive-In- (Lehighton) 1 screen
Midway Drive-In Theater Rr 3- (Mifflintown) 2 screens
Moonlite Drive-In Theatre Rt 322- (Brookville) 1 screen
Moonlite Drive-in (West Wyoming) -Reopened in 2019 1 screen
Palace Garden Drive-in 225 Indian Springs Rd, Indiana 1 screen
Pike Drive-In Theatre Route 15- (Montgomery) 3 screen
Starlight /Pioneer Drive In Starlight Route 8 North- (Butler) 3 screens
Point Drive-In Theatre Rt. 11 and Danville- (Northmberland) 3 screens
Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre Rt. 309 & Shankweiler Road- (Orefield) 1 screen
Silver Drive-in1664 Scalp Ave- (Johnstown) 1 screen
Sky Vu- (Gratz) reopened 2016 1 screen
Sunset Drive-In Theatre 808 Route 97- (Waterford) 1 screen
Super 322 Drive-In Woodland Bigler Highway- (Clearfield) 1 screen
1 Rhode Island 3 screens
Rustic Tri-view- (North Smithfield) 3 screens
3 South Carolina 8 screens
25- (Greenwood) 3 screens
Monetta- (Monetta) 3 screens
Highway 21- (Beaufort) 2 screens
5 South Dakota 5 screens
Hiltop- (Gregory) 1 screen
Midway- (Miller) 1 screen
Pheasant City- (Redfield) 1 screen
Pheasant- (Mobridge) 1 screen
Starlite- (Mitchell)- Reopened in 2020 1 screen
Winner- (Winner) 1 screen
Roy’s Black Hill twin- (Hermosa) 2 screens
14 Tennessee 22 screens
Hi-way 50-(Lewisburgh) 1 screen
Macon- (Lafayette) 1 screen
Midway- (Athens) 1 screen
Parkway- (Maryville) 1 screen
Pink Cadillac- (Centerville) 1 screen
Safari Park- (Alamo) new build 2021 1 screen
Sparta- (Sparta) 1 screen
State line- (Elizabethton) 1 screen
Summer- (Memphis) 4 screens
Twin city- (Bristol) 1 screen
Stardust- (Watertown) 2 screens
Montana- (Estill) 3 screens
Higgins Moonlite- (Woodbury) 2 screens
Bird song- (Camden) 2 screens
13 Texas 31 screens
Showboat- (Hockley) 2 screens
Brazos- (Brazos) 1 screen
Doc’s- (Buda)- opened in 2018 2 screens
Graham- (Graham) 1 screen
Last Drive-in Picture show- (Gatesville) 1 screen
Tascosa- (Amarilo) 1 screen Closing at the end of 2023
Town & Country- (Abilene) 4 screens
Wes-Mer- (Mercedes) 1 screen
Sandell- (Clarendon) 1 screen
Stars & Stripes- (Lubbick) 3 screens
Galaxy- (Enis) 9 screens
Big Sky- (Midland) 3 screens
Coyote – (Fort Worth) 3 screens
Stars & stripes New Braunfels -new built in 2014 3 screens
4 Utah 7 screens
Basin- (Mt. Pleasant) 1 screen
Echo- (Roosevelt) 1 screen
Motor VU- (Tooele) 1 screen
Redwood 6- (West Valley) 4 screens
3 Vermont 6 screens
Fairlee- (Fairlee) 1 screen
Randall –(Bethel) 1 screen
Sunset- (Colchester) 4 screens
6 Virginia 8 screens
Central- (North) 1 screen
Family- (Stephens City) 2 screens
Hull’s- (Lexington) 1 screen
Park Place- (Marion) 1 screen
Starlite- (Christiansburg) 1 screen
Goochland- (Hadensville) 2 screens
5 Washington 7 screens
Auto Vue- (Colville)- Reopened in 2016 1 screen
Blue Fox- (Oak Harbor) 1 screen
Rodeo Triplex- (Port Orchard) 3 screens
Skyline- (Shelton) 1 screen
Wheel In- (Port Townsend) 1 screen
5 West Virginia 5 screens
Hilltop- (Chester) 1 screen
Medow Bridge- (Medow Bridge) 1 screen
Pipestem- (Athens) 1 screen
Sunset- (Shinnston) 1 screen
Warner-( Franklin) -Reopened 2016 1 screen
9 Wisconsin 14 screens
Big Sky Twin- (Wisconsin Dells) 2 screens
Highway 18- (Jefferson) 1 screen
Moonlight –( Shawano) 1 screen
Sky Vu- (Monroe) 1 screen
Skyway- (Fish Creek) 1 screen
Starlite 14- (Richland Center) -Reopened 2020 1 screen
Field of Scenes- (Freedom) 2 screens
Stardust- (Chetek) 2 screens
Chilton Twilight- (Chilton) 1 screen
1 Wyoming 1 screen
American Dream- (Powell) 1 screen
reopened 2023 Closed
Smiths Ranch Twentynine Palms CA Vineland Industry CA
Hi-way 50 TN Mission Tiki Montclair CA
Calvert- KT Franklin- (Franklin) KT
Knox-KT New Hyde Park-(Hyde Park) NY
Elevate Chama- NM Pleasant Valley-(Pleasant Valley) CT
Sunset Ellis- WV Starlite- (Mitchel) SD
Belmont- (Belmont) NC Roys Black Hills Twin- (Hermosa) SD
Hounds- (Kings Mountain) NC
Auburn Garrett- (Garrett) IN
Starlight – (Maria Stein) OH
Town & Country- (Abilene) TX
Under Renovation Closing soon
Rose City- (Newerk)- NY Santee-(Santee) CA
Spud- (Driggs) ID Skowhegan- (Skowhesan) ME
Pleasant Valley- (Pleasant Valley) CT Tascosa- (Amarilo) TX
Auburn Garrett- (Garrett) IN
Industry resources list the high figure for drive-ins as 4063 in 1958. The 1978-1988 time period was particularly hard on the industry, with over 1000 screen closings. Closings were commonly due to land value increases that made selling for redevelopment attractive financially, aging owners who wished to retire, difficulty obtaining first run product during the time period, and increasing entertainment options (video, multiplexes, other activities).
But by the 1990s, new drive-ins were being built and re-openings were becoming more common. The numbers have leveled off from their rapid drop in the 1980s. Some owners who want to retire now are seeking someone to purchase it to keep it as a drive-in instead of selling the property for development. Though drive-in numbers will never be as high as they were in the 1950s, the industry seems to be on an upswing.
