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Chicago’s Music Box Theatre to Add Third Screen and Acquire Heights Theater in Minneapolis – Film News in Brief

Dec 4, 2025 4:00pm PT Chicago’s Music Box Theatre to Add Third Screen and Acquire Heights Theater in Minneapolis – Film News in Brief By Jazz Tangcay, Giana Levy Courtesy of Allied Global Marketing Chicago’s Music Box Theatre has plans to add a new 100-seat third screen at its Southport Avenue location and acquire the Heights Theater in Minneapolis, Minn., in 2026. The Music Box’s longtime owner-operators, Brody Sheldon and the Schopf Family, will partner with Ryan Oestreich to oversee the transition of the theatre. Under the new ownership, Heights Theater will close for a short period of time after its annual New Year’s Day screening of “Holiday Inn.” It will reopen on Jan.

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Key Highlights

  • 9, 2026, with Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother,” additional classic repertory titles and new programming curated by the Music Box team.
  • Related Stories 'The Kartli Kingdom' Review: Georgian Refugees Live Decades in Limbo in an Elegiac Observational Study ‘Killing Faith’ Review: Guy Pearce Escorts a Freed Slave and Her Strange Child in Offbeat Genre Hybrid The traditions that will remain at Heights Theater include “White Christmas” screenings, “Holiday Inn” on New Year’s Day, the Celebration of Cinema festival and partnerships with Trylon Cinema.
  • Popular on Variety New additions will feature late-night screenings on Friday and Saturday night, kids’ Saturday morning cinema and a revitalized silent cinema series with a live organ accompaniment.
  • Music Box Theatre’s third screen expansion will debut in summer 2026.
  • The project is funded by ownership and supported by a community development grant from the city of Chicago.
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