Largest movie theaters by capacity

Largest movie theaters by capacity ranked by maximum capacity.

Last updated . Source: Wikidata.

As of 2026-07-08, Millennium Dome tops the list with 23,000 seats.

  1. #1 Millennium Dome — 23,000 seats

    original name of a large dome-shaped building in South East London, England

    The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome-shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, which housed a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium. When opened in 1999, it was the fifth largest building in the world by usable volume. The exhibition was open to the public from 1 January to 31 December 2000. The project and exhibition were highly contentious and attracted barely half of the 12 million customers its sponsors... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  2. #2 Perth Rectangular Stadium — 20,441 seats

    stadium in Vincent, Western Australia

    Perth Rectangular Stadium is a sports stadium in Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. Located close to Perth's central business district, the stadium currently has a maximum capacity of 20,500 people for sporting events and 25,000 people for concerts, with the ground's record attendance of 32,000 people set during an Ed Sheeran concert in 2015. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  3. #3 Kinépolis Lomme — 7,358 seats

    movie theater in Lille, France

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  4. #4 Peoples' Friendship Palace — 6,000 seats

    house of culture and cinema in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    The Peoples' Friendship Palace is the concert and cinema hall in Tashkent, capital city of Uzbekistan. The building was designed by architect Yevgeny Rozanov from the Moscow Architectural Institute who one decade prior to that worked on the city's Lenin Museum, modern day State Museum of History of Uzbekistan. The building was completed in 1981. As the largest cinema and concert hall in the country the palace provides seating for up to 6,000 people. The palace is named in the memory of... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  5. #5 UGC Ciné Cité Strasbourg Étoile — 5,412 seats

    movie theater in Strasbourg, France

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  6. #6 Fox Theatre — 5,174 seats

    theater and former movie theater in Detroit, Michigan, United States

    Fox Theatre is a performing arts center located at 2211 Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, near the Grand Circus Park Historic District. Opened in 1928 as a flagship movie palace in the Fox Theatres chain, it was at over 5,000 seats the largest theater in the city. Designed by theater architect C. Howard Crane, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  7. #7 Hammersmith Apollo — 5,039 seats

    music and entertainment venue in Hammersmith, London, England, UK

    The Hammersmith Apollo, called the Eventim Apollo for sponsorship reasons, previously and still commonly known as the Hammersmith Odeon, is a live entertainment performance venue opened in 1932 as a cinema named the Gaumont Palace. Located in Hammersmith, London, it is an art deco Grade II* listed building. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  8. #8 Brixton Academy — 4,921 seats

    music venue in London, a former cinema

    Brixton Academy (originally known as the Astoria Variety Cinema, previously known as Carling Academy Brixton, currently named O2 Academy Brixton as part of a sponsorship deal with the O2 brand) is a mid-sized concert venue located in South London, in the Lambeth district of Brixton. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  9. #9 UGC Ciné Cité Bercy — 4,440 seats

    movie theater in Paris 12e arrondissement, France

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  10. #10 Le Grand Rex — 4,274 seats

    cinema and concert venue in Paris, France

    Le Grand Rex is a cinema and concert venue in Paris, France. Read more on Wikipedia.

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