What's the first movie (or few movies) you remember seeing in a theater?

[Martin]

I somewhat remember seeing Disney's The Fox and the Hound, which would've been out when I was about five.

More clearly: Return of the Jedi when I was seven.

[Sarah]

Vague memories of seeing Peter Pan (the 1953 cartoon) when I was three or four; clear memories of seeing the original Parent Trap when I was five.

God, I loved going to the movies when I was a kid.  By the time I was seven, we lived within walking distance of our town's only movie theater, and I would go faithfully every weekend and as many nights as my parents would allow.  It cost a quarter to get in, and I'd generally have another quarter for popcorn etc.  One Saturday afternoon, I remember, my best friend Eric (two years my junior) and I were denied entry to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.  Why the Roxy was showing that on a day traditionally reserved for childish fare, I do not know.  Another Saturday, we were allowed in to see Thunderball; it shocked my mother no end when I told her what I'd just been watching. 

Oh, it was fun.

[AaronC]

I know I saw E.T., but I was too young to remember any of it.  I remember seeing Footloose at a drive in and Gremlins at a theater.

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Ghostbusters was my first movie, when I was four.  Scared the living bejeezus out of me, I don't know why my folks thought it was a good idea. 

[Wes]

I probably saw Empire in theaters the first time through, but only have vague memories of being in the front row of a theater for it. The first movie I have full memory of seeing as a kid is "Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone". I'm 99% sure we saw "Streets of Fire" the year after. They should have thrown my parents in jail.

Masters of the Universe.

I loved the He-Man cartoon, so my folks took me to see the live-action Dolph Lundgren vehicle, and as they tell it, I started crying when Skeletor came on, so my dad had to escort me outside.

Samir, how did you say He-Man growing up? I bet the British pronounced it as "HE-min", sort of rhyming with demon. Don't lie, man, we'll know.

[Christina]

First movie(s) I saw that I remember were both of the Cinderella and Fantasia re-releases that my parents took me to in the early '70s but I've kind of blended them together in my head.

[gravy boat]

Ghostbusters was my first movie, when I was four.  Scared the living bejeezus out of me, I don't know why my folks thought it was a good idea. 

Yikes -- I watched this with my 5-year-old recently!

[kiemzi]

"Yentl"

[mahgeetah]

Star Wars when I was 3 or 4. In fact, I think the second movie I remember seeing was Empire Strikes Back. Or maybe Superman with Christopher Reeve?

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Ghostbusters was my first movie, when I was four.  Scared the living bejeezus out of me, I don't know why my folks thought it was a good idea. 

Yikes -- I watched this with my 5-year-old recently!

Haha, sorry.  That wasn't to say that I didn't love the heck out of it.   

[Chris L]

I don't remember the first one.  My parents took me to see Return of the Jedi but I wouldn't go in the theater for some reason (probably worried about my snob cred).  I also remember my mom making us leave during National Lampoon's European Vacation due to the on-screen filth.  

[JustNicole]

I know I saw other movies before this but my parents took me to Top Gun when I was 5, mainly because it was shot in San Diego and that's where we were living at the time. Definitely did not make it through the whole thing.

[Martin]

I probably saw Empire in theaters the first time through, but only have vague memories of being in the front row of a theater for it.

Did you see the whole thing? Also, hip parents.

[Christina]

I don't remember the first one.  My parents took me to see Return of the Jedi but I wouldn't go in the theater for some reason (probably worried about my snob cred).  I also remember my mom making us leave during National Lampoon's European Vacation due to the on-screen filth.  

Seeing Star Wars is definitely the first movie where I have easy recall of the experience, because it played for months and months-all that summer of '77 and beyond. I think I saw it in the theaters multiple times - at least 3 or 4, because you'd go to birthday parties of your classmates and the activity was going to see Star Wars.

The cartoons I mentioned earlier are really just snatches of memory for me.

[Chris L]

Masters of the Universe.

I loved the He-Man cartoon, so my folks took me to see the live-action Dolph Lundgren vehicle, and as they tell it, I started crying when Skeletor came on, so my dad had to escort me outside.

Samir, how did you say He-Man growing up? I bet the British pronounced it as "HE-min", sort of rhyming with demon. Don't lie, man, we'll know.

There's got to be a Masters of the Universe "reboot" in the pipeline, right?  Probably starring a completely CGI Phillip Seymour Hoffman, a la Ray Winstone in BEOWULF?