# Independent Movie Theaters & Drive-Ins — U.S. location dataset

All 5,698 locations in the U.S., as one CSV: 131 fields per record, 52 states, file built October 16, 2026. $39 one-time, with up to 10 real rows free before you buy.

Canonical URL: https://locationlists.com/data/independent-movie-theaters-list

5,698 movie theaters and drive-ins in the US that are not part of the eleven chains we sell on their own (AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Marcus, Harkins, B&B, Alamo Drafthouse, Cinépolis, Showcase, Landmark and Studio Movie Grill). 502 are drive-ins. Small regional circuits such as Malco, Santikos, Reading and Emagine are in it, named in circuit. 5,056 have a phone number. 4,925 have a website. 2,148 have an email address. 578 carry a screen count. 421 are registered nonprofits, joined to their IRS record: EIN, NTEE code, revenue, assets and employees. We read each place's own website once for its email, social profiles and what it offers. 4,702 have a Facebook page and 861 an Instagram profile. Largest cities: New York, NY 118; Los Angeles, CA 104; Chicago, IL 43; San Francisco, CA 32; Austin, TX 31.

## The figures

- Records: 5,698 locations
- States: 52
- Coverage: U.S.
- Fields: 131
- Price: $39 one-time, CSV download, commercial license (https://locationlists.com/license)
- Snapshot built on October 16, 2026. Not rebuilt on a schedule.
- File last modified: 2026-10-16

The file has all 5,698 locations across 52 states in one download. Building the same list by searching one area at a time tends to miss places, and a missed place looks like a gap in coverage that is not really there.

## Fields

- `name`: Name of the place or organization
- `brand`: The chain, or Independent
- `circuit`: Regional cinema circuit named in the theater's name
- `venueType`: What kind of place it is (movie theater, drive-in, concert hall, art gallery...)
- `artForms`: Art forms the name or category points to (theater, music, dance, film, visual art...)
- `address`: Street address
- `city`: City
- `state`: Two-letter state code
- `zip`: ZIP code
- `country`: Country code
- `phone`: Phone number
- `website`: Website
- `email`: Organization email (box office, info or office mailbox; never a person's)
- `facebook`: Facebook page
- `latitude`: Latitude
- `longitude`: Longitude
- `storeType`: Kind of place (as venueType)
- `overtureCategory`: Overture Maps category
- `overtureConfidence`: Overture's confidence that the place exists (0-1)
- `overtureBrand`: Brand Overture tags the place with
- `locationsWithSameName`: How many rows in the file share this name
- `overtureId`: Overture Maps place id
- `overtureSources`: Datasets Overture built the place from
- `overtureUpdated`: Date Overture's source last updated the place
- `overtureRelease`: Overture Maps release read
- `screens`: Number of screens
- `screensSource`: Where the screen count comes from
- `ownership`: Nonprofit, School, college or university, Government, or Company (chain); blank when nothing says
- `ownershipBasis`: The evidence for ownership (the IRS record and EIN, or the name)
- `irsMatch`: How the place was tied to its IRS record (phone, website, name + ZIP...)
- `overtureCategoryPath`: Overture Maps category path
- `overtureBasicCategory`: Overture Maps basic category
- `socials`: Social profiles from Overture Maps
- `overtureSourceIds`: Every source id Overture keeps for the place
- `sourceId`: Stable row id (the source's own id)
- `webEmail`: Email from the place's own website
- `webFacebook`: Facebook page linked from the website
- `webInstagram`: Instagram profile linked from the website
- `webLinkedin`: LinkedIn company page linked from the website
- `webTwitter`: X (Twitter) profile linked from the website
- `webYoutube`: YouTube channel linked from the website
- `webTiktok`: TikTok profile linked from the website
- `webGoogleMaps`: Google Maps link from the website
- `webFoundedYear`: Year founded, where the website says
- `webLegalName`: Legal entity name from the website footer
- `webLegalType`: Legal entity type (Inc, LLC...)
- `webHours`: Opening hours from the website
- `webServices`: What the website offers: box office, season tickets, venue rental, classes, auditions, accessibility services, dining...
- `webStatus`: What reading the website found: ok, dead, parked, another business's site...
- `webCapacity`: Capacity read on the website
- `webCapacityText`: The sentence the capacity was read from
- `webOpenedYear`: Year opened read on the website
- `webOpenedYearText`: The sentence the year was read from
- `webScreens`: Screens read on the website
- `webScreensText`: The sentence the screen count was read from
- `emailSource`: Where the email came from: Overture or the place's own website
- `status`: Open, or the status the source gives
- `directionsUrl`: Google Maps directions link
- `naicsCode`: NAICS code
- `naicsTitle`: NAICS title
- `sicCode`: SIC code
- `sicTitle`: SIC title
- `updatedDate`: Date the list was built
- `wikidataId`: Wikidata item id
- `wikidataName`: Name on Wikidata
- `wdYearOpened`: Year opened on Wikidata
- `nrhpId`: National Register of Historic Places reference number
- `ein`: IRS Employer Identification Number of the nonprofit
- `irsName`: Name on the IRS record
- `nteeCode`: IRS NTEE activity code (A65 theater, A69 symphony orchestra, A6B choir...)
- `nteeSubcategory`: NTEE code in words
- `irsRevenue`: Total revenue on the latest IRS filing (US dollars)
- `irsAssets`: Total assets on the latest IRS filing
- `irsTotalExpenses`: Total expenses on the latest Form 990
- `irsEmployees`: Employees on the latest Form 990
- `irsVolunteers`: Volunteers on the latest Form 990
- `irsRulingDate`: Year and month the IRS recognised the exemption
- `irsActivityStatus`: filing, or no filing on record (newly recognised)
- `irsLast990Filed`: Tax year of the latest Form 990 filed
- `irsMission`: Mission statement from the latest Form 990
- `irs_ein`: IRS record: ein
- `irs_name`: IRS record: name
- `irs_city`: IRS record: city
- `irs_state`: IRS record: state
- `irs_street`: IRS record: street
- `irs_zip`: IRS record: zip
- `irs_activity_status`: IRS record: activity status
- `irs_ntee_category`: IRS record: ntee category
- `irs_ntee_code`: IRS record: ntee code
- `irs_ntee_subcategory`: IRS record: ntee subcategory
- `irs_subsection`: IRS record: subsection
- `irs_exempt_status`: IRS record: exempt status
- `irs_org_type`: IRS record: org type
- `irs_foundation_type`: IRS record: foundation type
- `irs_deductible`: IRS record: deductible
- `irs_ruling_date`: IRS record: ruling date
- `irs_tax_period`: IRS record: tax period
- `irs_filing_requirement`: IRS record: filing requirement
- `irs_last_990n_filed`: IRS record: last 990n filed
- `irs_contact_source`: IRS record: contact source
- `irs_pub78_verified`: IRS record: pub78 verified
- `irs_pub78_deductibility`: IRS record: pub78 deductibility
- `irs_org_structure`: IRS record: org structure
- `irs_phone`: IRS record: phone
- `irs_website`: IRS record: website
- `irs_mission`: IRS record: mission
- `irs_revenue_amt`: IRS record: revenue amt
- `irs_asset_amt`: IRS record: asset amt
- `irs_income_amt`: IRS record: income amt
- `irs_revenue_band`: IRS record: revenue band
- `irs_asset_band`: IRS record: asset band
- `irs_has_financials`: IRS record: has financials
- `irs_last_990_filed`: IRS record: last 990 filed
- `irs_last_990_form`: IRS record: last 990 form
- `irs_years_990_filed`: IRS record: years 990 filed
- `irs_employees`: IRS record: employees
- `irs_volunteers`: IRS record: volunteers
- `irs_net_assets_eoy`: IRS record: net assets eoy
- `irs_officer_count`: IRS record: officer count
- `irs_website_source`: IRS record: website source
- `yearOpened`: Year the place opened
- `yearOpenedSource`: Where the year opened comes from
- `capacity`: Seating capacity
- `capacitySource`: Where the capacity comes from (Wikidata, or the sentence on the place's own website)
- `irs_total_expenses`: IRS record: total expenses
- `geo_precision`: How exact the map point is
- `county`: County
- `county_fips`: County FIPS code
- `county_note`: Note when a ZIP spans counties
- `address_quality`: How complete the street address is
- `zip4`: ZIP+4 extension

In the header but under 1% filled, so not in this release: webWhatsapp, webYelp, wdCapacity, wdResidentCompanies, wdEin, irs_a_133_audit_performed, irs_last_single_audit_year, irs_ca_may_not_operate, irs_grants_paid_count, irs_grants_paid_total, irs_ca_ftb_revoked_name_match, irs_group_exemption, irs_group_ruling, irs_exemption_revoked, irs_revocation_date.

## Ask this list a question with a link

No connector and no account; each link answers with the matching count, preview rows and the price for just that part.

- [Only California, the state with the most](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-movie-theaters-list&state=CA)
- [Within 25 miles of New York, NY, the busiest area](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-movie-theaters-list&near=New+York+NY&radius=25)
- [Within a 30-minute drive of New York, NY](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-movie-theaters-list&near=New+York+NY&drive=30)
- [Only rows where overtureConfidence is over 0.77](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-movie-theaters-list&where=overtureConfidence%3Agt%3A0.77)
- [Every Movie Theaters list combined, within 25 miles of New York, NY](https://locationlists.com/find?category=movie-theaters&near=New+York+NY&radius=25)
- [Each one's nearest AMC Theatres Locations, in California, with miles](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-movie-theaters-list&state=CA&relate=nearest&k=1&b.dataset=amc-theatres-locations&b.state=CA)
- [The whole list: add a city, state, ZIP code or distance](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-movie-theaters-list)

## The same dataset, for machines

- Record as JSON: https://locationlists.com/data/independent-movie-theaters-list/dataset.json
- Free sample, up to 10 real rows: https://locationlists.com/data/independent-movie-theaters-list/sample.csv or https://locationlists.com/data/independent-movie-theaters-list/sample.json
- Buy link (opens Stripe Checkout): https://locationlists.com/data/independent-movie-theaters-list/buy

## Questions

### Are the big chains in this file?

No. AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Marcus, Harkins, B&B, Alamo Drafthouse, Cinépolis, Showcase, Landmark and Studio Movie Grill each have their own list, read from the chain's own site. Their theaters are left out of this file.

### Where does the list come from?

Overture Maps open data (movie theaters, drive-ins and outdoor screens), checked against our eleven chain lists, with the IRS record joined for nonprofit art-house cinemas and each theater's own website read for email and social profiles.

### Can I buy every arts and entertainment list at once?

Yes. The US Arts & Entertainment Venues file holds all 25 lists, one row per place, 134,794 places. It costs the 25 lists added up, less 10%.