Movies at Midway

Movies at Midway is a family-owned movie theater in the resort town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, operated by the Derrickson family and presented under the Atlantic Theaters banner. According to the theater's own history, the family has owned and operated twelve theaters in the area since 1941, making the business a third-generation, family-run cinema operation. Its lineage includes the Midway Drive-in, which could hold 600 cars, and the single-screen, 850-seat Midway Palace built in 1954. The Midway Palace was later expanded to seven screens before being demolished in the fall of 1998 and rebuilt as The Movies at Midway, a 14-screen multiplex. The theater has continued to modernize. In 2009 it began the transition from 35mm film projection to all-digital projectors. In 2017 two smaller screens were replaced by a PLF auditorium branded "The Cube," featuring a 58-foot screen, laser projection, luxury seating, and a Dolby Atmos sound system. The venue sells tickets online through a secure ticketing site where customers can pick a film and showtime and check out in a few minutes, and it publishes current showtimes on its website. As a coastal resort-town cinema, Movies at Midway serves both year-round residents and the seasonal beach audience of the Rehoboth Beach area. Its identity is closely tied to its long local history and to the Derrickson family's multi-generational stewardship of movie-going in the region. The theater describes itself as proud to have shared many movie-going experiences with the community that has supported it over the years.

The history of Movies at Midway is tied to the Derrickson family, which, according to the theater's own account, has owned and operated twelve theaters in the Rehoboth Beach area since 1941. Among these was the Midway Drive-in, an outdoor theater that could accommodate 600 cars. In 1954 the family built the Midway Palace, a single-screen indoor theater with 850 seats. Over time the Midway Palace was expanded to seven screens, reflecting the growth of the multiplex era. In the fall of 1998, the Midway Palace was demolished and rebuilt as The Movies at Midway, a 14-screen multiplex. This redevelopment marked the transition from the older single-screen and small-multiplex model to a large modern cinema complex serving the resort town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Further modernization followed. In 2009 the theater began the transition from 35mm film projection to all-digital projectors, aligning it with the industry-wide shift to digital cinema. In 2017, two smaller screens were replaced by a Premium Large Format auditorium branded "The Cube," which offers a 58-foot screen, laser projection, luxury seating, and a Dolby Atmos sound system. The theater continues to operate as a third-generation family business and sells tickets online through its secure ticketing site, while publishing current showtimes on its website.

• 2017

  Two smaller screens are replaced by the PLF "The Cube" auditorium with a 58-foot screen, laser projection, luxury seating, and Dolby Atmos.

• 2009

  The theater begins transitioning from 35mm film to all-digital projectors.

• 1998

  The Midway Palace is demolished and rebuilt as The Movies at Midway, a 14-screen multiplex.

• 1954

  The family builds the single-screen, 850-seat Midway Palace.

• 1941

  The Derrickson family begins owning and operating theaters in the Rehoboth Beach area.

A long-established, family-run resort-town multiplex offering mainstream first-run movie-going with modern digital and premium large-format presentation.

• Movie tickets

  Admission to first-run films across the multiplex's screens.

• Online ticketing

  Secure online ticket purchase where customers pick a film and showtime and check out in a few minutes.

• "The Cube" PLF auditorium

  Premium Large Format experience with a 58-foot screen, laser projection, luxury seating, and Dolby Atmos sound.

1. 1Movies at Midway – Atlantic Theatersmoviesatmidway.com
2. 2About – Movies at Midwaymoviesatmidway.com
3. 3Movies at Midway – Wikidatawikidata.org
4. 4Movies at Midway donates to Beebe Healthcare - 47abcwmdt.com