Bay Theater Returns to Pacific Palisades With Five Films

On November 13, the Bay Theater will welcome moviegoers back to Pacific Palisades, nearly two years after the January 2025 wildfires forced it to close. The cinema is located in the Palisades Village retail district, which resumed operations in August following repairs and remediation.

The five-auditorium venue will open with first-run titles including Ebenezer, starring Johnny Depp, along with four more releases: “The Cat in the Hat”; “Wild Horse Nine”; “You Can See Everything”; and “Godzilla Minus Zero.” Paramount Pictures, Caruso and theater operator The Lot have worked on the venue’s revival.

The Bay will also schedule older films, specially selected screenings and events. The Lot, a luxury dine-in cinema company, will run the theater. Its auditoriums feature laser projection and surround sound, along with seats that adjust at the head, back, neck and feet. Guests can order food and drinks from their seats at personal tables with custom lighting.

The menu includes appetizers, snacks, burgers, main courses and desserts, alongside wine, beer, mocktails and cocktails. A lounge with a full-service bar and video wall will offer a gathering place before and after screenings.

The theater’s return restores a cinema to a community whose original Bay Theatre closed in 1978. The Bay name returned in 2018 as part of Palisades Village; the venue had later been operated by Netflix before its wildfire-related closure.