Free and $1 Kid Movies All Summer Long

There’s nothing like watching a kid flick on the big screen, and there’s nothing like the price tag either. A family of four can easily spend $50 to $100 for one movie when you add in concessions.

This summer, take advantage of free and $1 movies for kids at several different cinemas throughout the Dallas area. Your kids may have already seen these on DVD, but the theater experience alone is worth seeing them again.

Some Things to Know Up Front
You will notice some movie overlaps. If you can’t catch a movie at one theater, you often can see it somewhere else during a different week.

Concession prices stay the same. Theaters don’t usually let you bring in food from the outside, but that hasn’t stopped people from stashing a few snacks and a water bottle or juice bag in their diaper bags and purses.

These movies usually fill to capacity, and you can’t purchase tickets online. At most of these theaters, you have to buy them at the box office on the day of or day before the showing. Plan to arrive early to ensure a good seat.

AMC Summer MovieCamp®
Movies show at 10 a.m. every Wednesday morning at select theaters. The cost is $1 per person, and all of that money is donated to Children’s Charity and Will Rogers Institute. Selections for this summer have not been released yet. Check back here in a week or two.

Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse

See movies for as low as $.50 cents per person when you buy 10 tickets in advance. Or, pay $1 per person, per show. Movies play at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. See a complete summer schedule here.

Studio Movie Grill

Beginning June 10, all Studio Movie Grill locations in Arlington, Dallas, Lewisville and Plano will begin showing their summer series movies at 11 a.m., every Monday through Thursday. Each week offers the same movie, four days in a row. The cost is $1 for children and $2 for adults. See a complete schedule here.

Regal Entertainment Group’s Free Family Film Festival
There are five locations in Dallas, Forth Worth and surrounding cities offering Regal’s Free Family Film Festival. Movies start at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Wednesday. A different movie will play each day. Check here for locations and schedules.

Dollar Theaters
Of course, don’t forget your local dollars theaters. Here are several we know of in the area that show fairly recent movies for next to nothing. Concessions are also very affordable.

Cinemark Hollywood USA Movies 15 on Shiloh Road in Garland

Starplex Mesquite Cinemas 10 in just down the road from our branch on Belt Line Road

Cinemark Movies 10 on Coit Road in Plano

Starplex Irving Cinemas 10 on Pioneer Road

This gives you lots of options to fill your calendar with entertainment that will keep you cool this summer without costing a fortune.