Former and Current Photos of Legendary Cinemas in Jakarta, 500 Perak Has Watched Good Movies

Planet Holllywood is one of the many successful cinemas in Jakarta that still survives. Let's continue to support, especially by watching Indonesian films in the cinema. 

This Metropole cinema is Joko Anwar's favorite cinema. Because this building specifically serves film screenings. 

Bioskop Mulia Agung once felt the euphoria of the WARKOP DKI REBORN movie. But not anymore.

Guntur Theatre, which is no longer in operation. It takes hundreds of millions to billions just to set up a cinema. That's just the price of the projector. If there are no viewers, it certainly won't be profitable.  

Cathay Theatre is one of the movie theaters that has survived until now. A unique fact about movie theaters is that in the past, each theater had its own building, not combined in malls like what is commonly seen now. 

Djakarta Theatre is also known as one of the popular movie-watching spots in Jakarta. Indonesia's movie industry once experienced a time when there was a theater in every sub-district.

Gedung Kesenian Jakarta (Jakarta Art Building) used to be a cool place to watch movies, KLovers. Can you imagine movie theaters always being full of queues? And everyone talking because they are curious about the movie they are going to watch?

Photo of the Rivoli Kramat Raya movie theater, which is no longer in operation. According to Djonny Syafrudin (Chairman of the Indonesian Movie Theater Operators Association), movie theaters really need support from the government to survive and operate.  

Tough competition makes the Tebet cinema building have to switch functions. 

The Manggarai Cinema building has changed. Renovated according to the development of the times. Speaking of the development of the times, many cinemas also have to close because they cannot meet the needs of the audience such as AC and also a reliable sound system. 

Menteng Cinema was built in 1951 with Indo-European style. Now the original building has changed shape. Unfortunately, there is no longer a cinema there. However, there are now many cinema networks that meet the needs of the audience. 

The Grand Senin Cinema no longer screens movies. One of the last films shown there was V FOR VENDETTA and HOTEL RWANDA (2004). Many mid-range and lower hotels have to be evicted due to competition with television that started airing movies. 

Blok M Cinema is still preserved until now. The building hasn't changed much either. Djonny Syafrudin (Chairman of the Indonesian Cinema Managers Association) revealed that the change from celluloid to digital provides a better hope for the sustainability of cinemas in the country. One film in one cinema requires about 5-6 cans of celluloid with a price of 110 - 150 million.