Let’s be frank: movie night for the full fam can be rough on the wallet these days. Thankfully, theaters tend to take pity on caretakers during the hot summer months! Stave off cries of “I’m bored” and relax in the air conditioning, with these budget-friendly summer family movies at a theater near you.

Regal Summer Movies Express

Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11am; tickets $1. $5 Snack Pack includes a junior-sized drink, snack-sized popcorn, and fruit snacks, you can add on some Dippin’ Dots for an additional $3. Participating theaters in Delaware are Regal Brandywine and Regal Peoples Plaza.

June 11 & 12: Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
June 18 & 19: TMNT: Mutant Mayhem and Angry Birds 2
June 25 & 26: Despicable Me 3 and Migration
July 2 & 3: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and PAW Patrol: The Movie
July 9 & 10: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
July 16 & 17: Clifford the Big Red Dog and Sonic the Hedgehog
July 23 & 24: Trolls Band Together and Sonic the Hedgehog 2
July 30 & 31: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and Kung Fu Panda 3
August 6 & 7: Minions: The Rise of Gru and Sing 2

Purchase tickets here.

Summer Movie Clubhouse at Cinemark

Wednesday mornings; $1.75 per ticket. $1 off deals on kids’ snack packs and popcorn & drink combos during Summer Movie Clubhouse showtimes. Participating DE theatres are Cinemark Christiana (showtime 9:30am) and Cinemark Movies 10 (10:30am).

June 12: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
June 19: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
June 26: Shrek
July 3: Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
July 10: The Lego Movie
July 17: Trolls Band Together
July 24: How to Train Your Dragon
July 31: Migration
August 7: Hotel Transylvania
August 14: Paddington 2

Get your tickets!

Summer Kids Movies at Main Street Movies, Westown Movies, Milford Movies 9

10:30 and 11:00am on Wednesdays and Thursdays, $2 a ticket. I’m excited about An American Tail!

June 12 & 13: Despicable Me
June 19 & 20: Despicable Me 2
June 26 & 27: Despicable Me 3
July 3 & 4: An American Tail
July 10 & 11: Sing
July 17 & 18: Sing 2
July 24 & 25: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
July 31 & August 1: Migration
August 7 & 8: The Lorax
August 14 & 15: Secret Life of Pets
August 21 & 22: Secret Life of Pets 2

Buy your tickets!
Main Street Movies
Westown Movies
Milford Movies 9

Fathom Classic Movies at Penn Cinema

These movies are part of the Fathom Big Screen Classics and tickets are only $5 (you can also catch Fathom Classics at Cinemark Christiana and Regal Brandywine, but at their standard prices).

June 2 & 3: The Muppet Movie
June 23 & 26: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 25th Anniversary Sing-A-Long (I realize some people might not consider this a family movie, but we do)
July 21 & 22: The NeverEnding Story 40th Anniversary

Update: we went to see The Muppet Movie (just as good as it ever was) and were shocked by how few people showed up. Fill those seats if you want theaters to continue to show these classic films!

Movie times and tickets here.

We’ll keep this page updated as more theaters add summer titles!

In the meantime, maybe take in an outdoor family movie for free!