Cine Marabá, Movie theater in central São Paulo, Brazil

Cine Marabá is a movie theater in downtown São Paulo, located on Avenida Ipiranga and housing several screening rooms spread across multiple floors. The rooms vary in size, and together they offer seating for over a thousand people.

Cine Marabá opened on 20 May 1944 with the film Desde que Partiste, in a hall seating 1,655, during the heyday of downtown São Paulo's Cinelândia Paulistana between Avenidas São João and Ipiranga. In 1950 it screened early Vera Cruz productions, starting with Caiçara by Adolfo Celli. It stayed open 63 uninterrupted years until mid-2007, the last Cinelândia hall still in commercial distribution. Distributor Playarte then funded a restoration by architects Ruy Ohtake and Samuel Kruchin, creating five rooms.

The Cine Marabá sits on Avenida Ipiranga, one of downtown São Paulo's most recognized streets, famously mentioned in the song "Sampa" by Caetano Veloso. Walking past the cinema today, visitors can still feel the street's role as a center of urban popular culture.

The cinema sits in a busy part of downtown São Paulo and is within walking distance of several metro stations. It runs daily screenings at various times, so a visit can be easily combined with a walk through the city center.

Cine Marabá opened on 20 May 1944 with the film Desde que Partiste and 1,655 seats, and stayed open for 63 uninterrupted years until mid-2007. It was then the only hall of the central Cinelândia Paulistana still in commercial distribution. The Playarte distributor invested about R$ 8 million in the restoration, carried out by architects Ruy Ohtake and Samuel Kruchin, which created five rooms: the largest with 430 seats, the smaller ones holding 122 to 176 spectators.