Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, Movie theater in Hollywood, United States

Grauman's Egyptian Theatre is a cinema on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with a tan facade behind a steel sign frame reading AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE and a vertical sign reading GRAUMAN'S EGYPTIAN. A wide flight of shallow steps leads past two thick columns with lotus-bud capitals to a glass-doored entrance. The auditorium seats 516 and has a proscenium band carved with small figures and hieroglyph-like panels, above which a dark half-cylinder bears a winged sun disk with two uraeus serpents.

Sid Grauman and Charles E. Toberman built the theatre in 18 months for $800,000, and it opened on 18 October 1922 with Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood, the first film premiere held in Hollywood. Howard Carter found Tutankhamun's tomb two weeks later, so the Egyptian theme preceded the discovery; the planned Spanish style was switched to Egyptian Revival. Fox ran it as a re-run house after Grauman's Chinese opened in 1927, and MGM made it a first-run showcase again in 1944.

The forecourt was laid out for red-carpet ceremonies, and the 1922 premiere of Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood was the first held at any cinema. Netflix now programs Monday to Thursday and the American Cinematheque Friday to Sunday, with director Q&As; David Fincher presented The Killer at the November 2023 reopening.

Netflix manages screenings from Monday through Thursday, while American Cinematheque organizes film evenings and events from Friday through Sunday. Visitors should arrive early to explore the courtyard and decorated entrance areas at a relaxed pace before the screening starts.

During the 2023 renovation original neon signs and gilded artworks returned, which had been hidden beneath later layers for decades. The technicians also uncovered hand-painted details, which they carefully restored and combined with modern projection technology, allowing historical flair and contemporary image quality to coexist.