BEAUMONT, Texas — Kids will soon be out of school for the summer in search of things to do.
If you're looking for a cost-effective way to keep your kids entertained, Cinemark and Regal cinemas are offering kid-friendly summer movie series for $1 per person.
This special deals got started this week across the country at select Century, Cinemark, United Artists and Regal theaters.
Most of the movies in the summer program are recent animated films that are kid-friendly. Here are some of the movies included in summer programs:
"How to Train Your Dragon"
"Sherlock Gnomes"
"Despicable Me 3"
"Smallfoot"
"Kung Fu Panda 3"
"The Lego Batman Movie"
Cinemark and Century Theaters have the Summer Movie Clubhouse program, where you can pay $1 per person on the day of the movie at the box office. At Cinemark and Century locations that are participating, there is also a punch card where, if the cardholder sees all 10 movies, they only have to pay $5.
Participating local Cinemark theaters include:
Click here to see your local Cinemark's movie schedule.
The movie theater program for United Artists and Regal theater is similar, offering a lineup of $1 movies for a child's ticket on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The proceeds from the Summer Movie Express program will go toward helping the Will Rogers Institute.
Click here to see the full list of movie showings.
AMC also offers a summer movie program that includes a film, small drink and popcorn for $4 every Wednesday, called the Summer Movie Camp.
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