Disneyland Paris has announced that the movie theater complex at Disney Village, the resort’s shopping and dining district, will undergo a major renovation beginning by the end of the summer, with a new Pathé-branded cinema experience set to debut in 2027.
According to the company, the project will include a redesigned exterior facade, fully renovated auditoriums fitted with recliner seating, a new Pathé Café serving food and beverages, a Häagen-Dazs ice cream counter, and a Pathé Games arcade area for guests to gather before or after screenings. The work will be carried out in phases so the theater can stay open to guests throughout construction, Disneyland Paris said.
The multiplex, currently operating under the name Gaumont Disney Village, has 15 screens, including an IMAX Laser auditorium. It opened in May 1997, in time for Disneyland Paris’s fifth anniversary, with eight screens before an expansion brought it to its current size in 2002. The IMAX auditorium was added in 2005.
The theater is operated by Pathé Cinémas, France’s largest cinema circuit and the fourth-largest in Europe, with more than 1,300 screens across roughly 130 locations. Pathé has spent recent years retiring the Gaumont name from theaters it inherited when the two companies merged their exhibition businesses in 2001, and the Disney Village location, given its high-traffic spot in the resort, has been among the last to keep the older branding. Disneyland Paris said it has also renewed its operating partnership with Pathé Group for the years ahead.
The cinema project adds to a broader, multiyear transformation of Disney Village, that links Disneyland Paris’s two theme parks with several of its hotels. The area’s Sports Bar & Lounge reopened in November with a redesigned terrace, and Pelé Soccer, the soccer-merchandise brand’s first European store, opened in May. Disneyland Paris has also permanently closed its longtime Disney Store; its replacement, Disney Wonders, is expected to open later this summer, followed by the Italian restaurant Casa Giulia by the end of the year. Annette’s Diner, a 1950s-themed restaurant in the district, closed in January for a multi-month refurbishment.
The Disney Village work is part of a larger investment cycle at Disneyland Paris, which in March renamed its second gate from Walt Disney Studios Park to Disney Adventure World following the debut of the Frozen-themed area World of Frozen. The resort has said a Lion King-themed land is also under construction for that park.
