Varsity Theatre

Varsity Theatre www.varsityonfranklin.com (919)967-8665 The Varsity on Franklin is the perfect place to see a movie!
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Located just off UNC's campus and on the middle of Chapel Hill's famous Franklin Street, it's a great place for college students, families and visitors of all ages! Tickets are only $4 a person and we show movies just a few weeks after they've come out in regular theaters! The Varsity is also the ideal venue for your next birthday party or gathering -- visit http://www.varsityonfranklin.com/ or sw

ing by the theater for more information. Stop by The Varsity for a great taste of Chapel Hill's history! The Varsity Theatre has been a landmark of the area for over 50 years. Since the Sorrell building was built in 1927, it has always housed a movie theater, starting with the original Carolina Theater and then the Village Theater before becoming home to the Varsity. Interested in knowing more about The Varsity on Franklin and being kept up to date with our latest showings? Visit http://www.varsityonfranklin.com/newsletter and join our newsletter for advance notice of upcoming movies, movie synopses, events,
and other important theater information!

03/19/2026

Starting Thursday at the Varsity: Project Hail Mary: Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing the sun, and save Earth. An unexpected friendship may be the key.
Advance Tickets at: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/varsityonfranklin/project-hail-mary

01/29/2026

Starting Thursday Jan 29 at the Varsity: Send Help: An employee and her insufferable boss become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. Here, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, will they make it out alive? Showings: Thu, Fri, Sat: 7 & 9:10; Sun: 4:30 & 7.

01/12/2026

Starting this Friday at the Varsity: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple: As Spike is inducted into Jimmy Crystal's gang on the mainland, Dr. Kelson makes a discovery that could alter the world. Fri & Sat: 7 & 9:15; Sun: 4:30 & 7

12/10/2025

Starting Thursday at the Varsity: Zootopia 2:
Brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde, team up again to crack a new case, the most perilous and intricate of their careers.
Thu: 7PM; Fri: 6 & 8PM; Sat: 4 & 8:30PM; Sun: 4 & 6PM

10/20/2025

Starting Thursday at the Varsity:
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere: The film chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska when he was a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggling to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.

Thu & Fri: 7PM; Sat & Sun: 4:30 & 7PM

10/08/2025

Starting Thursday at the Varsity: Tron: Ares:
A highly sophisticated Program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.
Thu: 7:15; Fri: 7 & 9:20; Sat: 4:30, 7 & 9:20; Sun: 4:30 & 7.

10/01/2025

Starting this week at the Varsity: The Smashing Machine: The story of mixed-martial arts and UFC champion, Mark Kerr.
Thu: 7:15, Fri & Sat: 7 & 9:20, Sun: 4:30 & 7PM.

09/05/2025

Starting Today at the Varsity: The Conjuring: Last Rites: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.
Fri and Sat: 7:00 & 9:25: Sun: 4:30 & 7:00

08/13/2025

Starting Thursday at the Varsity: Americana:
The lives of local outsiders and outcasts violently intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost shirt falls onto the black market in a small South Dakota town - Thu & Fri: 7PM, Sat & Sun: 7PM.

07/22/2025

Starting this Friday at the Varsity - The Fantastic Four: First Steps: Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.
Advance tickets at: https://varsityonfranklin.ticketleap.com/fantastic-four/

Address

123 E Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC
27514

Opening Hours

Wednesday 6:30pm - 11pm
Thursday 6:30pm - 11pm
Friday 6:30pm - 11pm
Saturday 4pm - 11pm
Sunday 4pm - 9pm

Telephone

+19199678665

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