More than 40 years after its original premiere, “Grease” will return to the big screen as a sweet tribute to its star Olivia Newton-John, who died a few weeks ago from breast cancer.
AMC will have the iconic movie playing on 135 theatres around the country for a $5 admission fee, and $1 of each ticket sold will be donated to breast cancer research.
“To honor the late Olivia Newton-John, many of our US theatres will show her classic 1978 hit movie Grease, again on the big screen”, wrote Adam Aron, AMC’s CEO, on his Twitter. “An inexpensive $5 admission price, and through our charity AMC Cared, we will donate $1 per sold ticket to breast cancer research”.
To honor the late Olivia Newton-John: many of our U.S. theatres this weekend will show her classic 1978 hit movie Grease, again on the big screen. An inexpensive $5 admission price, and through our charity AMC Cares we will donate $1 per sold ticket to breast cancer research. pic.twitter.com/MQc28RwOPA
— Adam Aron (@CEOAdam) August 17, 2022
The movie tells the romantic story of Sandy Olsson and Danny Zuko, two teenagers that run into each other in high school after falling in love over summer.
AMC Theatres around Phoenix
AMC Arizona Center 24
565 North 3rd Street Phoenix, Arizona
AMC Dine-in Esplanade 14
2515 E Camelback Road Phoenix, Arizona
AMC Centerpoint 11
730 South Mill Avenue Tempe, Arizona
Featured image by Stefano Chiacchiarini 74 from Shutterstock.