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Tamil Nadu
Cinema halls and theatres in Salem
19 cinemas on one map, with addresses, screens and links to book.
Listings checked on 23 September 2026. Tap a pin for directions and booking links.
All 19 as Excel and CSV, with the people around each →People: WorldPop's 2020 estimate of everyone within 5 km of the town's halls, each counted once. How we count.
Salem has 19 cinema halls on this map: 19 that sell tickets on BookMyShow or District. By type: 1 multiplex, 5 single screens and 1 twin-screen cinema, and 12 whose screen count we could not see.
INOX has a cinema here. 18 of the 19 are independent cinemas, not part of any chain.
On 23 September 2026, at least 10 screens had shows listed across 7 of these cinemas, with at least 4,382 seats between them. Screens without a show that day are not counted, so these are floors, not totals.
Films on screen that day were in Tamil (7 cinemas), Hindi (1 cinema) and Telugu (1 cinema).
Salem ranks 24th of 1,494 Indian towns by number of cinemas on this map, and 4th in Tamil Nadu.
Key facts · September 2026
Salem in numbers
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19
cinema halls
Salem has 19 cinema halls that sold tickets on BookMyShow or District on 23 September 2026: 1 multiplex, 5 single screens, 1 twin screen and 12 whose screen count is not shown.
10+
screens with shows
At least 10 screens had shows in Salem on 23 September 2026, across 7 halls, with at least 4,382 seats.
78,000
people per hall
About 15 lakh people live within 5 km of Salem's 19 cinema halls (WorldPop 2020 estimate): one hall for every 78,000 of them.
75%
of Salem district within 10 km of a hall
Salem district (2011 boundaries) has about 39 lakh people and 26 cinema halls that sell tickets online, one for every 1.5 lakh; 75% of its people live within 10 km of one.
1.5 lakh
people per hall across Tamil Nadu
Across Tamil Nadu there is one cinema hall that sells tickets online for every 1.5 lakh people, and across India one for every 3.3 lakh.
22nd
of 51 towns with 10+ halls
Salem ranks 22nd of the 51 towns with 10 or more cinema halls, counting from the fewest people per hall within 5 km.
Cite these facts
CinemaHalls.in (2026). "Cinema halls in Salem: key facts." September 2026 edition. https://cinemahalls.in/salem#facts
You may quote these figures, with credit to CinemaHalls.in and a link to this page. Cinema halls: listings on BookMyShow and District read on 23 September 2026. People: WorldPop's 2020 estimate on a 1 km grid (CC BY 4.0), rounded; distances are straight lines. How we count.
Theatres by area in Salem
Neighbourhoods with two or more cinemas, each on its own map.
All theatres in Salem
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Chains in Salem
INOX · 1 Independent · 18
Formats and facilities
Languages on screen, 23 Sept 2026
Tamil · 7Hindi · 1Telugu · 1
Cinemas with shows in each language that day, from District. It changes with each week's releases.
Data pack · September 2026 edition
All 19 cinema halls in Salem, in one spreadsheet.
- 19 cinema halls, 42 columns each: address, PIN code, coordinates, chain, type, screens, seats, formats, amenities
- People living within 2, 5 and 10 km of every hall, the other halls within 5 km, the nearest one
- Areas, PIN codes with the people inside each boundary, and the city's residents per hall
- Excel workbook and CSV, emailed the moment you pay, with a GST invoice
Listings read from BookMyShow and District; residents from WorldPop's 2020 grid. Judge the free sample first: ten cinemas, every column.
City pack
Salem
- Cinema halls
- 19
- Areas
- 4
- Screens with shows
- 10+
- Columns per hall
- 42
₹1,999 + GST
₹2,358.82 with 18% GST · GST invoice · one-time
Theatres by PIN code in Salem
Every PIN code →Also listed in open map data, not confirmed
These places are in OpenStreetMap or Overture but do not sell tickets on BookMyShow or District. Some sell at the counter; many have closed (in a street-by-street check of Jaipur, 16 of 18 had). If you know one, tell us.
- Anand Theatre Unverified
- Brindavan Theatre Unverified
- Devi Theatre Unverified
- Geethalaya Theatre Unverified
- Jairam Theatre Unverified
- Jaya Theatre Unverified
- Modern Theatres Unverified
- Oriental Sakthi Theatre Unverified
- Pachiamman Cini Theatre Unverified
- Raajam Cineplex Unverified
- Rohini Theatre Unverified
- Sandira Theatre, Attayampatti Unverified
- Saradhas Theatre Unverified
- Shankar Theatre Unverified
- Sri Kandan Theatre Unverified
- Sri Nataraja Talkies Unverified
- Sri Saraswati Theatre Unverified
- Thangam Theatre Unverified
- Tripledot cinemas Unverified
- Velmurugan Theatre Unverified
- VOC BLOCK Unverified
Heritage
Cinema halls in Salem that have closed
Kept on the map as part of the town's history, never in the "near me" results.
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Krishnappa Old Theatre
Recorded as closed
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Old Palace Theatre
Recorded as closed
Cinema halls in towns near Salem
Theatres in Salem: questions
How many cinema halls (theatres) are there in Salem?
19 cinema halls in Salem are on this map, 19 of them selling tickets on BookMyShow or District. Open map data lists 21 more places in and around Salem that we could not confirm; in a local check in Jaipur most such listings had closed. 2 cinemas in Salem have closed.
Is there an IMAX in Salem?
No cinema in Salem was listed with IMAX when we checked. The nearest is Broadway Cinemas in Coimbatore, about 136 km away.
Which are the single-screen cinemas in Salem?
Arunachalam Cinemas; Kasthoori Cinemas Gowri, Omalur Main Road; Kasthoori Cinemas Jaya, Gugai; KS theatre, Gugai; and Pachiamman S P A Cinemas, Gorimedu. Single screens are typed from the platforms' own listings: one screen with shows on the day we checked.
Which cinema chains are in Salem?
INOX (1 cinema). The other 18 are independent.
Which cinema in Salem has the most screens?
By screens with shows on 23 September 2026, INOX Reliance Mall, Five Roads Junction (at least 3). Screens that had no show that day are not counted, so another cinema may in fact have as many.
How do I book cinema tickets in Salem?
12 cinemas sell on BookMyShow and 10 on District. Each cinema's page here links straight to its booking page on those sites. CinemaHalls.in does not sell tickets.
Which old cinema halls in Salem have closed?
Krishnappa Old Theatre and Old Palace Theatre. Each has closure evidence: a local check, an OpenStreetMap lifecycle tag, Wikidata, or a name like "old" or "closed".
Which towns near Salem have cinema halls?
Rasipuram (23 km, 3 cinemas), Jalakandapuram (28 km, 1 cinema), Edappadi (33 km, 2 cinemas) and Sankagiri (34 km, 2 cinemas).
How many people does each cinema hall in Salem serve?
About 15 lakh people live within 5 km of its 19 halls (WorldPop's 2020 estimate), and there are 19 cinema halls: one for every 78,000 of them. Across India it is one for every 3.3 lakh.
Can I download a list of cinema halls in Salem?
Yes. All 19 are in the Salem data pack as an Excel workbook and CSV (₹1,999 + GST), with address, PIN code, coordinates, screens, formats and the people who live within 2, 5 and 10 km of each hall. A free sample shows ten real rows first.
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About this data
A cinema is on this map when it sells tickets on BookMyShow or District (we read both on 23 September 2026), or when someone who knows the town has confirmed it open. Screen counts are floors: screens with shows on the day we checked. Cinemas open, close and renovate between checks, so confirm on the booking page before you travel. Places found only in open map data are shown separately as unverified, because most of those we have checked had closed.
No photos, ratings or reviews are collected. We never access anything private.