page_title: Music Box Theatre (Chicago)
section_title: Current operations
hierarchical_section_title: Music Box Theatre (Chicago) / History / Current operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Music Box Theatre, Chicago, August 2018. Bottom half of marquee recently replaced.
context_page_description: The Music Box Theatre is a historic movie theater located in Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1929, it has been operating continuously as an art-house and repertory cinema since the early 1980s.
context_section_description: William Schopf, (the building owner since 1986) took over operations of the theater in 2003. It has been independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation since then. Southport Music Box Corporation also owns and operates Music Box Films, a distributor of foreign and independent films which began in 2007.
caption: Music Box Theatre, August 2018. Lower marquee replaced.
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