• Express Tickets
• Empire Gift Cards

As well as purchasing tickets online, you can also purchase via your mobile device, and have your tickets sent to you as an SMS text message. Learn more about empiretheatres.mobi here!

Plenty of payment options:

You can purchase tickets online with Interac, an Empire Theatres Gift Card, Visa, MasterCard or American Express. There are no service fees or memberships required.

Multiple ways in which you can receive your Express tickets:

1. Scan & Go - Print at home tickets: (Select locations) If your selected theatre offers this program <jump to list below>, you can have your online ticket(s) sent as PDF attachments to the email address you provide. Open the PDF on your home computer and print your ticket(s) prior to going to the theatre. When you arrive at the theatre, simply present your printed ticket to the usher. You do not have to wait in line at the box office.

2. Scan & Go - Mobile tickets: (Select locations) If your selected theatre offers this program <jump to list below>, you can have your online ticket(s) sent as a text (SMS) message to the mobile phone number you provide. Your text message will include a link that you click to access your barcoded ticket. Open the link on your mobile device when you arrive at the theatre and present your phone to the usher. You do not have to wait in line at the box office. Standard text and data rates apply. You must have a phone capable of receiving text messages and accessing the internet to use this service.

• Q: How can I know if Mobile Ticketing will work on my phone?
• A: Text TEST to EMPIRE (367473) and we will send you a text message with a link to click. If you receive the message, can click the link, and the link loads up a page with a barcode - mobile ticketing will work on your mobile device. If it doesn't work, then our regular online ticketing is the option for you. Standard text and data rates apply.
  For more details on Empire Theatres mobile tickets click here

3. Pick up your Online tickets at the theatre with a booking reference number: You will need to bring this reference number with you to the theatre. 

• To retrieve online ticket(s) at an Automated Ticketing Kiosk - Choose Language, select 'Pick Up Tickets', then choose 'Pick Up using Booking Reference Number'. Enter your Booking Reference Number. 

• To retrieve online ticket(s) from an Attendant - Present your Booking Reference Number to any open Box Office or Concessions attendant and they will retrieve your tickets. Keep your Booking Reference Number secret to prevent someone else from using it to retrieve your ticket(s). Empire Theatres is not responsible for lost or stolen Booking Reference Numbers.

Express ticket purchases hold your tickets at the box office:

However they do not guarantee seat placement. Be sure to arrive early to get the seat of your choice.

All sales of Express Tickets are final:

No refunds or exchanges will be issued.

Have questions regarding your Express Tickets purchase? Read our list of Frequently Asked Questions here

Having problems with Express Tickets? Click Here or phone 1-877-576-3171 for assistance:
Monday-Friday: 8:30am to 9:00pm AT

Saturday: 10:00am to 6:00pm AT
Sunday: Closed

Scan & Go is available at the following locations:

BRITISH COLUMBIA
NORTH VANCOUVER - Empire Esplanade 6 Cinemas
SURREY - Empire Studio 12 Guildford
VICTORIA - Empire Capitol 6 Cinemas
VICTORIA - Empire University 4 Cinemas

ALBERTA
CALGARY - Empire Theatres Shawnessy (Macleod Trail)
CALGARY - Empire Studio 16 Country Hills
EDMONTON - Empire City Centre 9 Cinemas
EDMONTON - Empire Clareview 10 Cinemas

MANITOBA

BRANDON - Empire Capitol Theatre
WINNIPEG - Empire Grant Park 8 Cinemas

NEW BRUNSWICK
DIEPPE - Crystal Palace 8 Cinemas
FREDERICTON - Empire Studio 10 Regent Mall
MIRAMICHI - Empire Studio 5
MONCTON - Empire 8 Trinity Drive
ROTHESAY - Empire 4 Cinemas
SAINT JOHN - Empire Studio 10

NEWFOUNDLAND
MOUNT PEARL - Empire Cinemas Mount Pearl Shopping Centre
ST. JOHN'S - Empire Studio 12
 
NOVA SCOTIA
BRIDGEWATER - Empire Studio 7
DARTMOUTH - Empire Theatres Dartmouth Crossing
HALIFAX - Oxford Theatre
HALIFAX - Empire 8 Park Lane
HALIFAX - Empire Theatres Bayers Lake
LOWER SACKVILLE - Empire Studio 7
NEW GLASGOW - Empire Studio 7
NEW MINAS - Empire 7 Cinemas
SYDNEY - Empire Studio 10
TRURO - Empire Studio 7
YARMOUTH - Empire Studio 5

ONTARIO
BOLTON - Empire 7 Cinemas
KINGSTON - Empire Capitol 7 Cinemas
KITCHENER - Empire Theatres Kitchener
LONDON - Empire Wellington 8 Cinemas
MISSISSAUGA - Empire Studio 10 at Square One
NORTH YORK - Empire Empress Walk 10 Cinemas
ORLEANS - Empire Theatres Orleans
OTTAWA - Empire 7 Cinemas
RICHMOND HILL - Empire Elgin Mills 10 Cinemas
OTTAWA - Empire Rideau Centre Cinemas
ST. CATHARINES - Empire Theatres Pen Centre
WATERLOO - Empire Theatres Waterloo

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
CHARLOTTETOWN - Empire Studio 8
SUMMERSIDE - Empire Studio 5