2016 Top 5 List for Outdoor Movies

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Each year we calculate the most shown outdoor movies of the year. In addition we have highlighted 5 great events and 5 wonderful foods seen at our outdoor movie events.

FunFlicks Outdoor Movies - Most Shown movies of 2016

Most Shown\Top Movie for 2016

The force was strong, but not strong enough for this years top spot.

  1. Zootopia
  2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  3. The Sandlot
  4. Despicable me
  5. Night at the Museum


 

 

Honorable mention. This year Aladdin came out of the Disney Vault. It was great to see one of my favorite animated movies on the big screen again.

Aladdin at a Street Party outdoor movies event with FunFlicks
Aladdin at a FunFlicks event

Food, food wonderful food, glorious food

Top 5 food and snacks

  1. Ice-cream food truck from LA Salt and Straw… Yummy!
  2. Gorilla Grillers – a few years ago  had an amazing cheese steak. Great to see them again at Temescal Street Flicks.
  3. Fresh Churro –  Terry Martinez put on a great event every year for the community, she found a local Churro vendor who is amazing and provides them for her street party. So good..
Fresh Churros at a funflicks Outdoor Movie event
4. Zocoalos Coffee – Wonderful Halloween event in one of the gems of the East Bay, Zocalos Coffee house. Great coffee.
Halloween funflicks Photobooth at Zocalos Coffee House
Photobooth at Zocalo Coffee House

5. Our Popcorn – The FunFlicks employee diet. FunFlicks popcorn. No movie is complete without it.

Popcorn at a FunFlicks Outdoor Movie Event
FunFlicks Popcorn

    Memorable Events

    We run hundreds of movie nights each year,every event is special, we love what we do and enjoy all event. Here we highlight 5 of these great nights (that I personally attended).
    1. It’s a Wonderful Light we highlight all our services with a movie, video gaming, Photobooth, Hashtag Printer and popcorn. A wonderful Holiday event in Downtown San Leandro. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

      Just dance on a Large inflatable screen in Downtown San Leandro
      Just Dance in Downtown San Leandro
      Photo Strip from photobooth in Downtown San Leandro
      Photo Strip from Photo Booth

      2. Rise of the Sufferfests. Documentaries can feel dry if you are not immersed in the subject matter. Rise of the Sufferfests is a wonderfully crafted  documentary. What made these events special was the larger than life personalities in the documentary and the energy and authenticity of Scott Kneely.

        Large outdoor movie screen by lake Tahoe - Rise of the Sufferfests
        Rise of the Sufferfests in Lake Tahoe

        Scott and Friends – Rise of the Sufferfests

        3. Star Wars Screening of The Force Awakens with guest appearance by Daniel Logan (Who was the young Boba Fett in Attack of the Clones).

        Daniel Logan (young Boba Fett) at a movie night

        501st legion making bunny ears

        4. Stand By Me – The Town of Brownsville OR is where the classic 80’s movie Stand By Me was filmed. Stand By Me day happens every year, this year was the 30th anniversary. After striking the event my son and I crossed the bridge (at about 1am).

          Bridge in Brownsville, OR used in Stand By Me

          Stand By Me screening in Brownsville, OR

          5. Tamascal Street Flicks – Great weekly film series put on by the Temecsal Business Association. Films all had a local Oakland flavor.

            Temescal Street Flicks - #Digitallifesmatter screening
            #digitallivesmatter at the Temescal Street Flicks

            FunFlicks screening in Temescal, Oakland

            Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
            Paul the Outdoor Movie Guy

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            Paul the Outdoor Movie Guy saw his first outdoor movie screening back in the 1990’s at a VW festival in the UK and was hooked. “Watching Blade Runner outdoors on a huge screen in my old 68’ Bug” he says, “was amazing!”. Wanting to share this passion with his young family, Paul started hosting movie nights. “When I introduced my children to Star Wars, it needed to be big screen experience.” His equipment increased in size and thoughts of creating a business from a passion started forming. At one point the Mother-in-law mentioned, “you should do this as a business”. With a background in Recreation Management and Information Technology and a passion for film, FunFlicks San Francisco Bay Area was created in 2009. Over the next few years, other locations were opened allowing his team to provide outdoor movies all over Northern California, Oregon and Northern Nevada. “I love creating experience driven events and take pride in walking our clients through the process of setting up their movie nights.” Whether it’s working with Film Festivals, creating a retro style drive-in, working with Parks and Recreation or little Johnny’s Birthday Party, it’s all about community and the shared experience of watching a movie together. Always looking at how technology can enhance the experience, Paul has added items like Silent Cinema, a Red-Carpet photo booth, Hashtag printers or even professional photographers at events. “My team looks forward to helping you create a unique outdoor movie experience”

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