Online, this little icon moonlights as a punchline and a pickup line: it’s dropped sarcastically on corporate slide decks (“welcome to my cinema: Quarterly KPIs”), used flirtatiously to pitch movie nights (🎦 + 🍕 = say less), and serves as quick shorthand during meme-y moments like Barbenheimer double features or midnight premieres.
On Apple devices, it shows up as a sleek purple‑gradient square badge with a classic dual‑reel film projector blasting a bright white triangular beam to the right—very app‑icon chic. The twin reels and wedge of light are instantly recognizable, and it’s easy to tell apart from 🎥 (movie camera) and 🎬 (clapper board).
Functionally, it’s the virtual marquee for movie night—pure vintage projector vibes in a single glyph. People use it to announce watch parties, theater trips, and Oscars hot takes, or to confess a “one episode” binge that mysteriously ends at 3 a.m. Paired with 🍿, it screams “spill the tea, I’m just here to watch the drama,” perfect for long story times, spoiler chats, and Letterboxd‑level opinions. It can also signal date‑night energy or that cozy, lights‑down, big‑screen magic we call the silver screen. Basically, if it belongs on the big screen—or you’re just here to watch the plot thicken—this emoji rolls the opening credits.
Definition
A cinema or place to watch cinematography. Most versions of this emoji display a movie camera icon. The Android version shows the cinema location complete with screen, curtains and seats. Used to identify the location where a movie is watched, a movie theater.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:cinema:
Keywords
Cinema, Movie, Theater, Motion, Picture
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Entertainment Symbols
Editorial Comment
Take me to the movies! A blue button with a white old fashioned tape camcorder icon. Old name: Blue Square Movie Button
