Pan's Labyrinth Adds 3D and Heads to 300 Cinépolis Theaters
Pan's Labyrinth returns to 300 Cinépolis theaters on October 15 with a 4K restoration and 3D without artificial intelligence. See formats and presale.
The re-release of Pan's Labyrinth will arrive at more than 300 Cinépolis complexes in Mexico on October 15, 2026, with a 4K restored version and a 3D conversion supervised by Guillermo del Toro. The film turns 20 and will be screened in 3D for the first time in Mexican theaters.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2006 and won three Oscars in 2007. The restored version was first presented at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, in May, and in the United States it arrives on October 9 with distribution by Cineverse and Fathom Entertainment, according to Infobae. Del Toro confirmed his attendance at the 24th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival, which runs from October 16 to 25. For a creative economy operator, the case shows how a two-decade catalog becomes a new box-office product: the outlay is in restoration and conversion, not in producing from scratch.
Cinépolis reported that the restoration started from the original 35-millimeter negative and that the 3D conversion was done frame by frame with artists and technicians, without artificial intelligence. The re-release is grouped in the chain's +QUE CINE program, with screenings in 2D 4K and 3D versions depending on each complex, and a new sound mix designed for modern auditoriums. Miguel Rivera, vice president of global programming at Cinépolis, said the initiative seeks to return the film to the cinematic space for which it was designed. The chain will give away a collectible postcard per ticket, while supplies last. There are differing accounts about the presale: Milenio reported that it is already active, while El Informador published that tickets will be available soon at box offices, on the website, and in the app.
The data point leaves open how much weight a director-supervised conversion carries against the revenue from 300 theaters for a single film, and whether restored re-releases become a fixed part of the calendar for chains in LatAm.
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