Your preferred seats, without the refreshing

Find the seats you actually want.

Choose a movie, nearby theatres, and your favourite part of the auditorium. See matching seats right away. If nothing fits, Seat Watcher can keep checking and alert you.

Find seats now Have a Cineplex link? Use the browser helper
01Live Cineplex dataMovies, formats, and seat maps stay current.
02Private by defaultYour watches stay in this browser.
03Browser alertsKeep this tab open and we’ll notify you.
Phone alerts

See what a seat alert looks like.

Add Seat Watcher to your Home Screen, then send yourself a sample alert. Keep the app open while it checks. Important: Closing it or locking your phone stops seat checks.

Install on iPhone or Android
No permission request is made until you use this button.

Watch builder

Tell us what a perfect showtime looks like.

Three quick steps. Movies, formats, and auditorium options come from current Cineplex listings.

Watch goal

What should we alert you about?

Seat watches check live auditorium availability. Ticket alerts require this tab to remain open.

Saved watches0 watching · 0 paused · 0 past
01

Choose the films and theatres

Mix and match as many as you want. We’ll watch every combination.

Your movies
None selected yet
Your theatres
None selected yet
Sort the closest theatres first.
02

Narrow down the showtime

Choose formats and when you’re actually free to go.

Select movies and theatres first

Your screen types
Match any selected screen type
03

Describe your ideal seats

Set the acceptable area and how many seats must be together.

Choose a screen type to load its auditorium

Ready to search?Choose your preferences to check now, save the search, and keep watching.

Home Screen app

Add Seat Watcher to your phone.

Get a Seat Watcher icon that opens like an app and can request system notifications. Keep it open while you wait. Important: Closing the app or locking your phone stops seat checks.

iPhone or iPad

  1. Open this page in Safari.
  2. Tap the Share button (the square with an upward arrow).
  3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen. If it is missing, tap Edit Actions first.
  4. If shown, leave Open as Web App turned on, then tap Add.
  5. Open the new Seat Watcher icon and use Enable & send test notification.

See Apple’s illustrated iPhone guide

Android

  1. Open this page in Chrome.
  2. Tap the More menu (the three dots beside the address bar).
  3. Tap Install and create shortcut, then Install. Some phones show Add to Home screen instead.
  4. Open the new Seat Watcher icon and use Enable & send test notification.

See Google’s Android installation guide

Browser helper

Bring your picks over when you’re already on Cineplex.

Our small browser extension can copy the movie, theatre, format, showtime, and selected seats from a Cineplex page into this watcher for your review.

Download for Chrome Download for Firefox Private manual install · no browser store required
Install in Chrome
  1. If you are updating, remove the old Cineplex Watch Helper first.
  2. Download and unzip the Chrome file.
  3. Open chrome://extensions and enable Developer mode.
  4. Select Load unpacked and choose the unzipped folder.
Install in Firefox
  1. If you are updating, remove the old Cineplex Watch Helper first.
  2. Download and unzip the Firefox file.
  3. Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
  4. Select Load Temporary Add-on and choose manifest.json.

Firefox removes unsigned temporary add-ons when it closes, so load it again after restarting Firefox.