[1] This giant cinema has a capacity of more than 2,700 people in its great hall and posts an average attendance level of 1 million visitors per year.

In the early 1930s, Jacques Haïk, a wealthy movie producer, distributor and owner of the Olympia, got the idea of building a very extravagant cinema: which could have a capacity of more than 5000 spectators on a surface area of 2,000 m², with a ceiling peaking at more than 30 meters, representing a luminous starry vault.

Specialized in "atmospheric halls", its architects built more than 400 decors of phantasmatic cities under cloudy, clear or starry skies in the United States.

Here, the great hall has been decorated by an "ancient Mediterranean" city in relief, located in the open air with its colorful walls reproducing the Art Deco atmosphere of the "French Riviera" villas.

[2] The Grand Rex hall opens its doors on the evening of December 8, 1932, in the presence of the cinema's pioneer, Louis Lumière and 3,300 guests.

[2] Despite the success of the Grand Rex, Jacques Haïk files for bankruptcy and sells it to Gaumont, before Jean Hellmann, Alan Byre and Laudy Lawrence buy it themselves.

[2] During the Occupation, the Grand Rex was requisitioned by the German army, which turned it into a Soldatenkino, saving it for its troops of soldiers on leave.

[2] Starting on December 4, 1953, the first feature film in CinemaScope, The Robe, directed by Henry Koster, was projected there in tandem with the Normandie [fr] cinema located on the Champs-Elysées.

[2] After the failure of the "Le Miroir de Neptune" (The Neptune Mirror) attraction in 1953 (swimmers performing in a transparent pool placed on the stage), the "Féerie des eaux" (Magic waters) attraction was created in March 1954, during which 3,000 liters are projected twenty meters high with lighting effects and a musical accompaniment.

Eight years later, the combination of the "Féerie des eaux" (Magic waters) and The Jungle Book enabled the Grand Rex to receive around 500,000 spectators.

In 1988, the director Peter Jackson received an award for his film Bad Taste there, and, in 2002, the singer Britney Spears was present for the screening of Crossroads, causing a riot, during which some outside windows were shattered.

It is renowned for hosting premieres with the films’ crews[2] as well as special events, called “Marathons”, which gather the fans of a franchise (i.e. Star Wars, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, various adaptations of Tolkien’s work, The Hunger Games).

The course presents the history of the Grand Rex before diving into the world of the cinema's occupations and special effects in an interactive and playful way: pedestrian and filmed course.

This escape game, which progresses through different rooms representing the main themes of the 7th art, forces the clients to focus on collecting a maximum of points.