JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — That’s a wrap, Sun-Ray Cinema.

The Five Points gem showed its last film Saturday night to a packed crowd with movie fans taking it all in, one last time.

The theater’s final showing was a fitting performance called “The End is Nigh! Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!” 

The night was full of looking back at old memories and asking two questions: What comes next for Five Points and what comes next for Sun-Ray Cinema?

“It’s really bittersweet. I don’t think Jacksonville realizes what they have until it’s gone,” said Suzanne Thompson, a Sun-Ray Cinema fan. “People come in here to laugh, to cry, just to be with family, friends. It’s beautiful.”

When Thompson found out Sun-Ray Cinema was set to close its doors after a dozen years in Five Points, she knew she’d have to cram in as many movies as she could with friends and family before it was gone for good.

“We just recently saw the Mad Max movie, Thelma was flipping awesome, we came for the summer series with the kids to see How to Train Your Dragon. The list goes on and on,” said Thompson.

Saturday, the day finally came for Thompson to see her final showing, as the Five Points Theater Building was sold to Union South Partners who opted not to renew the Sun-Ray’s lease, stating that operating a two-screen cinema “simply isn’t financially sustainable in today’s environment.”

Fans like Thompson took pictures with the iconic marquee on their way out, not sure what that backdrop will look like once the Sun-Ray Cinema is gone.

“I hope they try to do something that would again bring families, community in,” Thompson said.

The theater originally opened as the Riverside Theater in 1927, becoming the first place in Jacksonville to show “Talkies” or films with sound, while providing a space for live theater performances.

The theater closed and reopened throughout the 1930s and 1940s before it was remodeled in 1949 and reopened as the Five Points Theater Building, before closing again in the 1970s. 

The space later found use as a live acting theater run by the River City Playhouse before transitioning back to offering live music performances at Club 5 in 1991.

In 2004, the Shad family acquired the building, restoring it to its original façade while also securing a historic designation on the property. The designation prevents the structure from being torn down without approval from the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission.

Union South Partners hasn’t announced plans for the property just yet, other than that they are talking with a variety of entertainment vendors.

As fans walked out of the last showing, many were hoping it wouldn’t be long before they’d be at the first showing in a new location.

“Anywhere they land, we would be there,” said Thompson.

First Coast News talked with one of the Sun-Ray Cinema owners who said she wasn’t available for an interview Saturday.

The theater still hasn’t announced any formal plans for a move, but did say in a Facebook comment that they’d like to find space for a five-screen theater in Downtown Jacksonville, close to EverBank Stadium.

We’ll just have to wait and see if any of those plans come to fruition.