--- title: Your Favorite Gene Wilder Movies Are Back in Theaters Labor Day Weekend description: Gene Wilder's "Blazing Saddles" and "Willy Wonka" are back in movie theaters for Labor Day Weekend to honor the beloved actor's passing. authors: - name: Ian Salisbury role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/ian-salisbury-2/ bio: Ian Salisbury was a senior editor at Money, focusing on investing, banks and mortgage. at_money_since: 2013 articles: 91 covers: - Lifestyle - Economy and Politics - Housing - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes former_staff: true published: '2016-09-02T13:15:35.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T11:38:41.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - celebrities - Gene Wilder - movies - pubdesk word_count: 189 canonical: https://money.com/best-gene-wilder-movies-willy-wonka-blazing-saddles/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Willy Wonka Wilder](https://img.money.com/2016/09/gettyimages-71494838.jpg) *Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka* Perhaps you've been struggling to remember the laugh lines from Gene Wilder's biggest hits. Or maybe you're too young to have seen the beloved actor's wonderful films in the first place? You've got a new opportunity. [AMC Theaters](https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-news-2016-09-gene-wilder) will revive two of the late comedic actor's best-known movies, 1974's "Blazing Saddles" and 1971's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" at 55 theaters on Saturday and Sunday. Another chain, [Regal Entertainment Group](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gene-wilders-willy-wonka--the-chocolate-factory-returns-to-the-big-screen-this-saturday-at-regal-300321089.html), will show "Willy Wonka" at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in 100 locations on Saturday. Wilder, who died this week at 83 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was featured [in more than 30 films and TV series](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/), starting in 1961. This isn't the first time AMC has revived a performer's oeuvre in the wake of their deaths. It showed [Prince's "Purple Rain"](https://money.com/prince-purple-rain-watch-online/) over two weekends this spring. ***Read Next:* 7 Movies That Are Secretly All About Money** Still the chain's gesture may be more about building goodwill with customers than goosing its bottom line in the short term. While the [national average](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/adjuster.htm) movie ticket price is $8.66, admission to the two Wilder classics is a flat $5 apiece. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/best-gene-wilder-movies-willy-wonka-blazing-saddles/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Movies", "item": "https://money.com/movies/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Your Favorite Gene Wilder Movies Are Back in Theaters Labor Day Weekend" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/best-gene-wilder-movies-willy-wonka-blazing-saddles/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/best-gene-wilder-movies-willy-wonka-blazing-saddles/", "name": "Your Favorite Gene Wilder Movies Are Back in Theaters Labor Day Weekend", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-09-02T13:15:35.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/best-gene-wilder-movies-willy-wonka-blazing-saddles/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/best-gene-wilder-movies-willy-wonka-blazing-saddles/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T11:38:41.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Your Favorite Gene Wilder Movies Are Back in Theaters Labor Day Weekend", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/09/gettyimages-71494838.jpg", "width": 2400, "height": 3000, "caption": "Willy Wonka Wilder" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian Salisbury", "url": "https://money.com/author/ian-salisbury-2/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/ian-salisbury-2/#author", "description": "Ian Salisbury was a senior editor at Money, focusing on investing, banks and mortgage.", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/06/Ian-Salisbury.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1" } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-09-02T13:15:35.000Z", "description": "Gene Wilder's \"Blazing Saddles\" and \"Willy Wonka\" are back in movie theaters for Labor Day Weekend to honor the beloved actor's passing.", "abstract": "Gene Wilder's \"Blazing Saddles\" and \"Willy Wonka\" are back in movie theaters for Labor Day Weekend to honor the beloved actor's passing.", "@id": "https://money.com/best-gene-wilder-movies-willy-wonka-blazing-saddles/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-05-16T11:38:41.000Z", "wordCount": 189, "keywords": [ "celebrities", "Gene Wilder", "movies", "pubdesk" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Film", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film" ] } ] } ] } ```