King of Kong - Steve is going for a world record!

Late breaking news!!!
Arcade Champ Billy Mitchell has allegedly reclaimed his Donkey Kong world record holder status last week at a convention in Orlando. In a bold and daring move, Picturehouse has flown in an official referee to oversee a world record attempt by Steve Wiebe in the lobby of the Alamo Drafthouse. If you have a vintage, regulation, mint-condition machine and want Steve to set a world-record on your game, please email us.

There are still tickets available for the two Sunday evening shows with Steve Weibe live in person. Following the shows, stick around for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see him attempt to reclaim his title.

About King of Kong;
This weekend it is LITERALLY "on like Donkey Kong" at the Alamo South Lamar, as we go ape for the opening of the greatest documentary of the season and quite possibly the decade: THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS. To celebrate the premiere of this heartwarming film about a middle school science teacher battling against a hot sauce mogul for world record domination of Donkey Kong, we're driving in a vintage Donkey Kong machine from Arkansas and giving it away to whoever can post the highest score in our on screen Donkey Kong challenge before the evening shows this weekend.

And not only that, but on Sunday night we're bringing the star of the film, the middle school science teacher and Donkey Kong master himself, Steve Wiebe, out to the Alamo to tell us all about how he makes "jump man" (cause Mario didn't have a name back then) go all the way. If you miss this, you'll never know what to do when you're suddenly confronted with a monkey at the top of a construction site who's hellbent on throwing barrels at you. Get your advance tickets here.