October 9th - October 10th (October 11th)

 Due to the different state stay-at-home orders of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan opening dates and schedules are uncertain and may change.

Each theater may have significantly reduced maximum capacity due to social distancing rules. Information subject to corrections (Admission prices may be lower for second run movies).

Also there may be food passes for sale to allow you bring your own drinks and snacks when the snack bar is closed. Outdoor theaters make a majority of their money from the sale of concessions so paying for a food pass or donation helps to keep the theaters running.

More new drive-ins recently added in June 2020:

https://chicagodrivein.com/venue/chicago/

Forgot to include new pop up drive in for weeks.

https://chi-together.com/

Chitown Movies, Chicago, IL (1.8 miles) $33 per carload of five (other options available)

Sixteen Candles (Friday)

Mean Girls (Saturday)

Shrek (Sunday)

49er Drive In, Valparaiso, IN (54.1 Miles) $10.00

Tri-Way Drive In, Plymouth, IN (98.7 miles) $9.00 Screen 1:

Hocus Pocus / Beetlejuice

McHenry Outdoor Theater, McHenry, IL (57.5 miles) $12.00

A Nightmare on Elm Street / Friday the 13th

RT34 Drive In, Earlville, IL (75.7 miles) $10.00

The Blues Brothers / Ghostbusters

Melody Drive In, Knox, IN (95.9 miles) $9.00

Screen 1: Adams Family / Hocus Pocus 

Screen 2: Halloween / The Thing

Tri-Way Drive In, Plymouth, IN (98.7 miles) $9.00

Screen 2: IT / IT 2

Screen 3: Halloween / Possesor

Screen 4: Scream / Spontaneous

Lakeshore Drive In, Monticello, IN (117.0 miles) 

Sunset Drive In, Hartford, MI (117.0 miles) 

Five Mile Drive In, Dowagiac, MI (120.0 miles)

Closed for the Season

Midway Drive In, Dixon, IL (120 miles) $9.50

Saturday Only

Halloween / Halloween 2 / Halloween 4 / Halloween 5

Highway 18, Jefferson, WI (126 miles) $9.50 + food permit ($10)*

Kung Fu Panda / Abominable

Indexed by Movie:

Posessor - Tri-Way

Spontaneous - Tri-Way

Throwback / Classics / Second Run:

Abominable - Highway 18

Adams Family - Melody

Beetlejuice - 49er / Tri-Way

Blues Brothers - RT34

Friday the 13th - Melody

Ghostbusters - RT34

Halloween - Tri-Way / Midway

Halloween 2 - Midway

Halloween 4 - Midway

Halloween 5 - Midway

Hocus Pocus - 49er / Tri-Way

IT - Tri-Way

IT 2 - Tri-Way

Kung Fu Panda - Highway 18

Mean Girls - Chitown

A Nightmare on Elm Street - Melody

Scream - Tri-Way

Shrek - Chitown

Sixteen Candles - Chitown

The Thing - Melody

Statistics:

8 Open Theaters** / 11 screens+ / 22 movies / 10 unique double features  / 1 Halloween movie Marathon

(* Chitown does not show double features)
(**McHenry has live performance on Saturday)

+There are other pop up drive in screens in Chicago and Hoffman Estates.

Probably should have created separate posts for those...

Adding new theaters to blog soon.

By distance (Number of screens) (54.1 miles to 126 miles):

Chitown / 49er / McHenry / RT 34 / Melody (2) / Tri-Way (4) / Lakeshore (2) / Sunset Drive In / Midway / Five Mile Drive / Highway 1