Seating was provided for 1,407: 900 in the stalls and 507 in the circle. Most of the detailed French Renaissance style interior was stripped out, with only the ceiling in particular retained, albeit punctured by steelwork and hidden from view by a new lower ceiling, ultimately falling into a state of disrepair with sections of moulded plasterwork coming away. The Leicester Square Theatre re-opened on 12 December 1968 with a Royal Charity Premiere attended by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon & Lord Snowdon of Shalako starring Sean Connery. It was equipped for 70mm presentations. Over the following 48 years it hosted many film premieres including Papillon in March 1974, Tommy in March 1975 and Crocodile Dundee in 1986. It was renamed Odeon West End from 22 July 1988 with the opening of the comedy film The Couch Trip. It closed for twinning on 11 July 1991 with The Pope Must Die. The Odeon West End re-opened on 11 October 1991 with screen 1 upstairs seating 503 playing Toy Soldiers and screen 2 downstairs opening on 1 November 1991 with 848 seats playing Twenty-One. In 2008, the UK premiere of Sex and the City saw the film play in both auditoriums with every single session selling out. When the BBFC black card hit the screen a rapturous round of applause filled each screen 3 times a day for approximately 3 months. Sometimes the film distributors would force the Odeon film bookings department to play less than popular movies as they were contracted to play a certain number of films at Odeon West End each year. Quite often shows were run with less than 10 people attending each screening. The Odeon West Wend had an exclusive run of the Master from 2 November 2012, playing a 70mm print of the film. The cinema in its later years was also the West End base for the annual London Film Festival. The site was sold by Odeon Cinemas to three Irish investors in February 2006, though continued to operate as part of the Odeon chain. Ownership subsequently passed to the Irish National Asset Management Agency and in 2012 it was sold to the Radisson Hotels company. A new set of plans for a hotel were approved by Westminster Council on 21 January 2014, and the Odeon West End closed on 1 January 2015. The final films were showing in screen 1 upstairs (489-seats) and Interstellar showing in screen 2 downstairs (814-seats). Interstellar had been screened in a 70mm print until 24 December, and was replaced by a digital copy for its final 7-days.