In her petition, she said the cinema had been a “cornerstone of [Weymouth residents’] social lives” and that Weymouth was “gradually transforming into a ghost town”.
A Weymouth Town Council spokesperson said: “We are sorry to see this facility go and will work closely with our partners to support future prospective businesses in the area.”
Cineworld said late last year that it was closing other branches in Northampton, Castleford in West Yorkshire, Leigh in Greater Manchester and Middlesbrough.
Last month the cinema giant said in a statement: “We would like to thank all of our customers for choosing Cineworld Weymouth as their local cinema.”
The Cineworld at Tower Retail Park in Poole is also due to close on 19 January.
Weymouth’s bowling alley closed down in 2019 and Dorset Council said last month that it wants a company to demolish that vacant building, in St Nicholas Street.
