The Preston Hollow mansion at 9769 Audubon Place has a 20-seat movie theater room. The house was owned by the founders of Cinemark.
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The founders of the theater company Cinemark sold their Preston Hollow home in late June — an estate fit for a movie mogul.
Cinemark founder Lee Roy Mitchell and his wife, Tandy Mitchell, sold their home after first listing the mansion nearly a year ago.
The couple’s mansion at 9769 Audubon Place was sold for $15 million, said Ann Shaw with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty who handled the listing. The Cinemark founders sold the home on June 22 to Kevin and Amanda Moore, who bought the mansion through a trust, according to county documents.
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The home was first listed for $22 million in September 2025. However, the mansion went off the market at one point and the home’s listing price decreased to $18 million in January 2026, according to Zillow.
The pool and house at 9769 Audubon Place.
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Lee Roy and Tandy Mitchell founded Cinemark. Lee Roy Mitchell was the CEO of the company until 2006, when he became executive chairman. In 2023, the company announced his retirement from the company’s board of directors.
Cinemark is headquartered in Plano and has about 500 locations across the U.S., according to its website.
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Cinemark founder Lee Roy Mitchell inside his home at 9769 Audubon Place.
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The couple has been living in the Preston Hollow home for about three decades. The couple bought the first of two lots for the home in the mid-’90s, eventually creating a 3.39 acre space near the tributary Bachman Branch, Shaw said.
The 14,341-square-foot home has six bedrooms, eight full bathrooms and four half bathrooms, according to the listing. Shaw said people interested in the home appreciated the home’s architecture but weren’t necessarily ready to take on renovating the home. The buyers have plans to update the home, she said.
When the home was listed in September 2025, it was the most expensive listing in Texas that month, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. The $15 million sale could rank among Dallas-Fort Worth’s top home sales of the year.
The family room at 9769 Audubon Place.
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After the home was listed, Tandy Mitchell told The Dallas Morning News that the estate feels like a home instead of a mausoleum.
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“Everybody that walked in said even though it was a big house — it felt like a home,” Tandy Mitchell said.
The Preston Hollow home was built for entertaining with a 20-seat soundproof theater, a 2,500-square-foot pavilion with a catering kitchen and a 1,000-bottle, temperature-controlled wine room.
The entrance to the 20-seat movie theater room at 9769 Audubon Place.
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The mansion has hosted developers interested in adding a theater to their shopping center and politicians like Ted Cruz, who spent the night at the home, the couple said.
Custom pillows for homeowner and Cinemark founder Lee Roy Mitchell and his wife, Tandy, in the movie theater at their home at 9769 Audubon Place.
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The kitchen at 9769 Audubon Place pictured, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Dallas.
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The library at 9769 Audubon Place pictured.
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A view of the great room at 9769 Audubon Place.
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The couple said they thought the home would be their forever home, but it’s too much house for them as they get older.
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“I still love the house,” Tandy Mitchell told The News. “I don’t think you can find a better property in the city of Dallas.”