Who saw this in theaters 25 years ago?

I remember seeing it. It was mega popular, the audience was cheering wildly.

I did. I loved it.
There was no twist at the time. All the media and press had already clearly laid out that Arnold was a protecting Terminator. That would have been wild if it had been a surprise that he was a good Terminator.

Watched it at the Odeon cinema in Coventry, England.

Remember it well, there was a charity drive going on and the theatre played a 5 minute appeal video on the big screen before the movie. The ushers hand out a load of charity tins for donations, gave it ten minutes for them to be passed around then came back in to collect them. They found they were 2 tins short - some lowlife was trying to steal them! The management refused to show the main attraction till the tins were returned and threatened to call the police. About an hour later, still no T2 everyone was getting seriously angry, people were shouting and threatening the staff. Eventually they were found, 2 young lads were escorted out of the cinema for their own protection and the movie was shown, albeit an hour or more later.

Its a damn good job that the movie was so well received, so good that it pacified an atmosphere that had become very toxic and hostile. Lord knows what kind of riot would have occurred if the movie was crap. The second most memorable cinema visit I ever went to.......

I think I was 7 and mom was taking my sister and her friend to see T2 and we were going to see Problem Child 2. I remember asking her if we could see Terminator instead and the rest is history.

I saw it twice in theaters. Doesn't quite have the same hold on me when watching TV though.

i didnt see it in theatres in 1992 but i did get to see it in 2017 when it got rereleased in 3d! awesome experience!

I did, it was AWESOME like nothing ever before or after, seriously ahead of everything and mindblowing for the effects