M.Z.
I think that it's necessarily too young-- depends on your child-- you know him better than anyone-- is he ready for this? Also, is it at night or is it during the afternoon? Perhaps that is your compromise-- I can remember my mother dropping me off with my friends at that age at the movies-- we had to go to the early movie at 7 pm and she would pick us up at 10pm -- they had a small arcade in the mall where the movies were. Again, depends on your son and how mature he is and how good his friends are. Just set some limits around it and pick a good movie theater-- one in a good area. Good luck.