Form: S-3

Registration statement under Securities Act of 1933

September 21, 2004

EXH. 23.2 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Published on September 21, 2004


EXHIBIT 23.2

CONSENT OF REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related prospectus of Entertainment
Properties Trust for the registration for resale by the selling shareholders of
857,145 common shares and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
report dated March 28, 2002, with respect to the consolidated statements of
income, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows of Entertainment
Properties Trust for the year ended December 31, 2001 included in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Kansas City, Missouri

September 21, 2004