List of movie theaters and cinema chains

This is a list of movie theaters and cinema chains.

North America

United States

*AMC Entertainment Inc - 304 theaters, 4,437 screens as of June 28, 2007 in the United States/alhambra city. [http://www.investor.amctheatres.com/EdgarDetail.cfm?CompanyID=AEN&CIK=722077&FID=1047469-07-6997&SID=07-00] - North America's second-largest movie theater company.:*AMC Theatres:*Loews Theaters - Acquired in 2006.
*B&B Theatres - Family owned and operated chain in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
*Bow Tie Cinemas - 128 Screens in 16 locations in Connecticut, New York, Maryland and Colorado. Opening Richmond, VA theater in early 2009.
*Caribbean Cinemas - The largest movie chain located in the US insular territory of Puerto Rico.
*Carmike Cinemas - 276 theaters, 2,399 screens as of June 30, 2007. [http://www.carmike.com/secfilings/CARMIKE_CINEMAS_REPORTS_SECOND_QUARTER_2007_RESULTS.pdf] - North America's fourth-largest movie theater company.
*Celebration! Cinema - Grand Rapids, Michigan 135 screens as of March 30, 2007. Owns Studio 28, North America's first 20 screen megaplex.
*Center Cinemas Inc. - 3 theaters, 15 screens as of September 24, 2007. - Family owned and operated chain in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
*Cinemark Theatres - 287 theaters, 3,654 screens as of December 31, 2007. [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=192773&p=irol-irhome] - North America's third-largest movie theater company.:*Cinemark Theatres:*Century Theatres - Acquired in 2006.
*CinemaStar Luxury Theaters South California and Northwestern Mexico, Oceanside, CA based.
*Cinemagic Theatres - 8 theaters in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
*Cinemagic Stadium Theaters - 5 Stadium theaters throughout Saco and Westbrook, Maine; Hooksett, New Hampshire; and Merrimack and Salisbury, Mass.
*Cinemawest Theaters - 13 Theaters in Northern California, Most with Digital Projection.
*Classic Cinemas - 12 theaters with 88 screens in Illinois.
*Clearview Cinemas - 54 movie theatres with 266 screens in the New York metropolitan area. Clearview Cinemas operates theatres in New Jersey, Manhattan, Westchester, Rockland County, Long Island and Pennsylvania.
*Cobb Theatres - Birmingham, Alabama-based chain that re-entered the theater business in 2000. Has 11 locations with 166 screens as of September 2007. Currently operating in Alabama and Florida, one new location is under construction with 16 additional screens in Georgia.
*Coming Attractions - As of July 2005, 13 locations in California, Oregon, and Washington state.
*Dickinson Theatres - Overland Park, Kansas based chain. 337 screens spread over 36 locations in 10 central and lower midwest states, including Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and others.
*Douglas Theatre Company - 1 screen in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the 38th largest movie theater chain in the North America before they sold out to Marcus Theatres in 2008.
*Drexel Theatres Group — 2 theatres: 1 "active" theatre in Bexley, OH and Drexel Grandview, which closed recently. According to an article in The Other Paper, the company's owner wants to reopen this location.
*Edwards Cinemas
*Entertainment Cinemas - 9 locations in New England: 5 in Massachusetts, 2 in New Hampshire, and 1 each in Rhode Island and Connecticut
*Elvis Cinemas - 2 Locations, 14 Screens - Discount chain in Denver, Colorado area.
*Emagine Theatres - 3 Locations, 45 Screens - First chain to deploy digital projection on all screens, first theater to have mobile bar-coded tickets through Mobile Box Office.
*Fairchild Cinemas - A movie chain based in Moses Lake, Washington. Currently, there is one 10-screen theater in Moses Lake, as well as a 12-screen theater built in Pasco, Washington and opened in April of 2007. The chain features self-service concessions.
*Film Streams - A nonprofit arts organization opening a two-screen cinema in downtown Omaha in summer 2007. Devoted to the presentation and discussion of film as an art form.
*FunAsiA Theaters - Operates the largest Bollywood Theater Chain (www.funasia.net) in USA and is part of Pyramid Saimira Group (www.pstl.in).
*Galaxy Theaters - Currently 9 theaters with 84 screens in California, Nevada, Texas and Washington. Completely converted to digital projection (DLP)
*Goodrich Quality Theaters - 31 theaters with 268 screens in the Midwest.
*Harkins Theatres - Arizona's largest movie theater chain with over 14 theaters and expansion into Oklahoma, California, Colorado and Texas.
*Hollywood Theaters - 56 theaters. North America's ninth-largest movie theater company. Formerly known as Wallace Theaters.
*Keim Theatres - 2 theaters with 4 screens locally owned in Jamestown, North Dakota.
*Kerasotes Theatres - 95 theaters, 853 screens. [http://www.kerasotes.com/PressReleases/NCM.pdf] - North America's seventh-largest movie theater company. - Located in Midwestern and upper Midwestern regions of the United States, including Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri and Minnesota.
*Krikorian Premier Theaters in the Greater Los Angeles Area
*Landmark Theatres - 58 theaters, 209 screens.
*Malco Theatres - 32 theaters, 326 screens based in Memphis, TN, with locations in Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Kentucky. Founded in 1915. Also operates a four screen drive-in in Memphis.
*Mann Theatres - 20 theaters, 122 screens in Southern California.
*Marcus Theatres - 56 theaters, 678 screens as of May 31, 2008 in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Iowa, and Ohio. It is North America's eighth-largest movie theater company.
*Marquee Cinemas - A fairly small movie theater chain, operated out of Beckley, West Virginia.
*Megaplex Theaters - Owned by Utah entrepreneur Larry H. Miller operated in the Utah Salt Lake Valley. A total of 5 theatres with 70 screens.
*MJR Theatres - An eight multiplex theater chain in the Detroit Metropolitan Area.
*Muvico Theaters - United States chain based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
*NAOS Entertainment - Start-up Alabama chain with 1 theater, 8 screens as of September 10, 2007. - Three additional multiplexes under development. Based in Greenville, Alabama.
*National Amusements - 1,500 screens as of January 24, 2007. - North America's sixth-largest movie theater company.:*Cinema De Lux:*The Bridge: Cinema De Lux:*Multiplex Cinemas:*Showcase Cinemas
*Orson Welles Cinema
*Pacific Theatres - 22 theaters surrounding parts of Southern California.
*Phoenix Theatres - Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a six year old theater operating company formed by Phil Zacheretti, former executive with Regal Cinemas, Inc. They have 11 theaters nation-wide.
*Premiere Cinemas - Based in Texas where most of its theaters reside. Also located in Gadsden, Alabama, and Orlando, Florida. Locations under construction in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama.
*Rave Motion Pictures - 27 theaters with 427 screens as of September 2007. North America's tenth-largest movie theater company. One additional location with 18 screens is under construction. Based in Dallas, Texas, Rave operates theaters in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. (Nevada location opening in December 2007).
*Reading Cinemas - 9 theatres with 56 screes as of January 10, 2008, a part of Reading International INC. Recently purchased 15 theatres from Pacific Theatres Exhibition Corp and will be apart of Reading in early 2008.
*Regal Entertainment Group - 6,385 screens in 525 theatres in 39 states and the District of Columbia as of March 27, 2008. [http://investor.regalcinemas.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1104659-08-30201] - North America's largest movie theater company.:*Regal Cinemas - One of the three chains part of the 2002 consolidation.:*United Artists Theatres - One of the three chains part of the 2002 consolidation.:*Edwards Theatres - One of the three chains part of the 2002 consolidation.:*Hoyts Cinemas - US locations were acquired in 2003 and rebranded as Regal Cinemas. (Hoyts still exists as an independent entity in Australia and New Zealand):*Eastern Federal Theatres - Acquired in 2005 and rebranded as Regal Cinemas.:*Consolidated Theatres - Acquired in 2008 for $210 million in cash and rebranded as Regal Cinemas.
*Rogers Cinemas - 10 theaters, 48 screens in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
*Santikos Theatres - Owned by entrepreneur John Santikos, it is based in San Antonio, with 8 total theaters, including two restaurant cinemas, an original drive-in theater, an arthouse theater, a unique Digital 3-D and Digital Projection theater, and a brand new 18-screen megaplex with two IMAX screens. Two new theaters will premiere in 2007, including one in Houston.
*Southern Theatres - 18 theaters, 241 screens. Located in Southeastern United States, created through a merger of Grand Theaters of New Orleans, Louisiana and AmStar Cinemas of Birmingham, Alabama. Based in New Orleans the chain has locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.
*Speakeasy Theaters - An independent movie theater that serves beer, wine and food at their snackbar. Locations in Oakland, CA and in El Cerrito, CA..
*Star Cinema - Small premium chain with 97 screens in Wisconsin and Iowa.
*Starplex Cinemas - Currently operates 23 theaters and 216 screens across the United States.
*Trademark Cinemas - Operates 6 theaters and 43 screens that are scattered across the eastern U.S. in New York, Rhode Island, Georgia, and Florida.
*Thomas Theatre Group - Two theaters, 16 total screens in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
*Warren Theatres - Owned and operated by Bill Warren, it is based in Wichita, Kansas, and operates four theaters under the Warren Theatres name, three in Wichita and 1 in Moore, Oklahoma. They also operate two under the Palace Theatre name of which one is located in Springfield, Missouri and the other in Wichita. They also operate a small theater in the Towne West Square Mall in Wichita Kansas, called the Movie Machine. The Warren Theater in Old Town Wichita, Kansas is a main venue for the Tallgrass Film Festival, an international, independent film festival.
*Wehrenberg Theatres - Oldest American theater chain (established 1906), located in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
*Westates Theatres - 19 theaters and 100+ screens operating in Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and Idaho.
*Wildwood Theatres - 4 theaters, in Wisconsin.
*York River Crossing Cinemas - One location in Gloucester, VA. Eight screens.

Canada

*Cinémas Guzzo - As of 2005, 13 locations in the Montreal area.
*Cinema City - A discount movie chain in Western Canada (recently absorbed into cineplex entertainment)
*Cineplex Entertainment - North America's fifth-largest movie theater company.
**Alliance -
**Cinema City -
**Cineplex Odeon Cinemas - Operations in both Canada and the United States. Operations in each country is owned by separate companies. Cineplex Entertainment in Canada and AMC Theatres in the United States.
**Coliseum -
**Colossus -
**Famous Players - Formerly Canada's largest theatre chain that merged into Cineplex Entertainment in 2005.
***Famous Players Branded -
***Famous Players Traditional -
**Galaxy Cinemas - Mid-sized chain that merged into Cineplex Entertainment in 2003.
**Paramount -
**Scotiabank Theatres -
**SilverCity -
*Empire Theatres - 59 locations, 403 screens - Leading chain of movie theaters in the Atlantic Canadian provinces and second largest in Canada.
*Encore Cinemas - A small Canadian chain with two locations.
*Landmark Cinemas - A chain in Western Canada, consisting primarily of older, smaller theatres formerly owned by the big chains, but also containing newer multiplexes.
*AMC Theatres - 7 theatres in Canada, 5 in the GTA, 1 in Ottawa, and 1 in Montreal
*Rainbow and Magic Lantern Cinemas

Latin America

Mexico

*Cinemex
*Cinemark
*Cinemas Lumiere
*Cinépolis
*Multicinemas
*MMCinemas

Panama

*KinomaxX
*Cinemark
*Cinépolis
*Cines Modernos
*Cines Alhambra
*Extreme Planet
*Cineplex

Peru

*Cinemark
*Cineplanet
*Cine Star
*UVK Multicines

Argentina

*Hoyts
*Village Cines

Chile

*Hoyts

Venezuela

*Cines Unidos
*Cinex

Asia

Hong Kong

*AMC Theatres (also in Japan, manage in HK by Suntech Ltd, Edko Films' company)
*Broadway Circuit (manage by Edko Films Ltd.)
*Golden Harvest (also in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan)
*UA Cinemas (manage by Lark Holding Int'l Ltd.)
*Newport Circuit (manage by Newport Entertainment HK Ltd.)

India

*Adlabs Cinemas - Largest multiplex chain in India
* [http://www.cinemax.co.in Cinemax] - Multiplex chain with large presence in Mumbai
* [http://www.dtcinemas.com DT Cinemas] - Multiplex chain of the [http://www.dlf.in DLF group]
* [http://www.famecinemas.com Fame Cinemas] - Multiplexes in Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Kolkata
*Fun Cinemas - Multiplex chain by E-City Entertainments
* [http://www.inoxmovies.com INOX] - Second largest multiplex chain in India
* [http://www.pstl.in/index_1.html Pyramid Saimira Theatres Ltd] - Largest cinema chain in south India
*PVR Cinemas - Largest multiplex operator in Delhi
*Wave cinemas

Indonesia

* [http://www.21cineplex.com 21 Cineplex Group] - Indonesia's largest cinema operator.
** [http://www.21cineplex.com Cineplex 21] - Indonesia's largest cinema network.
** [http://www.21cineplex.com Cinema XXI] - An upscale cinema network designed with the latest technology located only in major cities.
** [http://www.21cineplex.com The Premiere] - The most exclusive cinema network in Indonesia showcasing the latest movies with only thirty six seats in each venue.
* [http://www.blitzmegaplex.com Blitz Megaplex] - The latest chain with two theaters, each with over ten screens.
* [http://www.pasarayagrande.com MPX Grande] - The only cinema in Indonesia that showcase Bollywood movies.

Iran (Persia)

*Farhang [http://cinemafarhang.com/]
*Asr Jadid [http://asre-jadid.net/index2.html]
*Crystal
*Shahrghashang
*Sahra
*Shaghayegh
*Sahel
*Africa
*G2
*Ferdosi
*Javaan
*Sorush
*Shahrtamasha
*Astara
*Sepideh
*Piruzi
*Anahita
*Nahid
*Tazh
*Arash
*Asemanaabi
*Shirin

Japan

*Toho
*Shochiku
*Toei Company
*Tokyu Recreation
*Warner Mycal

Malaysia

*TGV Cinemas
*Cathay Cineplex
*MBO Cinemas
*Golden Screen Cinemas
*Star Cineplex

Philippines

*SM Cinemas
*Ayala Cinemas
*Robinson's Movieworld

ingapore

*Cathay (also in Malaysia)
*Golden Village- a joint venture between Australia's Village Roadshow and Hong Kong's Golden Harvest in Singapore.
*Shaw Organization

outh Korea

*Loews Cineplex Entertainment - Operates the Loews Megabox in South Korea
*CGV - the largest multiplex cinema chain in Korea.
* [http://www.lottecinema.co.kr Lotte Cinema] - chain run by the Lotte Group operating both stand alone theaters and theaters inside Lotte Department Store branches

Taiwan

*Vieshow
*Cinemark
* [http://www.ambassador.com.tw Ambassador Theaters]
*Showtimes Cinema
*Miramar Cinemas (with IMAX theater)

Thailand

*Major Cineplex – The largest cinema group in Thailand. The group includes (by brands):
**EGV – The first multiplex brand and THX cinema in Thailand.
**IMAX Theatre – License in Thailand: Krungsri IMAX Theatre at Siam Paragon
**Paragon Cineplex – A 16-screen plex in Siam Paragon
*SF Group – More than 150 screens in 22 locations.

Europe

*Cinema City
*Cinemaxx
*Cineworld - The Movie theatre in Glasgow's Renfrew Street is the tallest cinema in the world.
*Colosseum Kino - The largest cinema in Northern Europe and the largest THX cinema in the world.
*Empire Cinemas
*EuroPalaces - A joint venture of Gaumont and Pathé movie theaters.
*Euroscoop
*Gaumont The oldest and one of the largest movie theaters chain in France
*Grand Rex - Well known for its room with 2,800 seats (the largest in Europe).
*Kinepolis - has perhaps the largest movie theaters of Europe, in Brussels and Madrid, with 25 screens each.
* [http://www.thefreedomcouncil.com/ Mini-Ciné] Iceland's only microcinema based in the town of Seyðisfjörður.
*Multikino
*Odeon (Officially the largest cinema chain in Europe and third in the world)
*Picturehouse Cinemas
*Pathé One of the largest movie theaters chain in France co-working with Gaumont
*Reel Cinemas (UK)
*Showcase Cinemas
*Silver Screen
*SF Bio
*UGC The largest movie theaters chain in France
*Utopolis
*Vue
*Ward Anderson
*Lusomundo Cinemas
*Finnkino - the biggest movie theatre chain in Finland.

Oceania

Australia

*Wallis
*Hoyts
*Greater Union / Birch, Carroll & Coyle
*Village Cinemas
*Reading Cinemas
*Palace Cinemas http://www.palacecinemas.com.au
*Independent Exhibitors
*United Cinemas http://www.unitedcinemas.com.au
*Dendy Cinemas http://www.dendy.com.au
* [http://www.roadmovie.com.au Road Movie Mobile Cinema]

New Zealand

*Berkeley Cinemas
*Hoyts
*Sky City Cinemas
*Reading Cinemas

Africa

* Ster-Kinekor - Operating in South Africa, it has the largest market share there.
* Nu Metro Cinemas - 27 locations in South Africa and significant interest in cinemas in other African countries such as Kenya.

Reportedly the Islamic Courts of Somalia do not allow cinema.

ee also

*Film screening
*Home cinema
*Movie palace
*Nickelodeon movie theater
*Surround sound and THX

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