List of movie theaters and cinema chains

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Vispathè cinema, in Campi Bisenzio, Italy.
Vispathè cinema, in Campi Bisenzio, Italy.

This is a list of movie theaters and cinema chains.

Contents

[edit] North America

[edit] United States

  • AMC Entertainment Inc - 304 theaters, 4,437 screens as of June 28, 2007 in the United States/alhambra city.[1] - North America's second-largest movie theater company.
  • 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.
  • 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. [2] - 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. [3] - North America's third-largest movie theater company.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. [4] - 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 of 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. [5] - 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.
  • 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.

[edit] Canada

[edit] Latin America

[edit] Mexico

[edit] Panama

[edit] Chile

[edit] Venezuela

  • Cines Unidos
  • Cinex

[edit] Asia

[edit] 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.)

[edit] India

"IMAX-hyderabad.Largest and best in india

[edit] Indonesia

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

[edit] Iran (Persia)

[edit] Japan

[edit] Malaysia

Main article: List of cinemas in Malaysia

[edit] Philippines

  • SM Cinemas
  • Ayala Cinemas
  • Robinson's Movieworld

[edit] Singapore

Main article: List of cinemas in Singapore

[edit] South Korea

[edit] Taiwan

[edit] Thailand

Main article: List of cinemas in Thailand

[edit] Europe

See also: Movie theaters in the Netherlands

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Africa

  • 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.

[edit] See also

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