NOTE - This is a draft containing information from the movie theater article.
Major movie theatre companies
editNorth America
edit- AMC Theatres - 415 theatres, 5,672 screens. North America's second-largest (per theater/screen counts) movie theater chain, comprised of AMC Theatres and Former Loews Cineplex Entertainment Theaters.
- B&B Theatres - Family owned and operated chain in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma
- Carmike Cinemas
- Century Theatres- over 1000 screens
- Cinemark Theatres
- Cinémas Guzzo - As of 2005, thirteen locations in the Montreal area
- Cineplex Entertainment
- Famous Players - Formerly Canada's largest theater chain that became Cineplex Entertainment in 2005.
- Galaxy Theatres - Theater chain that became Cineplex Entertainment in 2005.
- Coming Attractions - As of July 2005, thirteen locations in California, Oregon, and Washington state
- Consolidated Theatres - A Charlotte, North Carolina-based chain that serves several mid-Atlantic states
- Eastern Federal Theatres- Small chain of theatres in central North Carolina that was recently bought out by Regal.
- Empire Theatres - 59 locations, 403 screens - Leading chain of movie theaters in the Atlantic Canadian provinces
- Goodrich Quality Theaters - 31 theaters with 256 screens in the Midwest
- Harkins Theatres - Arizona's largest movie theater chain with over 14 theatres and the expansion into California, Colorado and Texas.
- Kerasotes Theatres - 76 theatres with 607 screens, in the upper Midwest
- Landmark Theatres - 58 theatres, 209 screens
- Mann Theatres - 20 theatres, 122 screens in Southern California
- Marcus Theatres
- Marquee Cinemas - A fairly small movie theater chain, operated out of Beckley, West Virginia
- Muvico Theaters - United States chain based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- National Amusements - 1,300 screens - Parent company of Viacom
- Pacific Theatres
- Rainbow and Magic Lantern Cinemas
- Regal Entertainment Group - 584 locations, 6,273 screens - North America's largest movie theater chain (by amount of locations and screens). Includes Edwards Cinemas, Regal Theaters, and United Artists
- Rave Motion Pictures - A fairly small, new, futuristic movie theater chain.
- Encore Cinemas - A small Canadian chain with two locations.
- Wehrenberg Theatres - The oldest American theater chain, established in 1906 and located in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Latin America
editAsia
edit- AMC Theatres
- Broadway (Edko)
- Cathay
- Eng Wah
- Golden Harvest
- Golden Screen Cinemas
- Golden Village- a joint venture between Australia's Village Roadshow and Hong Kong's Golden Harvest in Singapore.
- Loews Cineplex Entertainment - Operates the Loews Megabox in South Korea
- Major Cineplex Group (website) - The largest cinema group in Thailand. The group includes (by brands):
- EGV (website) - The first multiplex brand and THX cinema in Thailand.
- D-Cine - The first lifestyle digital cinema in Thailand.
- EGV Cinema
- EGV Drive-In Café
- EGV e-Cinema - The first low cost cinema in Thailand.
- EGV Metropolis
- Grand EGV
- My Theatre (website) - The first satellite cinema in Thailand.
- Major Cineplex (website) - The first cinema city brand, megaplex and digital cinema in Thailand.
- IMAX Theatre (website) - License in Thailand: Panasonic IMAX Theatre | Krungsri IMAX Theatre
- Paragon Cineplex - A 16-screen plex in Siam Paragon
- EGV (website) - The first multiplex brand and THX cinema in Thailand.
- SF Cinema City Organization (website) - The group includes (by brands):
- SF Cinema City - Thailand's Finest Cinemas Chain with locations in Bangkok's CBD and the suburbs
- SFX Cinemas - The Premier Cinema Chain with the concept "Boutique Chic" with locations in Bangkok's Emporium Shopping Complex and Central Plaza Lardprao and the recent addition of Central Festival Phuket. SFX Cinema is also the first cinema to screen FINDING NEMO using the latest Digital 2k Cinema Projection technology in the world.
- SF Central World Cinemas - Soon to be the country's best ultra luxurious lifestyle complex located at the soon to opened CentralWorld
- SF Multiplex - A World-Class Cinemas chain with locations all over the eastern region of Thailand
- Shaw Organization
- TGV Cinemas
- UA
- Warner Village
- Sathyam Cinemas - Chennai-India. Upcoming mega cineplex.
- PVR (Priya Village Roadshow)Corporate Website- Multiplex Chain in New Delhi and Largest in India
Europe
edit- AMC Cinemas
- Cinema City
- Cineworld
- Kinepolis - has perhaps the largest movie theaters of Europe, in Brussels and Madrid, with 25 screens each.
- Multikino
- Odeon
- Picturehouse Cinemas
- Pathé
- Showcase Cinemas
- Silver Screen
- SF Bio
- Vue
- Ward Anderson
See also Movie theaters in the Netherlands.