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The HOYTS Group of companies in Australia and New Zealand includes HOYTS Cinemas, a cinema chain, and Val Morgan, which sells advertising on cinema screens and digital billboards. The company was established by dentist Arthur Russell in Melbourne , Victoria in 1908, showing films in a hired hall.
Westfield Riccarton, also known by its former name Riccarton Mall, is a large retail complex located in the Christchurch, New Zealand, suburb of Riccarton. First opened on 3 November 1965, it is Christchurch's oldest shopping mall. [1] The complex is currently anchored by Farmers, Kmart, Pak'nSave and Hoyts. [2]
Regent Theatre cinema usher, 1936. The Regent Theatre was a heritage-listed cinema and entertainment venue in George Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, built in 1928 as a flagship for Hoyts, and was demolished in 1988 by property developer Leon Fink.
The film had its world premiere on 29 April 2017 at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [1] The film had its New Zealand premiere in Christchurch (at Hoyts in their Riccarton theatre) on 9 May 2017, [1] before its nationwide theatrical release on 18 May 2017.
H. Vivian Taylor & Soilleux was an architectural firm in Melbourne, Australia, noted for producing some of the most stylish Art Deco cinemas in 1930s Australia, all now demolished or extensively altered except one.
In October 2010, Hoyts announced that it will acquire AMC for an unknown amount. The purchase was completed in November 2010. Hoyts has stated on their website that AMC customers will now have access to a wider variety of films, promotions, competitions and cinema offers. Hoyts have also promised to increase 3D facilities for the cinema chain.
The Regent held the honour of housing the largest screens for a cinema in Brisbane for many years, and retained its position as the most popular cinema well into the 2000s. In 2001, Hoyts and Greater union merged, forcing Hoyts to surrender its activity on the site due to an Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ruling. The cinemas were ...
The Plaza Theatre was built during a golden age of cinema-going in[Australia and was opened on 11 April 1930. [1] designed as a 2000-seat cinema by Eric Heath for Hoyts. [2] The theatre's organ was built circa 1923 by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of North Tonawanda, New York and was installed at the Plaza in 1937 from the Wintergarden Theatre ...