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At its peak, Famous Players operated 101 theatres in 2003 with 882 screens. These consisted of various brand names, though Famous Players was the most prominent brand. As of 2025, only three locations with the Famous Players brand remain in operation: Cinéma Famous Players Carrefour Angrignon (LaSalle, QC) Famous Players 6 Cinemas (Prince ...
Cineplex stakes a partial claim to the history of the Famous Players Film Company (later Paramount Pictures), founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor, as Cineplex's earliest predecessor; [8] however, that company did not have any operations in Canada until 1920, when it bought Nathan Nathanson's Paramount Theatre chain, which Nathanson had established four years earlier.
MovieTickets.com is an online movie ticketing website founded by AMC Theatres and Hollywood.com in 2000; CBS Corporation, Famous Players, and National Amusements all came on board prior to launch; [1] and it is now a subsidiary of Fandango Media.
In Canada, National Amusements, through its 1994 acquisition of Viacom, also owned Famous Players; individual cinemas from the now-defunct chain are now owned by Cineplex Entertainment and Landmark Cinemas. In 2004, National Amusements acquired the Brazilian operations to cinema chain UCI, and revamped them so they could be more in line with ...
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Cineplex Odeon Corporation was one of North America's largest movie theatre operators and live theatre, with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United States.The Cineplex Odeon brand is still being used by Cineplex Entertainment at some theatres that were once owned by the Cineplex Odeon Corporation, with newer theatres using the Cineplex Cinemas (French: Cinémas Cineplex) brand.
6 1 (UltraAVX 2D/3D) Originally opened by Famous Players as Coliseum Ottawa, this was Ottawa's first modern megaplex when it opened in 1998. The Britannia Drive-In (1949-1997) and Britannia 6 (1977-1998) were demolished to make way for the new theatre. It is home to the city's first Xscape Entertainment Centre, which opened in the summer of ...
Colossus (theatre) – a Famous Players brand, now owned by Cineplex; Famous Players – formerly Canada's largest theatre chain; purchased by Cineplex Entertainment in 2005; Galaxy Cinemas – mid-sized chain that was the parent company to Cineplex Entertainment. Galaxy purchased bankrupt Cineplex in 2003. Scotiabank Theatres – a Cineplex brand