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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.
On August 27, 1986, Pan-Canadian renamed itself as Cineplex Odeon Films, [4] and began operations at Los Angeles, California in November 1986; [5] Garth Drabinsky became its chief officer. [6] Cineplex Odeon Films made its first film to American screens, which was The Decline of the American Empire, produced by Rene Malo. [7]
In September 1997, Cineplex Odeon Corporation announced that it would merge with Loews Theatres for $1 billion; the merger was later approved by the United States Department of Justice on April 16, 1998 and was later completed that year to form Loews Cineplex Entertainment, thus making it a joint venture between Sony and Universal Studios.
Cineplex Inc. (formerly Cineplex Entertainment and Cineplex Galaxy) is a Canadian operator of movie theater and family entertainment centers, headquartered in Toronto.It is the largest cinema chain in Canada; as of 2019, it operated 165 locations, and accounted for 75% of the domestic box office.
Cineplex Odeon, a cinema theatre brand of Cineplex Entertainment List of Cineplex Entertainment movie theatres; Hammersmith Odeon, now the Hammersmith Apollo, in ...
Odeon Cinemas - cinema chain owned by Odeon Cinemas Group (AMC Theatres) in Ireland, Norway and United Kingdom; Odessa Kino - cinema chain in Ukraine; Omniplex – cinema chain in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; Pathé - cinema chain in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Tunisia and Senegal
The Uptown Theater, known as The Uptown (formerly Cineplex Odeon Uptown or AMC Loews Uptown 1), was a single-screen movie theater in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Opened in 1936, it hosted the world premieres of such movies as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Jurassic Park. It closed in March 2020. [1] [2]
[1] [66] Albert Bialek bought the theater the same year, [38] although Cineplex Odeon continued to operate it. The Metro was known as the Cineplex Odeon Metro Twin by the early 1990s. [7] Under Cineplex Odeon's operation, the Metro Twin sold cheaper tickets than comparable New York City cinemas that also screened first-run films. [67]