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Landmark Cinema of Canada Inc. is a Canadian cinema chain. Based in Calgary, Alberta , Landmark operates 36 theatres with 299 screens, [ 2 ] primarily in Ontario and western Canada. Its holdings include much of the former Empire Theatres chain which it acquired in late 2013, and some Famous Players locations divested as part of that chain's ...
They were sold to Landmark Cinemas instead. [1] [2] [3] On October 29, 2013, Empire Theatres closed its Whitby and Kanata locations. They reopened as Landmark Cinemas on October 31, 2013. PenEquity also owns the 10 Dundas East project in Downtown Toronto.
Alliance Cinemas – after selling its BC locations, it now operates only one theater in Toronto; Cinémas Guzzo – 10 locations and 142 screens in the Montreal area; Cineplex Cinemas – Canada's largest and North America's fifth-largest movie theater company, with 162 locations and 1,635 screens
Around 2006, the University 4 Cinemas location in Victoria was sold to Empire Theatres, [8] which was later sold to Landmark Cinemas on October 31, 2013. Landmark Cinemas currently operates the theatre. [9] In 2007, The Bayview Village Cinemas location in Toronto shut down, potentially due to a failure to reach a lease agreement. [10]
Earliest purpose built cinema in Toronto. Bayview Theatre Leaside: 1936 1961 1 Later was a live theatre venue known as the Bayview Playhouse. Now a drug store. Beach Theatre The Beaches: 1919 1970 1 Remodeled into a shopping centre. Cineplex Cinemas Beaches (formally Alliance Atlantis Beaches) 1651 Queen Street East, Queen and Coxwell 1999 ...
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.
This increased its property ownership to 143 theatres, 383 screens, and 29 drive-in theatres. A lease with Landmark Cinemas in February 1985 added 22 screens. [33] The Bronfman family was a major investor in the Odeon purchase. [24] Drabinsky fired two-thirds of the staff at the head-office and the remainder had their salaries cut.
In 2010, the company acquired the Carlton Cinemas theatre in downtown Toronto, a historic venue for independent and arthouse films which was closed by Cineplex Odeon in fall 2009. [5] The theatre reopened as part of the Magic Lantern chain on June 30, 2010 with a two-day program of free films, including Crazy Heart , Chloe , A Single Man ...