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The festival helped pave the way for diverse groups and cultures in the film industry. [1] Ethan van Thillo founded the festival in 1993. [2] [3] In 2000, they received over 5,000 attendees [4] and in 2002, van Thillo said the festival really came together with help from participants and media outlets that visit from Tijuana. [5]
It is the largest movie theater chain in the world. Founded in 1920, AMC has the largest share of the U.S. theater market, ahead of Regal Cinemas and Cinemark Theatres. After acquiring Odeon Cinemas, UCI Cinemas, and Carmike Cinemas in 2016, it became the largest movie theater chain in the world. [3]
UltraStar Cinemas is headquartered in San Diego County and operates 147 screens at 15 sites throughout Southern California and Arizona. Recognized for pioneering the digital age of cinema, UltraStar was the first theater group in the world to be fully equipped with Pure Digital Cinema powered by DLP Cinema technology in all of its locations.
Pacific Theatres was owned by The Decurion Corporation which also owned and operated ArcLight Cinemas. In 2008, it sold its store locations in San Diego to Reading Cinemas. In April 2021, Pacific Theatres announced they would not be reopening any of their theater locations after being closed since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The original address was at 2921 El Cajon Blvd in North Park [2] before it moved to 1100 Market Street at UC San Diego's Park and Market building in downtown San Diego. [3] [4] The new location had a soft opening in October, 2021 [5] and hosted screenings from the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2022. [6] It reopened in April, 2022. [3]
In 2005, AMC Theatres announced that it would merge with Loews Cineplex Entertainment and that the merged company would adopt the AMC name. [22] At the time of the merger, Loews operated 198 theaters with 2,235 screens. Many theaters were rebranded as AMC Loews until the Loews name was phased out in 2017.
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On March 3, 2016, AMC Theatres announced its intent to acquire Carmike Cinemas in a $1.1 billion deal, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. The deal was completed on December 21, 2016. [18] With the deal, AMC overtook Regal Entertainment Group as the United States' largest movie theater chain. [19] [20]