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Landmark Cinemas is the umbrella name originally covering the holdings of Towne Cinemas, Rokemay Cinemas, and occasionally May Theatres. It was adopted in 1974 after the purchase of Rothstein Theatres, which was the first big expansion for the company, adding about 15 locations (some closed immediately or sold and were never operated by Landmark).
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] The ...
Empire Theatres Limited was a movie theater chain in Canada, a subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd., the holding company of the Sobey family conglomerate.. In June 2013, Empire announced it would exit the movie theatre business, selling the vast majority of locations to Cineplex (24 in Atlantic Canada) and Landmark Cinemas (23, in Ontario and western Canada, including two locations originally ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...