121 Theatres, 1,340 Screens, 11 States
1303 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4T 2Y9, CAN
Cineplex is a leading Canadian entertainment and media company. Cineplex welcomes over 70 million guests annually at its movie theatres and location-based entertainment venues. In addition to being Canada’s largest and most innovative motion picture exhibitor, Cineplex also operates successful businesses in digital commerce (CineplexStore.com), food service, alternative programming (Cineplex Events), cinema media (Cineplex Media), digital place-based media (Cineplex Digital Media), amusement solutions (Player One Amusement Group) and an online esports platform for competitive and passionate gamers (WorldGaming.com). Additionally, Cineplex operates a location based entertainment business through Canada’s newest destination for ‘Eats & Entertainment’ (The Rec Room), and will also be opening new complexes specially designed for teens and families (Playdium) as well as exciting new sports and entertainment venues across Canada (Topgolf). Cineplex is a joint venture partner in SCENE, Canada’s largest entertainment loyalty program.
In 1957 Nathan Taylor created the first theatre – the Elgin Theatre in Ottawa – that was caapble of showing two different films at the same time. Taylor is credited as being the inventor of the multiplex. Fast forward to April 19, 1979, when Cineplex Odeon Corporation was founded by Garth Drabinsky and Taylor. The name is a merger of the words “cinema” and “complex.” The doors to the first location opened in Canada at Toronto’s Eaton Centre. This 18-screen multiplex theatre earned them a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest theatre. The business gained momentum and opened many more locations across Canada, as well as in the United States and Europe.
Cineplex Odeon is now operated by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada and AMC Theatres in the United States. Today, Cineplex Entertainment operates over 170 theatres across all 10 Canadian provinces with over 1,600 screens. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
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