List of Cinema and Movie Theater Chains - North America - United States

United States

• Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - 12 theaters with 77 screens, cinema/restaurant concept, operating in Texas, Missouri and Virginia
• AMC Entertainment Inc - 5,048 screens in 347 theaters

• Allen Theatres - Located in New Mexico and Cortez, Colorado
• AMC Theatres

• B&B Theatres - 200 screens in 29 theaters, family-owned and -operated chain in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida and Texas.
• Bel Air 10 Theater - Independent movie theatre - 10 screens in Detroit, MI
• BIG Cinemas - 22 theaters, a division of Reliance MediaWorks Ltd and a member of Reliance ADA Group.

• Phoenix Theatres - Acquired in 2008.
• Big Picture Theater - Located in Wooster, Ohio, and a non-profit theater.

• Bow-Tie Cinemas - 150 screens in 18 theaters, located in Colorado, Connecticut, New York, Maryland and Virginia.
• Brenden Theatres - 81 screens in 7 theaters, located in California, Nevada and Arizona.
• Caribbean Cinemas - 35 theaters, located in Puerto Rico and across the Caribbean.
• Carmike Cinemas - 2,527 screens in 258 theaters
• Center Cinemas - 3 theaters
• Cinebarre - 40 screens in 5 theaters-cinema/eatery concept, operating in North Carolina, South Carolina, Colorado, Washington and Oregon and expanding across the U.S. Joint venture of Regal Entertainment Group and former Alamo Drafthouse Cinema CEO, Terrell Braly.
• CineLux Theatres - 41 screens, 7 theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Cinema Arts Centre - Independent movie theatre - 3 screens in Huntington, NY
• Cinema Entertainment Corporation- Over 120 screens in 19 theaters, locations in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska
• Cinema West Theaters - 12 Theatres, 94 Screens in Northern California, as of December 11, 2009.
• CinemaStar Luxury Theaters South California and Northwestern Mexico, Oceanside, CA based.
• Cinemagic Theatres - 45 screens, 6 theaters in Minnesota and Iowa.
• Cinemagic Stadium Theaters - 98 screens, 7 Stadium theaters in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
• Cinemark Theatres - 3,838 screens in 294 theaters

• Cinemark Theatres
• Century Theatres - Acquired in 2006.

• Classic Cinemas - 99 screens in 13 theaters in Illinois
• Clearview Cinemas - 253 screens in 48 theaters in the New York metropolitan area.
• Cobb Theatres - 232 screens in 18 theaters. Located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia and Virginia.
• Coming Attractions Theatres - 19 theaters with 176 screens total. Locations in Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Northern California.
• Dickinson Theatres - 367 screens in 37 theaters Locations in Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas

• Showplex Cinemas, Inc. - Acquired in May 2010 with 80 screens in 10 theater locations.

• Dipson Theatres- 57 screens in 12 theaters, located in Western New York, Pennsylvania and Metro Detroit
• Emagine Entertainment - 6 Locations, 70 Screens in Michigan - First chain to deploy digital projection on all screens, first theater to have mobile bar-coded tickets through Mobile Box Office.
• Entertainment Cinemas - 10 theaters with at least 82 screens, all located in New England.
• EPIC Theatres - 7 theaters, 76 Screens. Located in Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania
• Fairchild Cinemas - A movie chain based in Moses Lake, Washington. Currently, there is one 10-screen theater in Moses Lake, as well as a 12-screen theater built in Pasco, Washington and opened in April 2007. The chain features self-service concessions.
• Frank Theatres - 27 theaters, 249 screens. Located in Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and West Virginia.
• Fridley Theatres - 22 locations with 95 screens in Iowa and Nebraska
• FunAsiA Theaters - Operates the largest Bollywood Theater Chain (www.funasia.net) in USA and is part of Pyramid Saimira Group (www.pstl.in).
• Galaxy Theaters - Currently 9 theaters with 84 screens in California, Nevada, Texas and Washington. Completely converted to digital projection (DLP)
• Georgia Theatre Company - 29 theaters with 288 screens in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia.
• Goodrich Quality Theaters, Inc. - 279 screens in 30 theaters in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.
• Grandview Theatre - Single screen theatre in Grandview Heights, OH, originally opened in 1926 as a silent theatre.
• Great Escape Theatres - 305 screens in 26 theaters, located in the Midwestern U.S. and South
• Harkins Theatres - 429 screens in 30 theaters. Locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas.
• Hollywood Theaters (formerly Wallace Theaters) - 546 screens in 49 theaters
• iPic Gold Class Entertainment - 98 screens in 9 theaters. Locations in California, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Illinois, Washington and Wisconsin.
• Kerasotes Theatres - 957 screens in 95 theaters, Acquired by AMC Theatres in 2010
• Krikorian Premier Theaters - 90 screens in 7 theaters in the Greater Los Angeles Area
• Landmark Theatres - 220 screens in 54 theaters

• Silver Cinemas - 55 screens in 8 theaters, located in Arizona, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin. Under same ownership.

• Loeks Theatres, Inc. (also known as Celebration! Cinema) - 137 screens, 11 theaters in Michigan.
• Malco Theatres - 326 screens in 33 theaters, located in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and Missouri
• Mann Theatres - 71 screens in 10 theaters throughout Minnesota.
• Marcus Theatres - 668 screens in 54 theaters Theaters located in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska North Dakota and Ohio

• Douglas Theatre Company - Acquired in 2008.

• Marquee Cinemas - 19 theaters totaling 187 screens. Theaters located from Connecticut to Florida plus West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee
• Maya Cinemas - 2 theaters, one in Bakersfield, California and another one in Salinas, California and another one in Pittsburg, California.
• Megaplex Theaters - 155 screens in 17 theaters in Utah. Soon to be 170 screens in 18 theaters.
• Metropolitan Theatres Corporation - 21 theatres with 104 screens in California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and British Columbia. Based in Los Angeles, Metropolitan Theatres Corporation is a privately held company owned by the Corwin family since 1923.
• MJR Theatres - 132 screens in 8 theaters in the Detroit Metropolitan Area.
• Movie Palace, Inc. - 9 theaters with 59 screens in Casper, Cheyenne, Green River, and Rock Springs, Wyoming.
• Muvico Theaters - 154 screens in 9 theaters, all located in Florida
• NAOS Entertainment - Start-up Alabama chain with 1 theater, 8 screens as of September 10, 2007. - Three additional multiplexes under development. Based in Greenville, Alabama.

• ArcLight Sherman Oaks - formerly Galleria Stadium 16, was transformed to an ArcLight Cinema that opened in 2007.

• National Amusements - 450 screens in 34 theaters

• Cinema de Lux
• Multiplex Cinemas
• Showcase Cinemas

• Neighborhood Cinema Group - 137 screens in 14 theaters in Michigan, Indiana, Georgia and Tennessee
• Northern Michigan Cinemas - 29 screens in 5 theaters. Theaters are located in Cheboygan, Bellaire, Mackinaw City, Petoskey and Gaylord.
• Pacific Theatres - 10 theatres with around 300 screens
• Premiere Cinemas - 257 screens, 22 theaters, locations in Texas, Alabama, Florida and New Mexico
• Polson Theatres - 11 theaters with 24 screens, locations in Montana and Idaho
• Rave Cinemas - 688 screens in 46 theaters
• Reading Entertainment - 181 screens in 23 theaters in California, Hawaii, New York, Arizona, and Texas

• Reading Cinemas - 8 theaters
• Angelika Film Center - 6 theaters
• Consolidated Theatres - 9 theaters
• Pacific Theatres - 15 theaters acquired in February 2008

• Reel Theatres - 6 theaters in Oregon, Idaho, and Utah
• Regal Entertainment Group - 6,777 screens in 560 cinemas name "Regal"

• Regal Cinemas - One of three chains part of the 2002 consolidation.
• United Artists Theatres - One of three chains part of the 2002 consolidation.
• Edwards Theatres - One of three chains part of the 2002 consolidation.
• Sawmill Theaters - Six Screen multiplex located in Payson, Arizona.
• Hoyts Cinemas - U.S. locations were acquired in 2003 and rebranded as Regal Cinemas.
• Eastern Federal Theatres - Acquired in 2005 and rebranded as Regal Cinemas.
• Consolidated Theatres - Acquired in 2008 for $210 million in cash and rebranded as Regal Cinemas.

• Regency Theatres - 189 screens across 29 locations throughout Southern California and Nevada.
• Rogers Cinemas - 7 theaters, 50 screens in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
• Santikos Theatres - 112 screens in 8 theaters located in Texas Will soon have 134 screens in 9 theaters.
• Southern Theatres - 18 theaters, 241 screens. Located in Southeastern United States, created through a merger of Grand Theaters of New Orleans, Louisiana and AmStar Cinemas of Birmingham, Alabama. Based in New Orleans the chain has locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.
• Stanley Corporation of America - Founded in 1897 in Philadelphia by Jules and Stanley Mastbaum; 250 theaters in mid-Atlantic region; acquired by Warner Bros. in 1928.
• Starplex Cinemas - Currently operates 24 theaters and 222 screens across the United States.
• Stone Theatres - 3 theater chain based in the Carolinas with current locations in Durham, NC, Myrtle Beach, SC and Hope Mills, NC. They are in the process of expanding to more locations.
• Studio Movie Grill - 8 theaters, cinema/grill concept, operating in Texas and expanding across the U.S.,
• Texas Cinemas - 3 Theaters, 28 Screens, San Marcos and New Braunfels, Texas.
• UltraStar Cinemas - A west coast regional chain that was the first Chain in the nation to adopt a full scale deployment of Digital Cinema, is a leader in Digital 3D and is the first theater chain to deploy D-box Motion seats. 147 screens in 15 theaters in Southern California and Arizona.
• United Entertainment Corporation - 125 screens in 14 theaters, located in California, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah.
• Warren Theatres - Owned and operated by Bill Warren, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, operates four luxury theaters under the Warren Theatres brand, including three cinema complexes in Wichita, Kansas and one in Moore, Oklahoma.Warren Theatres also operates two theatres under the Palace Theatres name, one of which is located in Springfield, Missouri and the other in Wichita. Warren Theatres also operates a small theater in the Towne West Square Mall in Wichita Kansas, called the Movie Machine. The Warren Theatre in Old Town Wichita, Kansas is a main venue for the Tallgrass Film Festival, an international, independent film festival. Warren Theatres' IMAX, with the largest IMAX screen in the world, is the top grossing IMAX in North America.
• Water Gardens Theatres - 3 theaters and 18 screens in Utah and Hawaii
• Wehrenberg Theatres - 15 theaters with 210 screens in the St. Louis metropolitan area, Minnesota and Iowa Largest and oldest family-owned theater chain in the United States.
• Westates Theatres - 5 theaters and about 13 screens operating in Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and Idaho, primarily in small urban areas and towns.
• Wildwood Theatres - 4 theaters, in Wisconsin.
• York River Crossing Cinemas - One location in Gloucester, VA. Eight screens.
• Your Neighborhood Theatre, a division of Boston Culinary Group - 119 screens, 17 theaters in New England and New York State