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| Company type | Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cinemas |
| Founded | 1999 Cinema City International |
| Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland |
Key people | Mooky Greidinger, CEO |
| Revenue | Unknown |
Number of employees | ~1000 |
| Website | www.cinema-city.pl |
Cinema City is a brand of multiplex cinemas in eastern and central Europe, run by the Israeli company Cinema City International (CCI). In Europe it has cinemas in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. In Poland, Cinema City has almost 40% of the multiplex market, with Multikino its major competitor. CCI also runs a chain of Israeli multiplexes under the name of Rav-Hen.
In January 2014 it was announced that the Cinema City parent group would be taken over by UK group Cineworld.[1]
36-37* Other sites to be opened in 2018/20 are Gdańsk and Warsaw.
Cinema City has exclusive rights for operating IMAX technology theatres in Poland. It currently runs six IMAX theatres, alongside its multiplexes in:
The management board has three members:
In Poland, the company is run by Rafał Rybski, director of operations.
In 2002 Cinema City took over Polish cinemas belonging to Ster Century Company, which withdrew from the Polish market. Cinema City started operating the following multiplexes: Janki, Promenada and Galeria Mokotów in Warsaw and Korona in Wrocław.
This was followed in 2003 by the takeover of Krewetka multiplex in Gdańsk, then owned by Superkino (part of Vision Film Distribution company).
Under the terms of the deal, Cineworld will purchase about 100 multiplexes from CCI for 503 million pounds. However, CCI will maintain a 24.9 percent stake in the combined business.
