Cinema City Poland

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.

Cinema City Poland Sp. z o.o.
TypeLtd.
IndustryCinemas
Founded1999 Cinema City International
HeadquartersWarsaw, Poland
Key people
Moshe (Mooky) Greidinger, CEO
RevenueUnknown
Number of employees
~1000
Websitewww.cinema-city.pl

In January 2014 it was announced that the Cinema City parent group would be taken over by UK group Cineworld.[1]

Current multiplex locations
  1. Warsaw - Sadyba – 12 screens (2959 seats) including IMAX (2D: 383 seats, 3D: 366 seats)
  2. Warsaw - Bemowo – 11 screens (2400 seats)
  3. Warsaw - Galeria Mokotów – 14 screens (3248 seats)
  4. Warsaw - Janki – 10 screens (1966 seats)
  5. Warsaw - Promenada – 13 screens (2849 seats)
  6. Warsaw - Arkadia – 15 screens (2798 seats) including 4DX
  7. Warsaw - Białołęka Galeria Północna – 11 screens (2040 seats) including 1 screen with Dolby Atmos
  8. Kraków - Kraków Plaza – 9 screens (2664 seats) including IMAX (2D: 424 seats, 3D: 373 seats)
  9. Kraków - Zakopianka – 10 screens (2218 seats)
  10. Kraków - Galeria Kazimierz – 10 screens (1813 seats)
  11. Kraków - Bonarka City Center – 20 screens (3234 seats) including 4DX and 3 VIP screens (23+29+47 seats)
  12. Wrocław - Korona – 9 screens (2027 seats)
  13. Wrocław - Wroclavia – 20 screens (3060 seats) including: IMAX (2D: 406 seats, 3D: 375 seats), 4DX, 3 VIP screens (48+48+48 seats), 3 screens with Dolby Atmos
  14. Poznań - Poznań Plaza – 9 screens (2510 seats) including IMAX (2D: 445 seats, 3D: 410 seats)
  15. Poznań - Kinepolis – 18 screens (6661 seats) (all screens are certificated by THX)
  16. Katowice - Punkt 44 – 13 screens (2870 seats) including IMAX (2D: 376 seats, 3D: 366 seats)
  17. Katowice - Silesia City Center – 13 screens (2900 seats)
  18. Częstochowa - Wolność – 8 screens (1766 seats)
  19. Częstochowa - Galeria Jurajska – 8 screens (1330 seats)
  20. Toruń - Czerwona Droga – 12 screens (2495 seats)
  21. Toruń - Toruń Plaza – 8 screens (1332 seats)
  22. Lublin - Lublin Plaza – 8 screens (1548 seats)
  23. Lublin - Atrium Felicity – 9 screens (1672 seats) including 4DX
  24. Łódź - Manufaktura – 14 screens (2591 seats) including IMAX (2D: 399 seats, 3D: 380 seats) and 4DX
  25. Bydgoszcz - Focus Mall – 13 screens (2256 seats) including 4DX
  26. Gdańsk - Krewetka – 8 screens (1871 seats) (1 screen is certificated by THX)
  27. Zielona Góra - Focus Mall „Polska Wełna” – 9 screens (1305 seats)
  28. Wałbrzych - Galeria Victoria – 7 screens (1589 seats)
  29. Gliwice - FORUM – 13 screens (2333 seats)
  30. Sosnowiec - Sosnowiec Plaza – 6 screens (874 seats)
  31. Ruda Śląska - Ruda Śląska Plaza – 8 screens (1557 seats)
  32. Rybnik - Rybnik Plaza – 8 screens (1537 seats)
  33. Bytom - Agora Bytom – 8 screens (1358 seats)
  34. Bielsko-Biała - Gemini Park – 10 screens (1528 seats)
  35. Starogard Gdański - Galeria Neptun – 6 screens (1019 seats)

36-37* Other sites to be opened in 2018/20 are Gdańsk and Warsaw.

Current IMAX locations

Cinema City has exclusive rights for operating IMAX technology theatres in Poland. It currently runs six IMAX theatres, alongside its multiplexes in:

Corporate governance

The management board has three members:

In Poland, the company is run by Rafał Rybski, director of operations.

Merger

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).

See also

References
  1. "UK group to merge with Cinema City International". Polskie Radio. Polskie Radio. 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-10. 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.


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