Cineworld Group is a British cinema company and is the world’s second largest cinema chain, with 9,518 screens across 790 sites in 11 countries: the UK, the US, Canada, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Israel, Hungary, Czechia, Bulgaria and Slovakia.
The group’s primary brands are Regal (in the US), Cineworld and Picturehouse (in the UK & Ireland), Cinema City (throughout Europe) and Yes Planet (in Israel).
As of March 2018, Cineworld was the leading cinema operator in the UK by box office market share (based on revenue), with 99 cinemas and over 1,017 screens, including Ireland’s single largest multiplex by screens and customer base. Cineworld Glasgow Renfrew Street is the tallest cinema in the world and the busiest, by customer base, in the UK.
The Cineworld site with the greatest number of screens is located at Valley Centertainment in Sheffield, which has 20. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
In March 2020, Cineworld and all other cinemas in the UK closed until further notice due to the 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.
Type: Public company
Traded as: LSE: CINE
Industry: Entertainment, movies
Predecessor: UGC
Founded: 1995; 25 years ago
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Subsidiaries:
- Cineworld Cinemas
- Cinema City International
- Picturehouse Cinemas
- Digital Cinema Media (50%)
- Regal Cinemas
- Spyglass Media Group
Website: www.cineworldplc.com