How many movie theaters are in the united states?

answers1: You are correct about The Dark Knight being the widest
release. That is partly due to more theaters being open today than 10
years ago. 18,000 is still a high figure. If The Dark Knight was in
4366 theaters at one time then it would make sense that the total
number of theaters in the US would not be 18,000. That would mean less
than 25% of theaters carried that film and you know that is false.
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AMC Theatres <br>
Loews Theaters - Acquired in 2006. <br>
B&B Theatres - Family owned and operated chain in Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma. Bow Tie Cinemas - 128 Screens in 16 locations in
Connecticut, New York, Maryland and Colorado. Opening Richmond, VA
theater in early 2009. <br>
Caribbean Cinemas - The largest movie chain located in the US insular
territory of Puerto Rico. <br>
Carmike Cinemas - 262 theaters, 2,341 screens as of August 8, 2008 -
North America's fourth-largest movie theater company. <br>
Celebration! Cinema - Grand Rapids, Michigan 135 screens as of March
30, 2007. Owns Studio 28, North America's first 20 screen megaplex.
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Center Cinemas Inc. - 3 theaters, 15 screens as of September 24, 2007.
- Family owned and operated chain in Oklahoma and Arkansas. <br>
Cinemark Theatres - 289 theaters, 3,687 screens as of August 8, 2008 -
North America's third-largest movie theater company. <br>
Cinemark Theatres <br>
Century Theatres - Acquired in 2006. <br>
CinemaStar Luxury Theaters South California and Northwestern Mexico,
Oceanside, CA based. <br>
Cinemagic Theatres - 8 theaters in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. <br>
Cinemagic Stadium Theaters - 5 Stadium theaters throughout Saco and
Westbrook, Maine; Hooksett, New Hampshire; and Merrimack and
Salisbury, Mass. <br>
Cinemawest Theaters - 13 Theaters in Northern California, Most with
Digital Projection. Classic Cinemas - 12 theaters with 88 screens in
Illinois. <br>
Clearview Cinemas - 54 movie theatres with 266 screens in the New York
metropolitan area. Clearview Cinemas operates theatres in New Jersey,
Manhattan, Westchester, Rockland County, Long Island and Pennsylvania.
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Cobb Theatres - Birmingham, Alabama-based chain that re-entered the
theater business in 2000. Has 11 locations with 166 screens as of
September 2007. Currently operating in Alabama and Florida, one new
location is under construction with 16 additional screens in Georgia.
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Coming Attractions - As of July 2005, 13 locations in California,
Oregon, and Washington state. <br>
Dickinson Theatres - Overland Park, Kansas based chain. 337 screens
spread over 36 locations in 10 central and lower midwest states,
including Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and others. <br>
Douglas Theatre Company - 1 screen in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the 38th
largest movie theater chain in the North America before they sold out
to Marcus Theatres in 2008. <br>
Drexel Theatres Group — 2 theatres: 1 active theatre in Bexley, OH and
Drexel Grandview, which closed recently. According to an article in
The Other Paper, the company's owner wants to reopen this location.
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Edwards Cinemas <br>
Entertainment Cinemas - 9 locations in New England: 5 in
Massachusetts, 2 in New Hampshire, and 1 each in Rhode Island and
Connecticut <br>
Elvis Cinemas - 2 Locations, 14 Screens - Discount chain in Denver,
Colorado area. <br>
Emagine Theatres - 3 Locations, 45 Screens - First chain to deploy
digital projection on all screens, first theater to have mobile
bar-coded tickets through Mobile Box Office. <br>
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 of
2007. The chain features self-service concessions. <br>
Film Streams - A nonprofit arts organization opening a two-screen
cinema in downtown Omaha in summer 2007. Devoted to the presentation
and discussion of film as an art form. <br>
FunAsiA Theaters - Operates the largest Bollywood Theater Chain
(www.funasia.net) in USA and is part of Pyramid Saimira Group
(www.pstl.in). <br>
Galaxy Theaters - Currently 9 theaters with 84 screens in California,
Nevada, Texas and Washington. Completely converted to digital
projection (DLP) <br>
Goodrich Quality Theaters - 31 theaters with 268 screens in the Midwest. <br>
Harkins Theatres - Arizona's largest movie theater chain with over 14
theaters and expansion into Oklahoma, California, Colorado and Texas.
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Hollywood Theaters - 55 theaters, 536 screens as of August 8, 2008
North America's ninth-largest movie theater company. Formerly known as
Wallace Theaters. <br>
Keim Theatres - 2 theaters with 4 screens locally owned in Jamestown,
North Dakota. <br>
Kerasotes Theatres - 100 theaters, 941 screens as of August 8, 2008 -
North America's seventh-largest movie theater company. - Located in
Midwestern and upper Midwestern regions of the United States,
including Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri and
Minnesota. <br>
Krikorian Premier Theaters in the Greater Los Angeles Area <br>
Landmark Theatres - 58 theaters, 209 screens. <br>
Malco Theatres - 32 theaters, 326 screens based in Memphis, TN, with
locations in Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Kentucky.
Founded in 1915. Also operates a four screen drive-in in Memphis.
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Mann Theatres - 20 theaters, 122 screens in Southern California. <br>
Marcus Theatres - 57 theaters, 766 screens as of August 8, 2008.
Located in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Iowa, and Ohio. - It is North America's eighth-largest movie theater
company. <br>
Marquee Cinemas - A fairly small movie theater chain, operated out of
Beckley, West Virginia. <br>
Maya Cinemas - Currently 1 theatre operating in Salinas, CA. <br>
Megaplex Theaters - 5 theaters, 70 screens along Wasatch Front in
Utah, owned by local entrepreneur Lary H. Miller. <br>
MJR Theatres - An eight multiplex theater chain in the Detroit
Metropolitan Area. <br>
Muvico Theaters - United States chain based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. <br>
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. <br>
National Amusements - 83 theaters, 1,047 screens as of August 8, 2008.
- North America's sixth-largest movie theater company. <br>
Cinema De Lux <br>
The Bridge: Cinema De Lux <br>
Multiplex Cinemas <br>
Showcase Cinemas <br>
Orson Welles Cinema <br>
Pacific Theatres - 166 screens in 13 theaters surrounding parts of Los
Angeles, California. <br>
ArcLight Hollywood - a 14 screen multiplex that opened in 2002. <br>
ArcLight Sherman Oaks - formerly Galleria Stadium 16, was transformed
to an ArcLight Cinema that opened in 2007. <br>
Phoenix Theatres - Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a six year old
theater operating company formed by Phil Zacheretti, former executive
with Regal Cinemas, Inc. They have 11 theaters nation-wide. <br>
Premiere Cinemas - Based in Texas where most of its theaters reside.
Also located in Gadsden, Alabama, and Orlando, Florida. Locations
under construction in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama. <br>
Rave Motion Pictures - 28 theaters with 445 screens as of August 8,
2008 - North America's tenth-largest movie theater company. Based in
Dallas, Texas, Rave operates theaters in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
and Texas. <br>
Reading Cinemas - 286 screens in 44 theatres in Australia, New
Zealand, and United States. They are associated with Reading
International INC. <br>
Recently purchased 15 theatres from Pacific Theatres Exhibition Corp
and were apart of Reading Entertainment February 2008. <br>
Consolidated Theatres - Acquired through the February 2008 purchase of
Pacific Theatres, operates in Hawaii with 98 screens in 9 theatres
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Angelika Film Center - Features independent films in theatres across
New York and Texas. <br>
Reel Theatres - Chain of theaters with locations in Idaho, Oregon, and
Utah. <br>
Regal Entertainment Group - 6,388 screens in 527 theatres in 39 states
and the District of Columbia as of August 8, 2008 - North America's
largest movie theater company. <br>
Regal Cinemas - One of the three chains part of the 2002 consolidation. <br>
Sawmill Theaters - Six Screen multiplex located in Payson, Arizona. <br>
United Artists Theatres - One of the three chains part of the 2002
consolidation. <br>
Edwards Theatres - One of the three chains part of the 2002 consolidation. <br>
Hoyts Cinemas - US locations were acquired in 2003 and rebranded as
Regal Cinemas. (Hoyts still exists as an independent entity in
Australia and New Zealand) <br>
Eastern Federal Theatres - Acquired in 2005 and rebranded as Regal
Cinemas. <br>
Consolidated Theatres - Acquired in 2008 for $210 million in cash and
rebranded as Regal Cinemas. <br>
Rogers Cinemas - 10 theaters, 48 screens in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. <br>
Santikos Theatres - Owned by entrepreneur John Santikos, it is based
in San Antonio, with 8 total theaters, including two restaurant
cinemas, an original drive-in theater, an arthouse theater, a unique
Digital 3-D and Digital Projection theater, and a brand new 18-screen
megaplex with two IMAX screens. Two new theaters will premiere in
2007, including one in Houston. <br>
Sawmill Theatres - An independent six screen stadium seating multiplex
located in Payson, Arizona. <br>
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. <br>
Speakeasy Theaters - An independent movie theater that serves beer,
wine and food at their snackbar. Locations in Oakland, CA and in El
Cerrito, CA.. <br>
Star Cinema - Small premium chain with 97 screens in Wisconsin and Iowa. <br>
Starplex Cinemas - Currently operates 23 theaters and 216 screens
across the United States. <br>
Trademark Cinemas - Operates 6 theaters and 43 screens that are
scattered across the eastern U.S. i
answers2: Fairchild Cinema Pasco
answers3: Per the National Association of Theatre Owners there is
collectively 5,683 theater sites ( 5,317 indoors/ 366 drive-ins)
boasting a combined total of 39,662 screens. The top 5 circuits are
Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Inc, Cinemark USA Inc,
Carmike Cinemas Inc, and Cineplex Entertainment LP who collective owns
about 53% of the industry.
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RE: <br>
How many movie theaters are in the united states? <br>
I was wondering this, and i could not find really any reliable answers
but i saw there was about 18,000 movie theaters in the us. Btw what
movie came out in the most movie theaters ever?
answers5: They are sometimes (one example being Crouching Tiger Hidden
Dragon), but oftentimes they don't get releases as big as Hollywood
movies. They probably get limited releases, and you just have to check
around for theaters near you that will be playing them.