 Logo used by Cineplex for Cineplex Odeon | |
| Formerly | Cineplex Corporation Cineplex Odeon Corporation Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corporation of Canada |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private (1984–1998) Subsidiary (1998–present) |
| Industry | Entertainment (movie theaters) Live theatre |
| Founded | April 19, 1979 (as Cineplex Corporation) January 1941 (Odeon Theatres of Canada) |
| Defunct | 1998 |
| Fate | Merged into Cineplex Entertainment |
| Successors | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Key people | Garth Drabinsky and Nat Taylor |
| Parent | MCA Inc./Universal Studios (1986–1998) Loews Cineplex Entertainment (1998–2003) Cineplex Entertainment (2003–present) |
| Divisions | Cineplex Odeon Grande |
| Subsidiaries | Cineplex Odeon Films Cineplex Odeon Home Video Livent Cinescape |
| Website | cineplex |
Cineplex Odeon Corporation was one of North America's largest movie theatre operators and live theatre, with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United States. The Cineplex Odeon brand is still being used by Cineplex Entertainment at some theatres that were once owned by the Cineplex Odeon Corporation, with newer theatres using the Cineplex Cinemas (French: Cinémas Cineplex) brand. The company was the result of Cineplex Corporation in 1984 purchasing and merging with Canadian Odeon Theatres, which itself was the result of a merger between Canadian Theatres and Odeon Theatres of Canada in 1978.
Theatres formerly operated by the company are now operated by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada and as AMC Theatres in the United States.[1]
- ^ "AMC Entertainment Inc. and Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corporation Complete Merger" (Press release). AMC Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-01-24.