Cineplex Odeon Corporation

Cineplex Odeon Corporation
FormerlyCineplex Corporation
Cineplex Odeon Corporation
Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corporation of Canada
Company typePrivate (1984–1998)
Subsidiary (1998–present)
IndustryEntertainment (movie theaters)
Live theatre
FoundedApril 19, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-04-19) (as Cineplex Corporation)
January 1941; 83 years ago (1941-01) (Odeon Theatres of Canada)
SuccessorsLoews Cineplex Entertainment
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people
Garth Drabinsky and Nat Taylor
ParentMCA Inc./Universal Studios (1986–1998)
Loews Cineplex Entertainment (1998–2003)
Cineplex Entertainment (2003–present)
DivisionsCineplex Odeon
Grande
SubsidiariesCineplex Odeon Films
Cineplex Odeon Home Video
Livent
Cinescape
Websitecineplex.com

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]

  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.