Muvico Theaters
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| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 in Coral Springs, Florida |
| Website | www.muvico.com |
Muvico Theaters is a movie theater chain, which intended, in recent years, to rival newer large chains such as AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas.
Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Muvico has seven complexes in Florida . Muvico has also expanded out of the state Florida to include complexes in the Chicago Metropolitan Area (Rosemont), Thousand Oaks, California, and soon East Rutherford, New Jersey. Muvico theaters are known for the themes that several theaters have, such as the Egyptian theme, the '50s drive-in theme, the French opera house theme. They are also known for the Premier Bar, which is currently at Centro Ybor 20, Parisian 20, and the Coconut Point 16 locations. The Rosemont and Thousand Oaks theaters goes even further with full-scale restaurants on top of the theaters.
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[edit] Corporate history
Muvico Theaters started in 1984 with the acquisition of Movie Center 3 theater in Coral Springs, Florida. Between 1985 to 1995, Muvico bought or built eight theaters totaling 59 screens; the California Club Six in North Miami was among these eight theaters. However, in 1995, Muvico sold all of its theaters and three leases, except for the Palm Harbor 10 located in Palm Harbor, Florida (which is the oldest Muvico theater operating today) The purpose of that sale was to allow Muvico to operate more efficiently against its competition – namely, Regal Entertainment Group, Cinemark, and AMC Theatres. A year later, Muvico bought five theaters from United Artist Theaters (now owned by Regal Entertainment Group) in South and Central Florida, totaling 43 screens. Muvico built its first megaplex theater in 1998 in Orlando; it is called Muvico Pointe 21. They subsequently opened an 18-screen theater in Pompano Beach, Florida, and a 24-screen megaplex in Davie, Florida. In 2000, Muvico opened four more megaplexes in Florida and one in Arundel Mills in Hanover, Maryland, totaling 104 screens. In 2001, Muvico opened the Peabody Place 22 in Memphis, Tennessee and the latest theater opened the end of 2006. Muvico recently sold Pointe Orlando 21 to Regal Cinemas and recently opened it newest theater in Boynton Beach, Florida which is a 14 plex which will bring Muvico's screen count to 242. Most currently, in 2007, the Baywalk 20 theater in St. Petersburg opened an IMAX theater specifically for the launch of Spider-Man 3, with IMAX theaters being added to the Parisian 20 and the Xanadu 18.
[edit] Recent activity
Muvico opened an 18-screen theater in Rosemont, IL on September 14, 2007 which features a Muvico VIP Premier level and is the first theater in the country to have Sony SXRD 4K digital cinema projectors in all auditoriums. The opening of the Rosemont 18 theater brought the total number of screens under Muvico ownership to 287. Muvico is also going forward with plans to build theaters in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia markets. Sony made a deal with Muvico to deploy more SXRD projectors in all their new and existing locations by the end of the year.[citation needed]
Muvico sold its Maryland location and three of its Florida locations to Cinemark in March 2009.[1]
[edit] Corporate
- President & CEO - Hal Cleveland
- Vice President of Operations - James Herd
[edit] Locations
[edit] Past locations
- Muvico Movie Center 3 – Coral Springs, FL (1984–1995)
- Muvico Apollo 8 – Hialeah, FL (1985–1995)
- Muvico Movie City 10 – Oakland Park, FL (1986–1995)
- Muvico Coral Springs 6 – Coral Springs, FL (1987–1995)
- Muvico California Club 6 – North Miami, FL (1988–1995)
- Muvico Delray 10 – Delray Beach, FL (1991–1995)
- Muvico Britton 8 – Tampa, FL (1992–1995)
- Muvico Town Center 7 – Boca Raton, FL (1996–1999)
- Muvico Republic Square 8 – Orlando, FL (1996–1998)
- Muvico Lake Howell 8 – Lake Howell, FL (1996–2000)
- Muvico Pompano 6 – Pompano Beach, FL (1996–1998)
- Muvico Pointe 21 – Orlando, FL (July 14, 1998 – Feb. 28, 2007, Acquired by Regal Entertainment Group)
- Muvico Peabody 22 – Memphis, TN (2001–2008)
- Muvico Paradise 24 – Davie, FL (Acquired by Cinemark Holdings Inc. March 18, 2009)
- Muvico Palace 20 – Boca Raton, FL (Acquired by Cinemark Holdings Inc. March 18, 2009)
- Muvico Egyptian 24 – Hanover, MD (Acquired by Cinemark Holdings Inc. March 18, 2009)
- Muvico Boynton Beach 14 – Boynton Beach, FL (Acquired by Cinemark Holdings Inc. March 18, 2009)
- Muvico Coconut Point 16 – Estero, FL (December 22, 2006) (Acquired by Hollywood Theater Holdings, Inc. April 2009)
[edit] Current locations
[edit] Florida
- Muvico Palm Harbor 10 – Palm Harbor, FL (1995) (Greek Courtyard in lobby)
- Muvico Hialeah 14 – Hialeah, FL (November 13, 1996) (No theme)
- Muvico Pompano 18 – Pompano Beach, FL (September 18, 1998) (50's drive in theme)
- Muvico Starlight 20 – Tampa, FL (October 16, 1999) (50's drive in theme)
- Muvico Centro Ybor 20 – Tampa, FL (October 5, 2000) (Cuban theme)
- Muvico BayWalk 20 (I-MAX location) – St. Petersburg, FL (November 17, 2000) (Mediterranean theme)
- Muvico Parisian 20 (I-MAX location) – West Palm Beach, FL (December 22, 2000) (French Opera House theme)
[edit] Illinois
- Muvico Rosemont 18 – Rosemont, IL (September 14, 2007) (Grand palace theme)
[edit] California
- Muvico Thousand Oaks 14 – Thousand Oaks, CA (February 27, 2009) (Parisian theme)
[edit] References
- ^ DiOrio, Carl (March 24, 2009). "Nat'l Amusements fails to attract bidders". The Hollywood Reporter. Nielsen Business Media. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i21fd82b8e716e671e4644e5918ab4fde. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
