Wanda Cinemas

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Wanda Cinema Line Corporation
Native name
万达电影院线股份有限公司
Public
Traded as SZSE: 002739
Industry Entertainment (cinemas)
Founded 2005
Headquarters Beijing, China
Key people
Zhang Lin (Chairman)
Products Wanda Cinemas
Parent Dalian Wanda Group
Subsidiaries Hoyts
Website www.wandacinemas.com
Wanda Cinema Line Corp
Simplified Chinese 万达电影院线股份有限公司
Traditional Chinese 萬達電影院线股份有限公司
Beijing CBD Wanda Plaza, which houses the company headquarters and includes the Beijing CBD Wanda Cinemas (北京万达电影城CBD店)[1][2]
Wanda International Cinema in Yinzhou District, Ningbo

Wanda Cinemas (simplified Chinese: 万达院线; traditional Chinese: 萬達院線; pinyin: Wàndá Yuànxiàn) is a cinema operator in China, headquartered in the Wanda Plaza (万达广场) in Chaoyang District, Beijing.[3] It is a part of the Dalian Wanda Group. As of 2014 Wang Jianlin is the head of the company.[4]

Operations[edit]

As of 2014, the company had a total of 1,616 screens, including 94 IMAX screens, in 182 cinema complexes in almost 100 cities in China, making it the largest movie theater operator in Asia. In 2014 the company had 4.2 billion yuan ($681.7 million) in box office revenue, the highest grossing in China.[5] In 2014 the China Securities Regulatory Commission gave approval for the company's IPO.[4]

Some locations are named Wanda International Cinemas (万达国际影城 Wàndá Guójì Yǐngchéng).

Recent news[edit]

In June 2015, Wanda Cinemas announced that it had acquired Australian cinema chain Hoyts.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "商户分布" (Archive). Beijing CBD Wanda Plaza. Retrieved on January 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "北京万达电影城CBD店." mtime.com. Retrieved on January 6, 2015. "朝阳区建国路93号万达广场三层"
  3. ^ "联系我们." Wanda Cinemas. Retrieved on January 3, 2015. "公司地址:北京市朝阳区建国路93号 万达广场B座11层"
  4. ^ a b Agencies. "China mogul's cinema chain gets nod for mainland IPO." China Daily. December 1, 2014. Retrieved on January 4, 2015. Alternate link.
  5. ^ "Company Profile". Official Website of Wanda Cinemas (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 June 2015. 
  6. ^ Matthew Miller (2 June 2015). "China's Dalian Wanda buys Australian cinema chain Hoyts". Reuters. Retrieved 3 June 2015. 

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