Cineplexx Cinemas

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Cineplexx
Company type GmbH
Industry Entertainment (movie theatres)
Founded1993
Headquarters Vienna, Austria
Number of locations
61 (2021)
Area served
Austria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
Key people
Christian Langhammer
Revenue€150 million (2019)
Number of employees
1,600 (2019)
Website www.cineplexx.at
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Cineplexx in Zagreb, Croatia

Cineplexx is a cinema company based in Vienna, Austria, owned by Constantin Film-Foundation. The company was founded in 1993, and operates mainly in Austria where it is the largest cinema chain with 28 locations, mostly multiplex cinemas under the Cineplexx brand. The company started international expansion in 2009 and operated 61 multiplexes in 12 countries as of 2021.

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History

Cineplexx Kinobetriebe GmbH was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between Constantin Film-Holding GmbH and Vienna's own cinema and event companies (KIBA / Wiener Stadthalle and Wiener Holding AG). The city of Vienna withdrew and sold its shares to Constantin Film-Holding GmbH in spring 1999. Constantin Film-Holding GmbH and Cineplexx Kinobetriebe GmbH are wholly owned by the Langhammer family.

The first Cineplexx cinema was opened on October 31, 1996 in Graz. It was after the Apollo Cinema reopened in December 1993 by Cineinvest, a subsidiary of Constantin Film Holding and Kiba. The largest Cineplexx which was built in November 1999 on the Danube plate, in Reichsbrücke, included 13 halls and 3,400 seats but was closed in 2011.

In March 2001 Cineplexx bought from Loews a cinema in Auhof and in December 2002 the cinema in the Vienna Twin Tower from the German Cinestar. In 2004, Constantin Film Group also took over the multiplex cinema in the Donauzentrum, the Donauplex.

Since 2009 Cineplexx has expanded in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.

On May 12, 2009, the first Cineplexx cinema outside Austria was opened in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy with 7 screens.

In January 2019, Cineplexx bought the three cinemas of the UCI chain in Austria from Odeon. [1]

Cineplexx expanded in Romania in April 2019 after it bought one of the largest multiplexes in Bucharest, Grand Cinema, refurbishing it and changing the name into Cineplexx Baneasa. Three months later Cineplexx took over Cine Globe multiplex in Titan, also in Bucharest, and rebranded it as Cineplexx. [2] In September 2019 a multiplex was opened in Satu Mare. [3] Cineplexx continued to expand with a multiplex in Sibiu in February 2020, in Târgu Mureș in September 2020, [4] and others planned in Craiova and Iași.

The latest addition is the new Cineplexx in Sarajevo with eight cinema halls totaling 1,400 seats, which opened in June 2021 and also serves as a major venue for the annual Sarajevo Film Festival. [5]

Projects under construction were a 4-screen cinema in the ALGO Shopping Center in Algundo, [6] near Merano, which was to be opened in summer 2021. Furthermore, the 9-screen cinema at Belgrade Waterfront, which was already open to the public and hosted Serbia's first IMAX, was to be finished in September 2021. Cineplexx's first cinema in Slovenia's capital city Ljubljana with 7 halls and 1400 seats opened in spring 2022 at Supernova Shopping Center in Rudnik. [7]

Facilities

The multiplex offers in selected locations cinema halls equipped with laser 4K projectors, HFR, IMAX, Dolby Atmos and Dolby Cinema.

Since 2017 the company opened the first halls with motion-based cinema concept MX4D in Split, Novi Sad, Belgrade and Graz, with the latest one introduced in Vienna at Cineplexx Millennium City in 2021. Likewise, a VR concept was launched in Graz and Novi Sad on a trial basis. Also Samsung's Onyx concept, the first Cinema LED system to replace the classic projection was installed in Wienerberg. [8]

Cinemas

NameLocationScreensNotes
Annenhof CinemaGraz, Austria8
Apollo CinemaVienna, Austria12IMAX, Laser projection, 4K
Cineplexx AmstettenAmstetten, Austria6Dolby Atmos, All laser projection
Cineplexx Donau ZentrumVienna, Austria13IMAX, Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, HFR
Cineplexx GrazGraz, Austria10IMAX, Dolby Atmos, MX4D, All laser projection, HFR
Cineplexx HohenemsHohenems, Austria9IMAX, Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx InnsbruckInnsbruck, Austria8IMAX
Cineplexx LauterachLauterach, Austria4
Cineplexx LeobenLeoben Austria6
Cineplexx LinzLinz, Austria10Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, All laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx MattersburgMattersburg, Austria5
Cineplexx Millennium CityVienna, Austria13Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, M4DX, All laser projection, 4K, HFR,
Cineplexx ParndorfParndorf, Austria5Dolby Atmos, All laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx Salzburg AirportSalzburg, Austria10Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx SpittalSpittal, Austria4All laser projection
Cineplexx VillachVillach, Austria6Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx Vienna AuhofVienna, Austria8
Cineplexx Wiener NeustadtWiener Neustadt, Austria8Dolby Atmos, All laser projection
Cineplexx WienerbergVienna, Austria10Onyx Cinema LED, Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx WörglWörgl, Austria6Laser projection
SCS KinoweltWiener Neudorf, Austria9Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Village CinemaVienna, Austria10Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Actors StudioVienna, Austria1
Artis InternationalVienna, Austria1
Filmtheater KitzbühelKitzbühel, Austria2HFR
Geidorf KunstkinoGraz, Austria3
Stadtkino VillachVillach, Austria3
Urania CinemaVienna, Austria1
Cineplexx QTUTirana, Albania4Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx TEGTirana, Albania7Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR
Cineplex PalasBanja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina7
Cineplexx Plaza MostarMostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina4
Cineplexx SarajevoSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina8HFR, Ultimate Laser Projection
Cineplexx City Center One EastZagreb, Croatia7HFR
Cineplexx City Center One SplitSplit, Croatia7HFR, Laser projection
Cineplexx One SalonicaThessaloniki, Greece8IMAX, 4K
Cineplexx BolzanoBolzano, South Tyrol, Italy7Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx ALGO (under construction)Algundo/Merano, South Tyrol, Italy44K, HFR
Cineplexx PrishtinaPrishtina, Kosovo6Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx PrizrenPrizren, Kosovo5Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx PodgoricaPodgorica, Montenegro6HFR
Cineplexx Skopje City MallSkopje, North Macedonia9HFR
Cineplexx Targu MuresTargu Mures, Romania5HFR, 4K, Atmos, Ultimate Laser Projection
Cineplexx Satu MareSatu Mare, Romania6HFR, 4K, Ultimate Laser Projection, Atmos
Cineplexx SibiuSibiu, Romania5Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx TitanBucharest, Romania8
Cineplexx BăneasaBucharest, Romania13Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx 4D Delta CityBelgrade, Serbia6MX4D, HFR
Cineplexx Big BeogradBelgrade, Serbia8Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx Kragujevac PlazaKragujevac, Serbia6
Cineplexx NisNis, Serbia54K, HFR
Cineplexx PromenadaNovi Sad, Serbia8MX4D, All Laser projection, HFR
Cineplexx Usce Shopping CenterBelgrade, Serbia114K, HFR
Cineplexx Galerija Belgrade (partially finished)Belgrade, Serbia9IMAX, Atmos, Ultimate Laser Projection, HFR, 4K
Cineplexx CeljeCelje, Slovenia84K, HFR
Cineplexx KoperKoper, Slovenia5Laser projection
Cineplexx KranjKranj, Slovenia54K, HFR
Cineplexx Ljubljana RudnikLjubljana, Slovenia7Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR
Cineplexx MariborMaribor, Slovenia84K, HFR
Cineplexx Murska SobotaMurska Sobota, Slovenia3
Cineplexx Novo MestoNovo Mesto, Slovenia5

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