Cineplexx Cinemas
{{Short description|Austrian cinema company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cineplexx
| logo = Cineplexx.png
| logo_size = 240px
| type = GmbH
| foundation = 1993
| locations = 61 (2021)
| area_served = Austria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
| key_people = Christian Langhammer
| industry = Entertainment (movie theatres)
| num_employees = 1,600 (2019)
| revenue = €150 million (2019)
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| homepage = [http://www.cineplexx.at/ www.cineplexx.at]
}}
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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.
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. Cineplexx acquired Ster Cinemas of Greece in 2011.{{cite web|title=Cineplexx expands in former Yugoslavia|url=http://www.screendaily.com/cineplexx-expands-in-former-yugoslavia/5032266.article|accessdate=2024-12-04}}
In January 2019, Cineplexx bought the three cinemas of the UCI chain in Austria from Odeon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20190130_OTS0141/die-constantin-film-holding-erwirbt-in-oesterreich-drei-uci-kinos-von-der-odeon-cinemas-group|title=Die Constantin Film-Holding erwirbt in Österreich drei UCI Kinos von der Odeon Cinemas Group|date=2019-01-30|website=ots.at}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.zf.ro/companii/retail-agrobusiness/cineplexx-romania-preia-cinematograful-multiplex-din-iris-titan-shopping-center-18240939|title=Cineplexx Romania preia cinematograful multiplex din Iris Titan Shopping Center|date=2019-07-18|publisher=ZF.ro|language=Romanian}} In September 2019 a multiplex was opened in Satu Mare.{{cite web|url=https://www.presasm.ro/fotolive-cineplexx-satu-mare-s-a-deschis-cum-arata-noul-cinematograf-de-la-nepi/|title=FOTO/LIVE. Cineplexx Satu Mare s-a deschis. Cum arată noul cinematograf de la NEPI|date=12 September 2019 |publisher=PresaSM|language=Romanian}} Cineplexx continued to expand with a multiplex in Sibiu in February 2020, in Târgu Mureș in September 2020,{{cite web|url=https://www.profit.ro/stiri/life/foto-lantul-austriac-cineplexx-se-extinde-in-romania-19097625|title=FOTO Lanțul austriac Cineplexx se extinde în România|publisher=Profit.ro|language=Romanian}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.sff.ba/en/news/11488/cineplexx-sarajevo-officially-opened | title=Cineplexx Sarajevo officially opened }}
Projects under construction were a 4-screen cinema in the ALGO Shopping Center in Algund,{{cite web|url=https://www.rainews.it/tgr/tagesschau/articoli/2021/04/tag-Erweitertes-Einkaufszentrum-Algo-in-Algund-eroeffnet-5a64e3f8-aa91-4b31-b483-49a2f8a731fb.html|title=Einkaufszentrum ALGO in Algund eröffnet - TGR Tagesschau}} 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. {{cite web|url=https://www.blog.uporabnastran.si/2020/09/09/cineplexx-ljubljana-kino-supernova-ljubljana-rudnik-7-kino-dvoran-in-vec-kot-700-sedezev-v-novem-cineplexx-kino-multipleksu-v-ljubljani/|title=Cineplexx Ljubljana – kino Supernova Ljubljana Rudnik – 7 kino dvoran in več kot 700 sedežev v novem Cineplexx kino multipleksu v Ljubljani|date=9 September 2020}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficepro.com/samsung-onyx-cinemanext-vienna/|title=CinemaNext to Install Samsung 3D Onyx Screen at Cineplexx Vienna|date=2018-05-18|publisher=boxofficepro.com}}
Cinemas
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! Name ! Location ! Screens !class="unsortable"| Notes |
| Annenhof Cinema
| Graz, Austria | 8 |
| Apollo Cinema
| Vienna, Austria | 12 | IMAX, Laser projection, 4K |
| Cineplexx Amstetten
| Amstetten, Austria | 6 | Dolby Atmos, All laser projection |
| Cineplexx Donau Zentrum
| Vienna, Austria | 13 | IMAX, Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, HFR |
| Cineplexx Graz
| Graz, Austria | 10 | IMAX, Dolby Atmos, MX4D, All laser projection, HFR |
| Cineplexx Hohenems
| Hohenems, Austria | 9 | IMAX, Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Innsbruck
| Innsbruck, Austria | 8 | IMAX |
| Cineplexx Lauterach
| Lauterach, Austria | 4 |
| Cineplexx Leoben
| Leoben Austria | 6 |
| Cineplexx Linz
| Linz, Austria | 10 | Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, All laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Mattersburg
| Mattersburg, Austria | 5 |
| Cineplexx Millennium City
| Vienna, Austria | 13 | Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, M4DX, All laser projection, 4K, HFR, |
| Cineplexx Parndorf
| Parndorf, Austria | 5 | Dolby Atmos, All laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Salzburg Airport
| Salzburg, Austria | 10 | Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Spittal
| Spittal, Austria | 4 | All laser projection |
| Cineplexx Villach
| Villach, Austria | 6 | Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Vienna Auhof
| Vienna, Austria | 8 |
| Cineplexx Wiener Neustadt
| Wiener Neustadt, Austria | 8 | Dolby Atmos, All laser projection |
| Cineplexx Wienerberg
| Vienna, Austria | 10 | Onyx Cinema LED, Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Wörgl
| Wörgl, Austria | 6 | Laser projection |
| SCS Kinowelt
| Wiener Neudorf, Austria | 9 | Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Village Cinema
| Vienna, Austria | 10 | Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Actors Studio
| Vienna, Austria | 1 |
| Artis International
| Vienna, Austria | 1 |
| Filmtheater Kitzbühel
| Kitzbühel, Austria | 2 | HFR |
| Geidorf Kunstkino
| Graz, Austria | 3 |
| Stadtkino Villach
| Villach, Austria | 3 |
| Urania Cinema
| Vienna, Austria | 1 |
| Cineplexx QTU
| Tirana, Albania | 4 | Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR, Laser Projection, 4K |
| Cineplexx TEG
| Tirana, Albania | 7 | Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplex Palas
| Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 |
| Cineplexx Plaza Mostar
| Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 |
| Cineplexx Sarajevo
| Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | HFR, Ultimate Laser Projection |
| Cineplexx City Center One East
| Zagreb, Croatia | 7 | HFR |
| Cineplexx City Center One Split
| Split, Croatia | 7 | HFR, Laser projection |
| Cineplexx One Salonica
| Thessaloniki, Greece | 8 | IMAX, 4K |
| Cineplexx Bolzano
| Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy | 7 | Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx ALGO
| Lagundo/Merano, South Tyrol, Italy | 4 | 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Prishtina
| Prishtina, Kosovo | 6 | Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Prizren
| Prizren, Kosovo | 5 | Dolby Atmos, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Podgorica
| Podgorica, Montenegro | 6 | HFR |
| Cineplexx Skopje City Mall
| Skopje, North Macedonia | 9 | HFR |
| Cineplexx Targu Mures
| Targu Mures, Romania | 5 | HFR, 4K, Atmos, Ultimate Laser Projection |
| Cineplexx Satu Mare
| Satu Mare, Romania | 6 | HFR, 4K, Ultimate Laser Projection, Atmos |
| Cineplexx Sibiu
| Sibiu, Romania | 5 | Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Titan
| Bucharest, Romania | 8 |
| Cineplexx Băneasa
| Bucharest, Romania | 13 | Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx 4D Delta City
| Belgrade, Serbia | 6 | MX4D, HFR |
| Cineplexx Big Beograd
| Belgrade, Serbia | 8 | Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Kragujevac Plaza
| Kragujevac, Serbia | 6 |
| Cineplexx Nis
| Nis, Serbia | 5 | 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Promenada
| Novi Sad, Serbia | 8 | MX4D, All Laser projection, HFR |
| Cineplexx Usce Shopping Center
| Belgrade, Serbia | 11 | 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Galerija Belgrade
| Belgrade, Serbia | 9 | IMAX, Atmos, Ultimate Laser Projection, HFR, 4K |
| Cineplexx Celje
| Celje, Slovenia | 8 | 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Koper
| Koper, Slovenia | 5 | Laser projection |
| Cineplexx Kranj
| Kranj, Slovenia | 5 | 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Ljubljana Rudnik
| Ljubljana, Slovenia | 7 | Dolby Atmos, Laser projection, 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Maribor
| Maribor, Slovenia | 8 | 4K, HFR |
| Cineplexx Murska Sobota
| Murska Sobota, Slovenia | 3 |
| Cineplexx Novo Mesto
| Novo Mesto, Slovenia | 5 |
References
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External links
- [http://cineplexx.al/ Cineplexx Albania]
- [http://www.cineplexx.at Cineplexx Austria]
- [http://www.cineplexxpalas.ba Cineplexx Bosnia and Herzegovina]
- [http://www.cineplexx.hr Cineplexx Croatia]
- [https://www.cineplexx.gr/ Cineplexx Greece]
- [http://www.cineplexx.bz.it Cineplexx Italy]
- [http://www.cineplexx-ks.eu/ Cineplexx Kosovo]
- [http://www.cineplexx.mk Cineplexx Macedonia]
- [http://www.cineplexx.me Cineplexx Montenegro]
- [http://www.cineplexx.ro/ Cineplexx Romania]
- [http://www.cineplexx.rs Cineplexx Serbia]
- [http://www.cineplexx.si/ Cineplexx Slovenia]
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