Event Cinemas

{{see also|Cinema of Australia}}

The Event Cinemas cinema chain has had a significant impact on the Australian culture and film industry, and has a history of mergers and acquisitions and liquidations that span over a century.

From 1906 to 1911, during the silent era, Australia was the most prolific producer of feature films in the world,{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120355629|title=AMALGAMATED PICTURES, LIMITED. – Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 – 1930) – 12 Apr 1914|website=Trove|access-date=29 August 2016}} a period which included the creation of the first feature-length film The Kelly Gang. This creative and fertile period in Australian film history was largely created by competition between West's Pictures, Spencer's Pictures and Amalgamated Pictures.{{Cite web|url=http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/downloads/policies/early%20history_final1.pdf|title=The first wave of Australian feature film production: From early promise to fading hopes|website=Australian Film Commission Archive|publisher=Screen Australia|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405184304/http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/downloads/policies/early%20history_final1.pdf|url-status=dead}} On 4 May 1912 the three joined to form The General Film Company of Australasia.{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120355629|title=AMALGAMATED PICTURES, LIMITED. – Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 – 1930) – 12 Apr 1914|website=Trove|access-date=29 August 2016}} On 4 January 1913 it then merged with The Greater J.D. Williams Amusement Co and restructured to become The Combine, a famous partnership between the exhibition wing Union Theatres and the production and distribution wing Australasian Films.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

The Combine monopoly was highly influential on the early twentieth-century Australian film industry. However, it came under heavy criticism for its low interest in producing Australian films, its preference for imported cinema, and its reluctance to exhibit Australian films by other producers.{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54266788|title=FILM|website=Trove|access-date=29 August 2016}} Film icon and director Raymond Longford, whose independent production company had come under attack by the group,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cbhBqzye1MC|title=The Cinema of Australia and New Zealand| last1=Mayer| first1=Geoff| last2=Beattie| first2=Keith|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=9781904764960| language=en}} said in 1927 that "had it not been for the activities of that firm in its endeavour to crush it in its infancy, the local picture would now be 10 years at least advanced to the height now attained by the Americans." Historians have traced the sharp decline of the Australian film industry in 1913 to the repercussions of these series of takeovers and mergers.{{Cite web|url=http://aso.gov.au/chronology/1910s/|title=Chronology 1910s on ASO – Australia's audio and visual heritage online|website=aso.gov.au|access-date=29 August 2016}} James Sabine has said that "the stranglehold of The Combine forced a decline in local production and contributed to many Australian production companies closing their doors."

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The Combine continued to grow into the 1920s during the genesis of the Hollywood era with its focus on exhibiting American films. The Great Depression saw Union Theatres being liquidated in 1931 and its assets purchased by newly-formed Greater Union Theatres. This new company split from Australasian Films, established the Hollywood-model subsidiary Cinesound Productions, expanded into radio and newspaper, and kept its major focus on building and managing cinemas.{{Cite web|url=http://caarp.edu.au/company/view/254|title=CAARP: Cinema and Audience Research Project|website=caarp.edu.au|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328012439/http://caarp.edu.au/company/view/254|url-status=dead}} Due to The Depression, Greater Union Theatres merged into the General Film Corporation with Hoyts, a competitor who had secured Fox Film as a shareholder. In 1937 Norman Rydge became managing director and removed the company from the previous merger.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In 1945, the last year of World War II, there was a box office boom and the British Rank Organisation purchased a half share in Greater Union Theatres. During this time Greater Union acquired the rights of ownership of many theatres across the country including what became the Phoenician Club in Broadway, Sydney in 1943, originally owned by McIntyre's Broadway Theatres and established as a cinema in 1911.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} It acquired the Clifford Theatre Circuit in Adelaide in March 1947. The purchase price of £300,000 for the 22 suburban and regional cinemas was "believed to be the largest motion picture transaction ever made in Australia". The Clifford name was retained as a tribute to the entrepreneur Dan Clifford, and South Australian staff were retained.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30516656 |title=Cinema circuit brings £300,000 |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=11 March 1947 |access-date=12 December 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

In 1958 the four holding companies in the Greater Union Theatres group were merged into the Rydge family Amalgamated Holdings Limited (AHL), and in 1965 Greater Union Theatres was renamed the Greater Union Organisation (GUO). In 1980 billionaire Alan Rydge was appointed Chairman of AHL to become the youngest chairman of an Australian public company.{{Cite web|url=http://www.billionairesnewswire.com/alan-rydge-australian-billionaires-business-prodigy/|title=Alan Ridge: Australian billionaire and business prodigy|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724081116/http://www.billionairesnewswire.com/alan-rydge-australian-billionaires-business-prodigy/|archive-date=24 July 2016|url-status=dead}}

In 1971, it merged its assets with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Australian cinema unit, which the company's B.E.F. subsidiary distributing MGM titles until 1973, when distribution that studio's films in Australia was shifted to Cinema International Corporation.{{Cite book |last=Groves |first=Don |title=AHL: 100 Years of Entertainment |publisher=Amalgamated Holdings Ltd. |year=2010 |isbn=9780958946612}} In 1976, the company's British Empire Films unit was initially renamed GUO Film Distributors, then six years later, it was renamed to Greater Union Film Distributors.

In 1975, Greater Union bought the old Metro Theatre in Hindley Street, Adelaide, and redeveloped it as a modern four-screen cinema complex, called Hindley Cinemas 1–4.{{cite web | title=Hindley Cinemas 1–4 in Adelaide, AU | website=Cinema Treasures | date=3 August 2007 | url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1588 | access-date=17 December 2022}} In October 1980, the company bought the building that had once housed the first cinema in Adelaide, West's Olympia, also in Hindley Street. After a time in which rebuilds were made to the cinema, it reopened in December 1982 as Hindley Cinemas 5–6.{{cite news |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/27047 |title= ASO Grainger Studio |publisher=Cinema Treasures |access-date= 17 December 2022}}

In 1984 AHL regained control over the now-defunct Rank Organisation's half share, meaning that it once again became fully Australian-owned. In 1987 GUO merged with Village Roadshow's film distribution unit to form the distribution company Roadshow Film Distributors, and by that time, GUO and Village Roadshow partnered on a $100 million cinema chain that will see 200 circuits expanded by use by 1990.{{Cite news |date=1987-08-19 |title=$A100-Mil Pricetag On Roadshow/GU Venture |page=41 |work=Variety}}

In 1991 GUO acquired Birch, Carroll & Coyle.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} In the same year, Hindley Cinemas 1–4 and 5–6 closed.

In 2003, AHL and Village Roadshow combined to form Australian Theatres.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Since 2009, a number of cinemas have been renamed from Greater Union Cinemas to Event Cinemas. On 22 December 2015, AHL was renamed Event Hospitality and Entertainment.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In June 2016, Event Cinemas acquired New Zealand cinema chain Downtown Cinemas.{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Paul |date=2016-12-01 |title=Behind the scenes changes at Downtown Cinema |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/87068379/behind-the-scenes-changes-at-downtown-cinema |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=Stuff |language=en}}

In 2019, Birch Carroll & Coyle was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in recognition of being Australia's leading provincial film distributor and its industry leadership throughout Queensland for 80 years.{{Cite web|url=http://leaders.slq.qld.gov.au/inductees/|title=2019 Hall of Fame|date=2019|website=Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719030759/http://leaders.slq.qld.gov.au/inductees/|archive-date=19 July 2019|url-status=live|access-date=19 July 2019}}File:Event Cinemas (6888281952).jpg

Event Cinemas operates venues around Australia, many of which are located in large shopping centres. The cinema complexes comprise multiple screens. The below locations do not include sites that operate under the joint venture between Village Roadshow and Event Hospitality & Entertainment known as Australian Theatres.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

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New South Wales

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• Blacktown - trading as Skyline Drive-In
• Bondi Junction
• Burwood
• Campbelltown
• Castle Hill
• Coffs Harbour - trading as BCC Cinemas
• Edmondson Park
• Glendale
• Hornsby
• Hurstville
• Kotara
• Liverpool
• Macquarie
• Miranda
• Parramatta
• Shellharbour
• Sydney CBD - colloquially known as George St
• Top Ryde City
• Tuggerah

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Northern Territory

• Casuarina - trading as BCC Cinemas
• Palmerston

Queensland

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• Brisbane City
• Broadbeach - colloquially known as Pacific Fair
• Cairns Central
• Cairns Earlville
• Cairns Smithfield
• Capalaba - trading as BCC Cinemas
• Carindale
• Chermside
• Coomera
• Indooroopilly
• Kawana
• Loganholme
• Mackay Mount Pleasant - trading as BCC Cinemas
• Maroochydore Sunshine Plaza - trading as BCC Cinemas
• Mt Gravatt - colloquially known as Garden City
• Noosa - trading as BCC Cinemas
• North Lakes
• Robina
• Rockhampton North
• Southport - colloquially known as Australia Fair
• Springfield
• Strathpine - trading as BCC Cinemas
• Toowoomba - colloquially known as Grand Central
• Toowoomba - trading as BCC Cinemas Toowoomba Strand
• Townsville - trading as BCC Cinemas

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South Australia

• Glenelg
• Marion

Western Australia

• Innaloo
• Morley - trading as Greater Union
• Whitford

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With cinema admissions in decline, Event Cinemas has continued to experience growth by raising the price of admissions and offering "premium experiences" such as "Gold Class" which offers more luxury seating and food, "Vmax" which offers a larger screen, and alternate content including Bollywood films, football, gaming, film festivals, opera and stand-up comedy events.{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/a-cinema-ticket-in-australia-can-cost-up-to-40-heres-why-20140710-zt3g0.html|title=A cinema ticket in Australia can cost up to $40. Here's why|last=Quinn|first=Karl|date=10 July 2014 |access-date=29 August 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.evt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HY-2016-Report-and-Accounts.pdf|title=Event Hospitality & Entertainment Limited: Financial Results for the half year ended 31 December 2015|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205233413/https://www.evt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HY-2016-Report-and-Accounts.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eventcinemas.com.au/AlternateContent|title=Alternate Content}}

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Within Fiji, Damodar Event Cinemas is a joint venture between Village Cinemas, and the Fijian-based Damodar Brothers, who operate the existing two-cinema chain under licence since 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=136998|title=AHL buys into Damodar|date=9 January 2010|work=Fiji Times|access-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014300/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=136998|archive-date=5 October 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://myfijiguide.com/entertainment/movies/damodar-brothers.aspx|title=Damodar Brothers|date=25 April 2008|work=MyFijiGuide.com|access-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234435/http://myfijiguide.com/entertainment/movies/damodar-brothers.aspx|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indiannewslink.co.nz/index.php/specialfeature/fijiimports/new-shopping-centre-to-open-in-suva.html|title=New Shopping Centre to open in Suva|date=13 October 2012|work=Indian Newslink|access-date=4 October 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235556/http://www.indiannewslink.co.nz/index.php/specialfeature/fijiimports/new-shopping-centre-to-open-in-suva.html|url-status=dead}}

The brand has since changed its name to "Damodar Cinemas".

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• Damodar City - trading as Damodar Event Cinemas

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Event Cinemas operates cinemas in New Zealand's major urban centres, including the Embassy Theatre in Wellington and Rialto Cinema in Dunedin. Hollywood blockbusters are regularly shown alongside arthouse features and film festivals such as the New Zealand International Film Festival.

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• Albany, Auckland
• Blenheim
• Chartwell, Hamilton
• Coastlands, Whakatāne
• Embassy Theatre, Wellington
• Havelock North
• Manukau, Auckland
• New Plymouth
• Newmarket, Auckland (Westfield)
• Palmerston North
• Queen Street, Auckland
• Queensgate, Lower Hutt
• St Lukes, Auckland
• Tauranga Central
• Tauranga Crossing
• Westcity, Auckland
• Westgate, Auckland
• Whangārei
• Newmarket, Auckland (trading as Rialto)
• Rialto Cinema, Dunedin (trading as Rialto)

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Gold Class cinemas, a luxury cinema format, is provided at a number of Event Cinemas locations in Australia, New Zealand & Fiji. Gold Class Cinemas include butlered refreshments, à la carte menu offerings and reclining seats in a cinema with a small number of seats. Village Cinemas first originated the concept of Gold Class, and has since popularised with the integration into the Event Group.{{cite web|url=https://www.lexusofblackburn.com.au/news/2024/03/21/lexus-elevates-the-gold-class-experience-across-australia-with-presenting-partnership|title=Lexus Elevates the Gold Class Experience Across Australia With Presenting Partnership|date=21 March 2024|publisher=Lexus}}

All Gold Class Cinemas are operated in separate areas within regular cinema complexes. Event Gold Class branded cinemas are located at:

In Australia:

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• Bondi Junction
• Broadbeach - colloquially known as Pacific Fair
• Campbelltown
• Carindale
• Castle Hill
• Chermside
• Coomera
• Mt Gravatt - colloquially known as Garden City
• Indooroopilly
• Innaloo
• Kawana
• Kotara
• Loganholme
• Macquarie
• Marion
• Miranda
• North Lakes
• Parramatta
• Robina
• Southport - colloquially known as Australia Fair
• Springfield
• Sydney CBD - colloquially known as George St
• Whitford

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• Damodar Event Cinemas

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• Albany
• Auckland - colloquially known as Queen St

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V-Max cinemas feature enhanced film display, picture quality, and immersive surround sound. The screens at V-Max used to be a minimum width of 25 meters or greater, however, that was lowered to 20 metres in 2010. V-Max cinemas are placed in large auditoriums which feature larger seats, stadium seating and wider arm-rests. Select locations also feature Dolby Atmos. The V-Max format is also provided at many Event Cinemas sites in Australia and New Zealand.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

V-Max Cinemas are usually separate from the normal cinema complexes, like the Gold Class. There are certain locations that has Dolby Atmos surround sound included in their V-Max cinemas (brackets indicating). V-Max Cinema locations include:

In Australia:

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• Bondi Junction
• Brisbane City Myer Centre
• Burwood
• Cairns Central
• Cairns Smithfield (Dolby Atmos)
• Cairns Earlville
• Campbelltown
• Carindale
• Castle Hill
• Chermside
• Coomera (Dolby Atmos)
• Ed Square (Dolby Atmos)
• Garden City Mt Gravatt
• George Street (Sydney CBD) (Dolby Atmos)
• Glendale
• Hornsby
• Hurstville (Dolby Atmos)
• Indooroopilly
• Innaloo
• Kawana (Dolby Atmos)
• Kotara (Dolby Atmos)
• Liverpool
• Loganholme
• Marion
• Miranda (Dolby Atmos)
• North Lakes (Dolby Atmos)
• Palmerston (Dolby Atmos)
• Parramatta
• Robina
• Springfield (Dolby Atmos)
• Toowoomba Grand Central (Dolby Atmos)
• Top Ryde City
• Tuggerah
• Whitford (Dolby Atmos)

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• Queensgate Shopping Centre (Dolby Atmos)
• Westfield St Lukes
• Westfield Manukau
• Westfield Albany
• Westfield Newmarket (Dolby Atmos)
• Tauranga Crossing (Dolby Atmos)

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IMAX uses precision lasers a sharper brighter images.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}} This technology is currently available at Event Cinemas Auckland (Queen St), Event Cinemas Queensgate (Wellington), Event Cinemas Pacific Fair (Broadbeach){{cite web|title=Event Cinemas Pacific Fair | url=https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/Cinema/Pacific-Fair}} and IMAX Sydney{{Cite web |title=Event Cinemas locations |url=https://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/Cinemas |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Event Cinemas}}{{Cite web |title=Event Cinemas AU IMAX |url=https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/Cinema/IMAX-Sydney}}

GUO converted most of their Australian auditoriums and flagship cinemas to digital projectors. The installation of these projectors means that most auditoriums are now RealD 3D capable.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}} Albany, Queen St Auckland, St Lukes, Henderson West City, Mt Wellington Sylvia Park, Broadway Newmarket, Glenfield Mall on level 5 Entertainment, Manukau Amersham Way, Highland Park, John Goulter Mangere, New Lynn and Crosstown Lakewood Court.

In late 2018, the first 4DX screen owned by the Event Group was opened in George Street (Sydney CBD). 4DX stimulates all five senses, featuring moving seats and special effects including wind, fog, water and scents that synchronise with the action on screen.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

EVENT Boutique cinemas feature recliners with footrest, and in-cinema food-and-drink service. Guests have access to the Boutique Cinema 30 minutes prior to their session. Boutique is currently available at Event Cinemas George Street (Sydney CBD).{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

On August 15, 2023, Event Cinemas announced that ScreenX would come to Australia for the first time. It opened at Event Cinemas Robina on the 17th of August. It later opened at Event Cinemas Campbelltown later that year on 14 December (in time for the Australian release of Wonka).{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Moonlight Cinema is an outdoor seasonal exhibitor that operates in most Australian metropolitan areas. Moonlight was acquired by EVENT in 2010 from Prime Media Group for $1.75million.{{cite web | url= http://www.smh.com.au/breaking-news-business/amalgamated-acquires-moonlight-cinema-20100728-10vql.html | title= Amalgamated acquires Moonlight Cinema | date= 28 July 2010 | website= The Sydney Morning Herald | access-date= 22 October 2016 }} The division continues to grow and has signed 3 new venue contracts since its acquisition, and currently operates in:

New South Wales

• Centennial Parklands, Sydney
• Western Sydney Parklands, Sydney

Queensland

• Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane

South Australia

• Botanic Park, Adelaide

Victoria

• Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Western Australia

• Kings Park, Perth

In addition, each venue offers 'Gold Grass' a luxurious outdoor-cinema experience, similar to the offerings of Event Cinemas' 'Gold Class'.

All cinema brands trading under EVENT, including Greater Union and BCC cinemas, share the benefits of a Loyalty program the Cinebuzz Rewards Program. Free for members, the program grants access to advance screenings, ticket discounts, access to the Cinebuzz video-on-demand platform,{{Cite web |title=Event Cinemas - Adding Value to Membership Programs with VOD |url=https://www.shift72.com/resource/event-cinemas |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=www.shift72.com |language=en}} and one free movie ticket for every six movies viewed at EVENT. The program is aimed at encouraging brand loyalty and recognising VIP Customers and currently has over 3 million members in Australia.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

The exhibition and production company that became Event Cinemas has been widely criticised as the cause of the downfall of early Australian film, which was argued to be the best in the world at the time.

In 2005, Event Cinemas banned people from bringing their own food and drink into the cinema. After negative public reaction and a threat of investigation by NSW Fair Trading, the company was forced to revoke the rule. People complained that Event Cinema's food was more than double the price of that in supermarkets and had less variety.{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-06-23/cinema-chain-pulls-food-ban/1598796|title=Cinema chain pulls food ban|newspaper=ABC News |date=23 June 2005|access-date=29 August 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.findlaw.com.au/news/3536/cinema-chain-scraps-snack-ban.aspx|title=Cinema Chain Scraps Snack Ban|website=findlaw.com.au|access-date=29 August 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Greater-Union-food-ban-is-incredible-say-moviegoers/2005/01/06/1104832243905.html|title=Greater Union food ban is incredible, say moviegoers – National – www.smh.com.au|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 January 2005 |access-date=29 August 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/08/ask-lh-can-cinemas-stop-me-bringing-my-own-food-to-the-movies/|title=Ask LH: Can Cinemas Stop Me Bringing My Own Food To The Movies?|last=Kidman|first=Angus|date=29 August 2012 |access-date=29 August 2016}}

In 2012, Australian journalist Tim Burrowes attended a screening of Skyfall at an Event Cinema. There were various technical difficulties which resulted in the audience being asked to leave and a manager threatening Burrowes for filming the crowd's reactions.{{Cite web|url=https://mumbrella.com.au/how-event-cinema-kicked-800-people-out-of-the-bond-movie-and-called-the-cops-when-i-filmed-the-chaos-127579|title=Skyfail: How Event Cinemas kicked 700 people out of the Bond movie and threatened to have me arrested – Mumbrella|date=26 November 2012|access-date=29 August 2016}}

In the lead up to the 2016 Australian Federal Election, Chairman Alan Rydge was reported to have donated to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's controversial political fund the Wentworth Forum.{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/pm-malcolm-turnbulls-links-to-secretive-fundraising-20160617-gplhmg.html|title=New expose of Libs exploiting donations loopholes ensares Turnbull|last=McColl|first=Gina|date=19 June 2016|access-date=29 August 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/legal/9965-20090715-rich-entrepreneurs-flock-to-support-malcolm-turnbull/|title=Rich entrepreneurs flock to support Malcolm Turnbull – SmartCompany|last=Thomson|first=James|date=14 July 2009|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012053827/http://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/legal/9965-20090715-rich-entrepreneurs-flock-to-support-malcolm-turnbull/|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2016/05/23/4465448.htm|title=Money and Influence|publisher=ABC's Four Corners|access-date=29 August 2016}}

There have been numerous incidents of faulty popcorn machines causing fires to break out in Event Cinemas complexes, including Top Ryde in 2011, Adelaide and Rockhampton in September 2015, Perth in December 2015, and Sydney in August 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/popcorn-machine-causes-sa-cinema-fire/news-story/551871d0d45a5e823604e68c1a8fedd7|title=Popcorn machine causes SA cinema fire|work=NewsComAu|access-date=6 January 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/cinemas-evacuated-after-popcorn-machine-catches-fi/2780348/|title=Cinemas evacuated after popcorn machine catches on fire|work=Rockhampton Morning Bulletin|access-date=6 January 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-cinema-hoyts-carousel-evacuated-after-popcorn-machine-catches-fire/news-story/94c09274f960d7e1a08ee190789da92d|title=Cinema evacuated after popcorn fire|work=NewsComAu|access-date=6 January 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-18/popcorn-machine-causes-fire-at-parramatta-cinema/7761520|title=Popcorn machine fire forces evacuation of Parramatta cinema|date=18 August 2016|work=ABC News|access-date=6 January 2018}}

• Australian Theatres
• Event Hospitality and Entertainment
• Hoyts
• The Movie Masters Cinema Group
• Village Cinemas
• Wallis Cinemas
• Warner Village Cinemas
• Cinema of Australia

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• [https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/ Event Cinemas Australia Official Site]
• [https://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/ Event Cinemas New Zealand Official Site]
• [https://www.evt.com/ Event Hospitality & Entertainment Limited Official Site]
• [https://www.facebook.com/EventCinemas Event Cinemas Australia Facebook]
• [https://twitter.com/eVent_cinemas Event Cinemas Australia Twitter]
• [https://www.mix1023.com.au/local/this-adelaide-cinema-has-just-announced-they-wont-be-reopening-thanks-to-covid-19/]

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