Landmark Cinemas

Landmark Cinemas

Type	Private
Industry	Movie theatres
Founded	1965 [1]
Headquarters	Calgary, Alberta[1]
Number of locations	46[1]
Area served	Western Canada and Ontario
Key people	Neil Campbell, COO
Number of employees	approx. 1600
Website	Landmark Cinemas

Landmark Cinemas, Inc. is a movie theatre chain that operates 46 theatres across the four western provinces of Canada and in Ontario. The chain was founded in 1965. The company's corporate office is located in Calgary, Alberta.

Acquisitions

Landmark Cinemas' first major expansion took place in 1984, when it purchased most of the Alberta and British Columbia assets of Canadian Odeon Theaters as part of that chain's merger into Cineplex Odeon Corporation, now Cineplex Entertainment.

On June 27, 2013, Landmark Cinemas announced the purchase of 23 theatres in Ontario and Western Canada from Empire Theatres. It later added the Kanata and Whitby locations that were to be sold to Cineplex Entertainment, plus Ottawa's World Exchange Plaza.^[2] This transaction made Landmark the second-largest cinema chain in Canada with 54 locations and 359 screens. The sale also included five IMAX screens in Calgary, Kitchener, Whitby, Kingston and Ottawa's Kanata location, and three Empire Extra screens in Calgary, Waterloo, and Ottawa's Orleans location.^[3][4] Empire promotional offers such as Reel Deal Tuesdays and University/College Student Combo were carried over by Landmark, but only some locations offer these discounts.

Empire Theatres in Ontario and Western Canada closed on October 29, 2013 after the evening shows which also closed Empire Theatres permanently. On October 31, 2013, the theatres reopened as Landmark Cinemas. The sale closed on October 31, 2013.^[5] Branding name changes occurred in 2014 at the former Empire Theatres locations. Landmark Cinemas only operated the World Exchange Plaza theatre on a management contract for two months in 2013, from October 25 to December 29 when its lease expired.^[6][7]

Operations

Theatres

Theatre name	City	Format	Former owner	Premium Large Format
Showcase 5	Campbell River	Traditional	Caprice Showcase Theatres	N/A
Rialto	Courtenay	Traditional	?	N/A
Columbia	Cranbrook	Traditional	?	N/A
Centre Cinema	Dawson Creek	Traditional	?	N/A
Aurora Cinema Centre	Fort St. John	Traditional	?	N/A
Paramount	Kamloops	Traditional	Famous Players	N/A
Grand 10	Kelowna	Stadium	Caprice Showcase Theatres	N/A
Paramount	Kelowna	Traditional	Famous Players	N/A
Avalon Cinema Centre	Nanaimo	Stadium	?	N/A
Landmark 10	New Westminster	Stadium	?	N/A
Esplanade	North Vancouver	Traditional	Famous Players, Empire Theatres	N/A
Landmark 7	Penticton	Stadium	?	N/A
Paramount	Port Alberni	Traditional	Famous Players	N/A
Guildford	Surrey	SilverCity	National General Cinemas, Famous Players, Empire Theatres	N/A
University 4	Victoria	Traditional	Famous Players, Empire Theatres	N/A
Capitol Encore	West Kelowna	Traditional	Caprice Showcase Theatres	N/A
Landmark 8 & Xtreme	West Kelowna	Stadium	?	Landmark Xtreme
Soo	Weyburn	Traditional	?	N/A
Tower	Yorkton	Traditional	?	N/A
Capitol 9	Brandon	Stadium	Empire Theatres	N/A
Garry	Selkirk	Traditional	?	N/A
Southland 5	Winkler	Traditional	Empire Theatres	N/A
Towne 8	Winnipeg	Traditional	Cineplex Odeon	N/A
Grant Park 8	Winnipeg	Stadium	National General Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon, Empire Theatres	N/A
Qwanlin Mall	Whitehorse	Traditional	?	N/A
Yukon Cinema Centre	Whitehorse	Traditional	?	N/A
Roxy	Airdrie	Traditional	?	N/A
Oasis	Brooks	Traditional	?	N/A
Country Hills	Calgary	SilverCity	Famous Players, Empire Theatres	Digital IMAX
Shawnessy	Calgary	Coliseum	Famous Players, Empire Theatres	Extra Experience
Cardium	Drayton Valley	Traditional	?	N/A
City Centre	Edmonton	Traditional	Empire Theatres	N/A
Nova	Edson	Traditional	?	N/A
Landmark Six	Fort McMurray	Traditional	May Theatres	N/A
Spruce Grove	Spruce Grove	Traditional	Magic Lantern Theatres, Empire Theatres	N/A
Sylvan Lake	Sylvan Lake	Traditional	?	N/A
Bolton	Bolton	Contemporary	Empire Theatres	N/A
Jackson Square	Hamilton	Contemporary	Famous Players, Empire Theatres	N/A
Kingston	Kingston	Contemporary	Empire Theatres	Digital IMAX
Kitchener	Kitchener	SilverCity	Famous Players, Empire Theatres	Digital IMAX
Kanata	Ottawa	AMC Theatres	AMC Theatres, Empire Theatres	Digital IMAX
London	London	Traditional	Famous Players, Empire Theatres	N/A
Orleans	Ottawa	Contemporary	Empire Theatres	Extra Experience
Pen Centre	St. Catharines	SilverCity	Famous Players, Empire Theatres	N/A
Waterloo	Waterloo	Contemporary	Empire Theatres	Extra Experience
Whitby	Whitby	AMC Theatres	AMC Theatres, Empire Theatres	Digital IMAX

Former theatres

Theatre name	City	Format	Former owner
Alberta
Globe Theatre	Calgary	Traditional	Cineplex Odeon
Jasper Cinema Centre	Edmonton	Traditional	Cineplex Odeon
Landmark 10 Clareview	Edmonton	Traditional	Cineplex Odeon, Empire Theatres
Towne Cinema Centre	Edmonton	Traditional	May Theatres
British Columbia
Armond Theatre	Cranbrook	Traditional	Famous Players
Bay Theatre	Nanaimo	Traditional	Famous Players
Coronet Theatre	Prince George	Traditional	Famous Players
Crest Theatre	Dawson Creek	Traditional	?
Galaxy Theatre	Campbell River	Traditional	?
Grand 6 Cinemas	Abbotsford	Traditional	Cineplex Odeon
Lido Theatre	Fort St. John	Traditional	?
Mission Theatre	Mission	Traditional	?
Paramount Theatre	Chilliwack	Traditional	Famous Players
Penmar Cinema Centre	Penticton	Traditional	?
Royal Theatre	Trail	Traditional	?
Towne Cinema	Vernon	Traditional	Famous Players
Towne Cinema Centre	Abbotsford	Traditional	?
Vic Theatre	Victoria	Traditional	Cineplex Odeon
Westbank Drive-In	West Kelowna	Drive-in	?
Manitoba
Globe Theatre	Winnipeg	Traditional	Famous Players
Ontario
Landmark Cinemas Square One	Mississauga	Traditional	Cineplex Odeon, Empire Theatres
Saskatchewan
C & H Drive-In	Lloydminster	Drive-In	?
Cinema 6 Drive-In	Regina	Drive-In	Cineplex Odeon
Roxy Theatre	Saskatoon	Traditional	Cineplex Odeon

Premium screens

Landmark Cinemas features ten premium large format screens. These require an additional cost compared to a regular admission and offer reserved seating.

• The company currently operates five digital IMAX screens. One is in Calgary, Alberta (Country Hills) and four are in Ontario at the Kingston, Kitchener, Kanata and Whitby locations. All of these were previously owned by Empire Theatres and, with the exception of Kingston, were in turn previously owned by AMC Theatres (Kanata and Whitby) or Famous Players (SilverCity in Calgary and Kitchener).
• Extra Experience, formerly known as Empire Extra, is a large screen theatre concept debuted by Empire Theatres and acquired by Landmark. This technology is available at four locations: Calgary (Shawnessy), Orleans, Waterloo and Winnipeg (Grant Park 8). The technology was installed by Empire, with the exception of the Winnipeg location, where Landmark installed the technology in May 2015 and premiered Pitch Perfect 2 on Extra.^[8] These theatres use a Barco 2K projector, a custom-designed 7.1 surround sound system and faux leather seats.^[9]
• Xtreme is available exclusively at the West Kelowna, BC location. It is a Landmark Cinemas brand similar to the Extra Experience, but in lieu of Extra's 7.1 surround sound, Xtreme uses Barco Auro 11.1 surround sound.

References

1. "About Us". Landmarkcinemas.com. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
2. http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/03617.html
3. "Empire Company Announces Sale of Empire Theatres". Canada Newswire. CNW Group. June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
4. "Landmark Cinemas of Canada Announces Acquisition of Twenty Empire Theatres". MMD Newswire. Mass Media Distribution. June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
5. http://www.mmdnewswire.com/landmark-cinemas-canada-130252.html
6. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Cinema+chain+taking+over+World+Exchange+theatre+hopes+keep+open/9084663/story.html
7. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Last+movie+shown+Landmark+World+Exchange/9312756/story.html
8. "Pitch, Please - Win Passes to Pitch Perfect 2". 103.1 Virgin Radio Winnipeg. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
9. Charlebois, Brieanna. "Tell Us About Us Comment".

External links

• Official website