Case 12: The Movie Exhibition Industry: 2015 C-149
Exhibit 9
Leading US Circuits 2014
U.S. & Canada
Non-U.S. & Canada
Global
Company
Theater Brands
# Theater Locations
% of U.S. Theaters
# Screens
% of U.S. Screens
Avg. Screens per Theater
# Theater Locations
# Screens
% of Non-U.S. Screens
Screens
% Global Screens
Regal
Regal, United Artists, Edwards
574
9.1%
7,367
17.0%
12.8
0
0
0.0%
7,367
5.2%
AMC
*
AMC, Loews, Wanda
345
5.5%
4,931
11.4%
14.3
153
1,344
1.4%
6,275
4.4%
Cinemark
**
Cinemark, Century
335
5.3%
4,499
10.4%
13.4
160
1,177
1.2%
5,676
4.0%
Carmike
Carmike
274
4.3%
2,897
6.7%
10.6
0
0
0.0%
2,897
2.0%
Total for leading four
1,528
24.3%
19,694
45.5%
12.9
313
2,521
2.6%
22,215
15.6%
Other firms
4,772
75.7%
23,571
54.5%
4.9
96,214
97.4%
119,785
84.4%
Industry total
6,300
100.0%
43,265
100.0%
6.9
98,735
100.0%
142,000
100.0%
Notes: Data from SEC filings, MPAA, NATO, UNESCO, and author estimates; based on screens at the start of 2015.*^ International locations for AMC includes those owned and operated by parent company Wanda Group (includes 150 locations with 1,315 screens in China). AMC in recent years divested operations in Canada, UK, Japan, Hong Kong, Spain, Portugal, France, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay while parent company Wanda expanded rapidly in China.**^ Cinemark’s international operations includes locations in Brazil (65 theaters: 516 screens), Colombia (28; 144), Argentina (19; 168), Chile (16; 113), Central America (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala, 15; 110), Peru (10, 77), Ecuador (6; 36), and Bolivia (1; 13).