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- Empire Theatres Limited was a movie theater chain in Canada, a subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd., the holding company of the Sobey family conglomerate. In June 2013, Empire announced it would exit the movie theatre business, selling the vast majority of locations to Cineplex (24 in Atlantic Canada) and Landmark Cinemas (23, in Ontario and western Canada, including two locations originally slated to be purchased by Cineplex and the Downtown Ottawa theatre). Five other locations in operation at the time of the announcement were not included in either deal and were closed, Two of theselocations re-opened again at a later date under different owners and two other locations remain closed along with one Drive-in. (en)
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- * 1 Drive-in closed (en)
- * 1 owned byImagine Cinemasin Ontario. (en)
- * 2 others remain closed. (en)
- * 1 owned by independent owners in British Columbia. (en)
- * 24 sold toCineplexin Atlantic Canada. (23 in operation as of 2017) (en)
- * 23 sold toLandmark Cinemasin Ontario and Western Canada. (en)
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- * 24 sold to Cineplex in Atlantic Canada.
* 23 sold to Landmark Cinemas in Ontario and Western Canada.
* 1 owned by Imagine Cinemas in Ontario.
* 1 owned by independent owners in British Columbia.
* 1 Drive-in closed
* 2 others remain closed. (en)
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- Paul Wigginton, Vice-President and CFO (en)
- Stuart G. Fraser, President and CEO (en)
- Valerie J. Ryan, COO (en)
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- Empire Theatres Limited (en)
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- *AMC Theatres
* Famous Players (en)
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- *Cineplex Entertainment
* Landmark Cinemas
* Imagine Cinemas (en)
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- Empire Theatres Limited was a movie theater chain in Canada, a subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd., the holding company of the Sobey family conglomerate. In June 2013, Empire announced it would exit the movie theatre business, selling the vast majority of locations to Cineplex (24 in Atlantic Canada) and Landmark Cinemas (23, in Ontario and western Canada, including two locations originally slated to be purchased by Cineplex and the Downtown Ottawa theatre). Five other locations in operation at the time of the announcement were not included in either deal and were closed, Two of theselocations re-opened again at a later date under different owners and two other locations remain closed along with one Drive-in. (en)
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- Empire Theatres Limited (en)
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