Movie theaters in the Netherlands

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There are ca. 240 movie theaters in the Netherlands, with ca. 700 screens ([1], PDF).

The main movie theater chains in the Netherlands are Pathé, Jogchem's, Minerva, Wolff Cinema Groep, and Utopia/Utopolis.

Pathé Theatres B.V. is part of the EuroPalaces movie theater chain with 75 movie theaters with 730 screens (2004), mainly in France, which in turn is part of Pathé. Pathé Theatres B.V. operates a chain of 12 multiplex theaters in the Netherlands, with together 100 screens:

City (7 screens, [2])
Pathé ArenA (14 screens, [3])
Pathé Buitenhof (6 screens, [4])
Pathé De Kuip (14 screens, [5])
Pathé De Munt (13 screens, [6])
Pathé Eindhoven (8 screens, [7])
Pathé Groningen (9 screens, [8])
Pathé Helmond (5 screens, [9])
Pathé Scheveningen (8 screens, [10]) - near Kurhaus
Pathé Schouwburgplein (7 screens, [11]) - near De Doelen, in the neighborhood Cool in the quarter Stadscentrum (Town Center), Rotterdam
Pathé Tuschinski (6 screens, [12])
Rembrandt (3 screens, [13]) - Oudegracht, Utrecht (city)

Of these, 8 theaters with 75 screens are in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague. The largest theaters are Pathé De Munt in the center of Amsterdam (13 screens), Pathé Arena in Amsterdam Zuidoost (14 screens), and Pathé De Kuip in Rotterdam (14 screens). Near De Munt is Pathé Tuschinski with 6 screens. A new theater in The Hague is being built as part of the Spuimarkt project. The chain sells the "Pathé Unlimited Card" (PUC) for unlimited entrance at all its Dutch theaters for 17.50 euro/month; there are 15,000 pass holders (April 2006)

IMAX theaters:

Omniversum, The Hague - IMAX Dome
Pathé Imax, Amsterdam - IMAX 15/70

As of May 2006, in 10 movie theaters 2k digital cinema projection is available for at least part of the screens. For example, for 3 of the 8 screens in Utopolis Almere, with Barco, DP 100 2K projectors (2048x1080 pixels). Distribution of the data may in future be by cable or satellite, but is now by physically transporting a portable harddisk.

A Wolff theater with 18 screens will arise in Utrecht, at the Jaarbeurs-side (westside) of the station Utrecht Centraal (nl). Using Wolff's definition of a megaplex theater, one having 16 or more screens, it will be the first one in the Netherlands.