Golden Village

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For the Asian shopping district in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, see Golden Village (Richmond, British Columbia).

A Golden Village theatre at VivoCity, Singapore's largest multiplex, and one of Asia's largest, with the largest screen in Asia.

Golden Village is a cinema operator in Singapore which is a joint venture by Golden Harvest of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia. It operates 9 multiplexes and cineplexes in the country including a largest cineplex at VivoCity. It joined hands to open a cinema at Great World City, GV Grand. Started in 1992, it opened Asia's first multiplex, the Yishun 10 multiplex. The cinema's management, operational and marketing skills of Village and broad depth of experience of Golden Harvest in both film distribution and production across Asia.

1 History
2 Cineplexes and Multiplexes
- 2.1 Defunct locations
3 Golden Village Pictures
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Golden Village was established to develop and operate modern, multiplex cinemas. The cinema's first operation in the country was on 28 May 1992 with the successful opening of the Yishun 10 complex. In 1997, it opened a cinema at Great World City, GV Grand, with a gold class theatre and 6 screens. In the early 2000s, one of the halls was converted into an IMAX theatre, but it closed down eventually in 2004

The chain offers a variety of movies at convenient screening times throughout the day, so patrons can walk in any time of the day to catch a movie. It is supported by a central computerised system, GV tickets can be bought via telephone, internet and all AXS stations located thourghout the island of Singapore. The system selects the best seats available at any time, but patrons may choose their seats if booking by internet.

[edit] Cineplexes and Multiplexes

Golden Village, Grand Great World ticketing hall.

Golden Village has 9 cineplexes and multiplexes in the country presently.

Grand Great World (located in Great World City, with a Gold Class cinema)
Plaza Singapura (located in Plaza Singapura, with 10 halls)
Yishun (Yishun 10 multiplex, first in Asia)
Marina Square
Tampines Mall
Tiong Bahru Plaza (with an Asian showcase hall)
Jurong Point
Junction 8 Shopping Centre
Vivocity (15 screen multiplex. The largest cinema in Singapore, with a Cinema Europa, 3 Gold Class cinemas and a GVmax Cinema(1 of The Widest Screen in Asia, 22.4m). Hall 2 is a DIGITAL hall capable of screening 2D and 3D Digital movie)

[edit] Defunct locations

Eastpoint Mall

[edit] Golden Village Pictures

Golden Village Pictures is the film distribution arm of Golden Village. The company distributes Village Roadshow Pictures titles such as the Matrix Trilogy, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Happy Feet, in Singapore, as well as other acquired titles regionally and worldwide.