Cinema City International
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Cinema City International (CCI) is an Israeli-based international cinema company which operates multiplex and IMAX cinemas in both Israel and Europe. CCI currently operates a total of 367 screens of which more than two thirds are outside Israel.
It claims to have opened its first cinema in Haifa Israel in 1929 and to be a family operated business. Its operations in Israel are marketed under the Rav-Hen brand whilst in Europe it operates under the brand name Cinema City.
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CCI started in Budapest, Hungary in 1997 and by 2005 was the largest multiplex operator in Hungary. In 1999 CCI started in Poland and by 2005 had 12 multiplex theatres there. In 1999 CCI bought the only existing multiplex theatre in Prague in the Czech Republic.
In 2005 CCI opened its distribution office, Forum Hungary in Budapest. The company represents Disney, Spyglass and Revolutionary Releasing in Hungary. In the first 6 months of 2006 it became the second biggest film distribution company in the country.