Kinepolis

Kinepolis Group NV/SA

Type	public
Traded as	Euronext: KIN
Industry	Film distribution
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Ghent, Belgium
Key people	Philip Ghekiere (Chairman)
Number of employees	1,900

The Kinepolis Group is a Belgian chain of movie theatres conceived in 1997 which consist of 23 cinema complexes in Europe, representing a total of 317 theatres. They received about 22 million visitors in 2008. Kinepolis is listed on the Brussels stock exchange.

The first megaplex cinema in the world is often considered to be Kinepolis Brussels located near the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium, which opened in 1988 with 25 screens.^[1]

Previously it was owned and run by two families named Bert and Claeys. Recently the latter have withdrawn from the company, leaving Joost Bert as co-CEO, together with Eddy Duquenne (equally co-CEO). This change was in effect from January 1, 2008.

Core business

Kinepolis core business covers a range from box office, in-theater sales (ITS), business-to-business (B2B), film distribution, screen advertising to real estate.^[2]

List of theatres per country

Belgium

• Antwerp (World's 2nd Largest Cinema complex (megaplex) in terms of seating capacity)^[3]
• Braine-l'Alleud
• Bruges
• Brussels
• Ghent
• Hasselt
• Kortrijk
• Leuven
• Liège (2 theatres)
• Ostend

France

• Lomme: 23 screens - currently the largest theatre in France.
• Metz
• Mulhouse
• Nancy
• Nîmes (2 theatres)
• Thionville

Spain

• Granada
• Madrid (World's Largest Cinema complex (megaplex) in terms of seating capacity)^[4]
• Valencia

Poland

• Poznań

Switzerland

• Schaffhausen

References

1. ↑ Acland, Charles R. (2003). Screen Traffic: Movies, Multiplexes, and Global Culture. p. 136. ISBN 978-0822331636.
2. ↑ "Kinepolis core business". www.kinepolis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2012. 
3. ↑ http://corporate.kinepolis.com/Media/Data.pdf
4. ↑ http://corporate.kinepolis.com/Media/Data.pdf