Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé

Les cinémas Gaumont Pathé

Entertainment
Type	subsidiary
Industry	Film
Founded	2001
Founder	Gaumont Pathé
Number of locations	109 cinemas/1080 screens [1]
Brands	Pathé, Gaumont, Pathé CineMec, EuropaCorp and Cinépointcom
Revenue	€ 743 million (2016)[1]
Net income	€ 58.1 million (2011)
Parent	Pathé[2]
Website	www.cinemasgaumontpathe.com

Les cinémas Gaumont Pathé is a movie theater chain owned by Pathé, with operations in France, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium. The company is market leader in each country, with the exception of Belgium.^[1]

History

Les cinémas Gaumont Pathé was formed in 2001 as a joint venture between the French film production and distribution companies Pathé and Gaumont, respectively owned by Jérôme Seydoux and Nicolas Seydoux. Gaumont owned 34% and Pathé owned 66% of the shares in the joint venture. During the first years of operation the company was called Europalaces, but it was later changed to the current name.

The former logo of Les cinémas Gaumont Pathé

Until 2010 the company operated several cinema's in Italy, but these locations were closed due to difficulties in the Italian market. In 2010 the company strengthened its position in The Netherlands by acquiring the Minerva chain, these locations were transformed to Pathé cinemas. In 2014 the Dutch branch strengthened its position further by acquiring its competitor CineMec. This acquisition included the exciting cinema in Ede and two construction projects in Utrecht and Nijmegen. In contrary to the Minerva locations CineMec kept its own brand. In 2015 the company entered the Belgium cinema market by acquiring Cinepointcom, a movie chain that consist of 5 locations in Wallonia. In 2016 the company bought the cinema operations of EuropaCorp for $21 million. The deal included the Aéroville Cinema and the construction project in Marseille.^[3] After they entered the Belgium market in 2016, the company intents to enter the Tunisian market, with the opening of a multiplex in the capital Tunis in 2018.^[1]

On 1 March 2017 it was announced that Gaumont would sell its 34% stake in Les cinémas Gaumont Pathé to Pathé for €380 million.^[2] Gaumont wanted to focus more on the production and distribution of content.

Technologies

Throughout their cinemas the company offers multiple different technologies. They operate several IMAX locations and in May 2017 it was announced that they will open an additional 5 locations, bringing the total to 28. The company also partnered with Dolby on several locations with different techniques, there are multiple locations that feature Dolby Atmos and in 2017 it was made public that they will open 10 Dolby Cinema locations. Seven of these locations will be in France, were they will introduce the technique. The other three locations will be openend in The Netherlands, were competitor Vue Cinemas already operates two Dolby Cinema venues.^[4]

In 2017 they partnered with the Korean company CJ 4DPlex to open the first 4DX location in France. During the Cannes Film Festival it was announced that Les cinémas Gaumont Pathé will open 30 4DX cinemas throughout France, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium before 2020.^[5]

Cinemas

A list with all theaters operated by Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé.

France

(*) The seat numbers are the combined numbers of all locations with the same name.

The Netherlands

Switzerland

Belgium

Future

	Country	Name	City	screens	Opening	Notes
	France	Pathé Massy[9][6]	Massy	9	October 2017	Dolby Cinema
	Switzerland	Pathé Ebikon[10]	Ebikon	12	November 8, 2017	IMAX
	Switzerland	Pathé Riddes	Riddes	8	2017	IMAX and Dolby Atmos
	France	Pathé Gare du Sud [11][12][6]	Nice	9	March 2018	Dolby Cinema
	The Netherlands	Pathe Leeuwarden [13][14]	Leeuwarden	7	2018
	Switzerland	Pathé Spreitenbach [15]	Spreitenbach	10	2018	IMAX
	Tunisia	Pathé Tunis[1]	Tunis	8	2018
	France	EuropaCorp La Joliette[16]	Marseilles	14	2018
	The Netherlands	Pathé[17][18]	Rotterdam		2025

References

External links

• Official website
• Pathé the Netherlands
• CineMec the Netherlands
• Pathé Switserland
• Cinepointcom

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