Multikino is the second largest

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chain in Poland. It was responsible for opening the nation's first multiplex, located in

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. It is owned by

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, and the brand name also applies to cinemas in Lithuania.

History

The company started its operation in 1995 as joint venture between ITI Cinema and

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UCI. In 2003 ITI bought the UCI shares and owned the company until 2013. As Multikino was the first company to run multiplex cinemas in

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, the term ''multikino'' is often used as a description of multiplex cinema. The situation resembles the one with

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's ''

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'', when it is used as a description for portable CC player, despite it being a registered trademark. In February 2008 it was announced that Multikino would merge with its second largest rival,

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. Once the transaction was complete, Multikino operated 19 cinemas with 174 screens in 13 Polish cities. There were also plans to enter the Ukrainian market, but due to global crisis it has never happened. In August 2008, Multikino have installed digital projectors in each cinema. That allows viewing of 3D movies in

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. In 2010, Multikino opened the first cinema network outside Polish borders in Riga - Latvia (August 2010) and in

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- Lithuania (September 2010). In May 2013, Vue Entertainment acquired Polish Multikino.Vue Entertainment buys Polish Multikino
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Locations

* Szczecin - 9 screens *

- Lithuania (OZAS Gallery) - 7 screens *

Warszawa Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

(

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) - 12 screens *

( Złote Tarasy) - 8 screens *

(

Wola Park Wola (, ) is a district in western Warsaw, Poland, formerly the village of Wielka Wola, incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. An industrial area with traditions reaching back to the early 19th century, it underwent a transformation into an office (co ...

) - 6 screens *

(

Targówek Targówek () is a district in Warsaw, Poland located in the northern part of the city. It is divided into two parts: residential and industrial. About 30% of the district's area is covered by municipal parks, such as Lasek Bródnowski, Park Bró ...

) - 12 screens *

Włocławek Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Loc ...

- 6 screens *

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

(Arkady) - 10 screens *

(Pasaż Grunwaldzki) - 11 screens *

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Si ...

- 13 screens *

Zgorzelec Zgorzelec (, german: link=no, Görlitz, szl, Gorlice, Upper Lusatian German dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', and ''Gerltsch'', hsb, Zhorjelc, dsb, Zgórjelc, cz, Zhořelec) is a town in southwestern Poland with 30,374 inhabitants (2019). It ...

- 3 screens *

Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Tichau; szl, Tychy) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city boders Katowice to the north, ...

- 5 screens

References

External links

* Cinema chains in Poland Companies based in Warsaw Entertainment companies established in 1998 {{Poland-company-stub