Finnkino Oy is a Finnish

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, producer, and movie theater chain. It was established in 1986 as a union of 34 companies working in the film industry. In 1994, Finnkino was acquired by the

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Group, which became a division of the Sanoma Group in 1999. Finnkino operates a total of 16 cinemas in eleven cities. It also has subsidiaries in

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, and

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, operated under the names of Forum Cinemas and Forum Distribution. In early 2017, Finnkino and other Scandinavian and Baltic cinema chains were acquired by

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as part of its acquisition of Nordic Cinema Group. Finnkino's biggest movie theatre multiplex is

Tennispalatsi Tennispalatsi (; lit. ''Tennis Palace''), is an enclosed cultural and recreational center in Kamppi, Helsinki, Finland. It houses a Finnkino multiplex movie theatre, the Helsinki City Art Museum, the Museum of Cultures, and small shops. Tennispa ...

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, and its headquarters are located in Ruskeasuo, Helsinki. In 2006, Finnkino took over Finnish theatrical distribution for films by

United International Pictures United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that distributes their films outside the United States and Canada. UIP also had international distribution rights to certain Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M ...

' partner studios,

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(including films by DreamWorks) and

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, after UIP decided to move its Finnish distribution base from

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for several years.

Theatres

As of 2025, Finnkino runs a total of seventeen different multiplex movie theaters in twelve Finnish cities:

References

External links

Official homepage
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