Cinema City Poland

Cinema City is a brand of multiplex cinemas in eastern and central Europe, run by the Israeli company Cinema City International (CCI). In Europe it has cinemas in Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. In Poland Cinema City has almost 40% of the multiplex market, with Multikino its major competitor. CCI also runs a chain of Israeli multiplexes under the name of Rav-Hen.

Current multiplex locations

• Arkadia (Warsaw) - 2798 seats, 15 screens, opened November 2004
• Bemowo (Warsaw) - 2400 seats, 11 screens, opened December 2000
• Janki (Warsaw) - 1966 seats, 10 screens, opened 2002
• Promenada (Warsaw) - 2849 seats, 13 screens, opened 2002
• Sadyba (Warsaw) - 2959 seats, 12 screens + IMAX, opened September 2000
• Galeria Mokotów (Warsaw) - 3276 seats, 14 screens, opened 2002
• Plaza (Kraków) - 2664 seats, 9 screens + IMAX, opened 2001
• Zakopianka (Kraków) - 2218 seats, 10 screens, opened 2002
• Galeria Kazimierz (Kraków) - 1813 seats, 10 screens, opened Mar 2005
• Korona (Wrocław) - 2027 seats, 9 screens, opened 2002
• Punkt 44 (Katowice) - 2570 seats, 11 screens + IMAX, opened 2002
• Plaza (Ruda Śląska) - 1557 seats, 8 screens, opened 2001
• Krewetka (Gdańsk) - 1871 seats, 8 screens, opened 2003
• Wolność (Częstochowa) - 1766 seats, 8 screens, opened Dec 2004
• Toruń (Toruń) - 2495 seats, 12 screens, opened May 2005
• Plaza (Poznań) - 2065 seats, 9 screens + IMAX, opened Jun 2005
• Plaza (Rybnik) - 1537 seats, 8 screens, opened Mar 2007
• Silesia City Center (Katowice) - 2900 seats, 13 screens, opened December 2005
• Plaza Sosnowiec - 874 seats, 6 screens, opened April 2007
• Manufaktura Łódź-+ IMAX opened May 2006
• Other sites to be opened in 2006 are Lublin and Rybnik. 2007 is planned to bring new cinema in Bydgoszcz

Current IMAX locations

Cinema City has exclusive rights for operating IMAX technology theatres in Poland. It currently runs five IMAX theatres, alongside its multiplexes in:

• Warsaw (Sadyba)
• Katowice
• Kraków (Plaza)
• Poznań
• Łódź

Corporate Governance

Company's Management Board consist of three members:

• Mr. Moshe (Mooky) Greidinger (CEO)
• Mr. Amos Weltsch (COO)
• Mr. Israel Greidinger (CFO)

In Poland the company is run by Mr. Rafał Rybski, Director of Operations.

Merger

In 2002 Cinema City took over Polish cinemas belonging to Ster Century Company, which withdrew from the Polish market. Cinema City started operating the following multiplexes: Janki, Promenada and Galeria Mokotów in Warsaw and Korona in Wrocław.

This was followed in 2003 by the takeover of Krewetka multiplex in Gdańsk, then owned by Superkino (part of Vision Film Distribution company).

See also

• Cinema City Hungary
• Cinema City Czech Republic
• Rav-Hen

External links

• Cinema City Poland website (Polish only)
• Cinema City Israel website (Hebrew and English (left up side))