Boxoffice-July.1999

SPECIAL REPORT: Cinema Expo 99
EUROPEAN GIANTS OF
EXHIBITION
A Directory of Europe^s 25 Largest Circuits Ranked by Size
(Based On European Screen Count)
Compiled by Melissa Morrison
1. UNITED CINEMAS INTERNATIONAL
15821 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 545
Encino, Calif. 91436
WEB SITE: uci-cinemas.co.uk
PHONE:
(818)
808-1600
FAX:
(818)
461-9639
EXECU-
TIVE
ROS-
TER:
Joseph
Peixoto,
President
&CEO
(Los
UCI president & CEO Joseph Peixoto.
Angeles, CA)
Alan McNair, Chief Financial Officer
(Manchester, England)
Justin Ribbons, General Counsel
(Manchester, England)
Steve Knibbs, Senior VP, Northern Europe
(Manchester, England)
Jose Batlle, Senior VP, Southern Europe
(Barcelona, Spain)
Howard France, Senior VP, New Business
Development (Los Angeles, CA)
TOTAL SITES (6/98): 75
TOTAL SCREENS (6/98): 551
TOTAL SITES (6/99): 88
TOTAL SCREENS (6/99): 725
TOTAL EUROPEAN SITES (6/99): 78
TOTAL EUROPEAN SCREENS (6/99):
635
AVE. SCREENS PER SITE: 8.1
PROJECTED SITES 12/99: 101
PROJECTED SCREENS 12/99: 861
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 4,500
THEATRE LOCATIONS: England,
Ireland, Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland,
Japan, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina and
Panama. Coming soon: Italy and China.
2. UFA-THEATER GMBH & CO.KG
Graf-Adolf-Str. 96
40210 Dusseldorf, Germany
PHONE: (49-21 1)16906-0
FAX: (49-21 1)16906-33
WEBSITE: www.ufakino.de
EXECUTIVE ROSTER: Voiker Riech,
CEO
YEAR FOUNDED: 1917
TOTAL SITES (6/30/98): 1 15
TOTAL SCREENS (6/30/98):
450
TOTAL SITES (6/30/99): 101
TOTAL SCREENS (6/30/99):
426
AVE. SCREENS PER SITE:
4.2
PROJECTED SITES 12/99:
120
PROJECTED SCREENS
12/99:450
THEATRE EMPLOYEES:
1,850
CORPORATE EMPLOY-
EES: 120
THEATRE LOCATIONS:
Germany
3. NATIONAL ASSOCIA-
TION OF MUNICIPAL
CINEMAS, NORWAY
Kongensgt. 23 0153
Oslo 1, Norway
Besoksadresse Nedre
Stottsgt. 8
PHONE: (47-2) 33 05 30
FAX: (47-2) 24 28 949
TOTAL SCREENS (6/99): 394
THEATRE LOCATIONS: Norway
4. WARNER BROS. INTL. THEATRES
4000 Warner Blvd.
Bldg. 160, Suite 250
Burbank, Calif 91522-1602
PHONE: (818) 977-6278
FAX: (818) 977-6040
Warner Bros. Intl. president Millard Ochs.
W.inwr Bros. Intl.'s Croydon, UK theatre.
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Millard L. Ochs, President
C. Christopher Adelmann, Executive VP
David Bent, VP, Operational Finance, IS &
Administration
Dave Pearson, Sr. VP, Worldwide
Operations
Paul Miller, VP, Finance
James Birch, VP, Business Affairs & Gen.
Counsel
Peter Dobson, VP, International Film
Relations
Ira Stiegler, VP, Architecture & Planning
Chris Sanders, Director of Group
Purchasing
YEAR FOUNDED: 1988
TOTAL SITES (12/98): 89
TOTAL SCREENS (12/98): 797
TOTAL SITES (6/99): 100
TOTAL SCREENS (6/99): 894
TOTAL EUROPEAN SITES (12/98): 38
TOTAL EUROPEAN SCREENS (12/98):
344
TOTAL EUROPEAN SITES (6/99): 43
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