Boxoffice Pro - February 2020

CMX CINEMAS
Miami, Fla.
Founded ........... 2016
Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Locations ............ 40
#8
#8
›› A subsidiary of Mexican circuit Cinemex, CMX Cinemas became one of
the 10 biggest circuits in the North American market shortly after opening its
first U.S. cinema in April 2017. The December 2017 acquisition of Cobb Theatres
propelled CMX into the top 10 of our Giants of Exhibition list in 2018—and the
company isn’t done growing. CMX has plans to open several new locations in
2020, including new sites in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, and North Carolina. CMX has introduced several concepts throughout
its U.S. circuit, including luxury dine-in cinemas, expanded menu grab-and-go
concessions concepts, and lobby sports bars.
›› 2020 marks the 105th year in
operation for Malco Theatres, and the
Memphis-based chain is still growing. Over
the last year the chain introduced its own
premium large-format brand, called MXT “Extreme”
Cinema. A new theater in Memphis,
the Powerhouse Cinema Grill, was the first
theater to host an MXT screen. Some months
later, the newly renovated Collierville Cinema
Grill in Tennessee and Kentucky’s Owensboro
Cinema Grill—which opened in the
summer—got their own MXT auditoriums.
Malco locations in Jonesboro, Arkansas,
and Madison, Mississippi, were also upgraded;
renovations at the latter theater, the
Grandview Cinema, gave Mississippi its first
Imax screen.
A chain with a long history, Malco has
been a family business since its founding;
that tradition was maintained this year when
David Tashie, great-grandson of original
founder M.A. Lightman Sr., was promoted to
the position of president and COO.
#9
MALCO THEATRES INC.
Memphis, Tenn.
Founded ........... 1915
Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Locations ............ 35
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