Australian Multiplex Cinemas
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Australian Multiplex Cinemas (often abbreviated as AMC) is a chain of multiple-screen
movie cinemas headquartered in Brisbane
, the state capital of Queensland
, Australia
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announced that they will acquire Australian Multiplex Cinemas (AMC) for an unknown amount. In November 2010 the purchase was successful. Hoyts has stated on their website that AMC customers will now have access to a wider variety of films, promotions, competitions and cinema offers. Hoyts have also promised to increase 3D facilities for the cinema chain. The AMC Value Card program has now been abolished, with hoyts promising to still recognize these cards until their expiry date. The new rewards program being offered is now Hoyts Rewards.
Multiplex (movie theater)
A multiplex is a movie theater complex with multiple screens, typically three or more. They are usually housed in a specially designed building. Sometimes, an existing venue undergoes a renovation where the existing auditoriums are split into smaller ones, or more auditoriums are added in an...
movie cinemas headquartered in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, the state capital of Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Acquisition by Hoyts
In October 2010 HoytsHoyts
The Hoyts Group is an Australian company consisting of Hoyts Exhibition, Hoyts Distribution and Val Morgan.Hoyts Exhibition manages 450 screens across 40 Australian and 10 New Zealand cinema complexes; making it Australia's second largest cinema chain. Val Morgan, the cinema advertising arm of the...
announced that they will acquire Australian Multiplex Cinemas (AMC) for an unknown amount. In November 2010 the purchase was successful. Hoyts has stated on their website that AMC customers will now have access to a wider variety of films, promotions, competitions and cinema offers. Hoyts have also promised to increase 3D facilities for the cinema chain. The AMC Value Card program has now been abolished, with hoyts promising to still recognize these cards until their expiry date. The new rewards program being offered is now Hoyts Rewards.
Queensland
- RedcliffeKippa-Ring, QueenslandKippa-Ring is a residential and light industrial suburb of the Moreton Bay Region at the center of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.-History:...
– eight screens at Peninsula Fair Shopping Centre - StaffordStafford, QueenslandStafford is a northern suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.A predominantly residential suburb, including some original Queenslander-style homes and a significant number of post-war Queensland Housing Commission homes on quarter-acre blocks built around the 1940s and...
– ten screens at Stafford City Shopping Centre - SunnybankSunnybank, QueenslandSunnybank is now a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia much reduced in size from the previous suburb of Sunnybank. The separate Town of Sunnybank was absorbed into the City of Brisbane. This older Sunnybank area is still known locally as Sunnybank...
– eight screens at Sunnybank Plaza Shopping Centre
New South Wales
- Tweed Heads South – six screens at Tweed City Shopping Centre
Victoria
- FrankstonFrankston, VictoriaFrankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...
– twelve screens at the Bayside Entertainment Complex, adjoining the Bayside Shopping CentreBayside Shopping CentreBayside Shopping Centre is a super regional shopping centre located in Frankston CBD, approximately 40 km south of Melbourne, Victoria. It is the largest shopping centre on the Mornington Peninsula....
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