Emagine entertainment is now owned by the Kinepolis Group (Belgium)/
Kinepolis completes acquisition of American cinema chain Imagine Entertainment
February 12, 2026, 17:45 CET
Kinepolis (Euronext: KIN) has completed the acquisition of the American cinema chain Emagine Entertainment. Kinepolis reached a conditional agreement regarding the acquisition in early November 2025. Now that all conditions have been met, Kinepolis was able to successfully conclude the acquisition process.
With Emagine Entertainment, Kinepolis adds 14 cinemas to its portfolio, totaling 177 screens and 18,000 seats in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Emagine Entertainment welcomes approximately 6 million visitors annually and generates nearly 129 million USD in revenue. The cinemas are equipped with recliner seats and also offer their own Premium Large Format (PLF) under the names EMX (14 screens) and Super EMX (3 screens). EMX combines wall-to-wall screens with 4K laser projection and Dolby Atmos sound, while Super EMX goes a step further with an even larger screen and 64-channel Dolby Atmos sound for a truly immersive cinematic experience.
Emagine Entertainment also provides support services to a chain of cinemas in Minnesota and Colorado, as well as Emagine Woodhaven and The Riviera in Michigan. These cinemas operate under the Emagine brand and are operated by third parties through a trademark licensing agreement.
https://slachtstraat.nl/ Due to plans to convert the buildings into residences, the collaboration between the Utrecht Monument Fund (UMF) ended in 2018, and Filmtheater ’t Hoogt had to close its doors. Ultimately, these plans did not go ahead, and in early 2020, the owner, the UMF, and Jos Stelling signed an agreement to re-establish a film theater there.
With great love for the city and film, the renewed current cultural film center, Slachtstraat Filmtheater, was thus created. It features three auditoriums with a total of 200 seats, equipped with the latest technology and comfort. Furthermore, the complex has been made sustainable and is accessible to people with disabilities, partly thanks to an elevator. The atmosphere of the Grand Café, the Conservatory, the Back Room, and the restaurant evokes Paris at the end of the 19th century.
After years of slow decline, it is truly over for the Kinepolis Utrecht City cinema as of Monday, May 11. The iconic building, which had housed a cinema since 1936, has been sold and is permanently closed as of today.
“Kinepolis has sold the building and operations of the cinema cease as of today, Given the significantly changed cinema landscape in Utrecht in recent years (including the opening of Kinepolis Jaarbeurs at the end of 2016) and the investments required by the building, Kinepolis has decided to close its doors.”
Things had been going badly for the cinema for quite some time. The building was visibly in disrepair. As early as 2015, City seemed destined to disappear, but a petition kept the cinema open at the time.
It has since become clear that the City cinema on Voorstraat will be acquired by real estate entrepreneur Robert-Paul Caron. Although the takeover has not yet been fully finalized according to Caron, one thing is already certain, according to him: films will no longer be shown there. “Kinepolis sold on the condition that it never becomes a cinema again.”
Closed on september 1st 2025, because the lease ended and a new one could not be negociated du to the exhorbitant price demanded by the building owner.
The cinema closed its doors for good on November 5, 2019, following the opening of a multiplex in the city center near the train station.
La sirène à Barbe is a cabaret, not a movie theater! So the correct name is REX!
After the closure of the “UGC Normandy”, it is a new emblematic theatre of the capital that will dissapear with the final closure of the “Miramar” at the end of the screenings at 8:00 PM, on June 9, 2025!
The last chapter ‘after a period…’ is sadly wrong, the front part of the theatre on te side of the Boulevard Adolphe Max was taken over by the Adjacent Hotel Vendôme, that changed its name in Hotel Mariveaux and used the 2 small box cinemas on the front side as small auditoria of 115 and 75 places, the big theatre on the Rue Saint Pierre side with it’s 2 balconies served as a car parking (I have pictures) and was seriously degraded. In 2021 it was demolished, only preserving the Facade and the Art-nouveau entrance and stairs in a new Student housing project. https://unaa.eu/projets/marivaux-residence-for-students-and-young-professionals/
The entrance to this theatre has been relocated at the Tuerlensteg 29 of the neighboring newly built complex. The old entrance is now occupied by a restaurant, the the building itself still stands but the core was taken out to build new screens inside the old shell.
This cinema was closed and demolished to build the new Traumpalast kino that is connected with the old cinema building of the ‘Turm theatre center kino’ at the pfeiffergäsle, to form a new compex of 10 theatres! The entrance at the pfeiffergäsle is now a restaurant.
Emagine entertainment is now owned by the Kinepolis Group (Belgium)/
Kinepolis completes acquisition of American cinema chain Imagine Entertainment
February 12, 2026, 17:45 CET
Kinepolis (Euronext: KIN) has completed the acquisition of the American cinema chain Emagine Entertainment. Kinepolis reached a conditional agreement regarding the acquisition in early November 2025. Now that all conditions have been met, Kinepolis was able to successfully conclude the acquisition process.
With Emagine Entertainment, Kinepolis adds 14 cinemas to its portfolio, totaling 177 screens and 18,000 seats in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Emagine Entertainment welcomes approximately 6 million visitors annually and generates nearly 129 million USD in revenue. The cinemas are equipped with recliner seats and also offer their own Premium Large Format (PLF) under the names EMX (14 screens) and Super EMX (3 screens). EMX combines wall-to-wall screens with 4K laser projection and Dolby Atmos sound, while Super EMX goes a step further with an even larger screen and 64-channel Dolby Atmos sound for a truly immersive cinematic experience.
Emagine Entertainment also provides support services to a chain of cinemas in Minnesota and Colorado, as well as Emagine Woodhaven and The Riviera in Michigan. These cinemas operate under the Emagine brand and are operated by third parties through a trademark licensing agreement.
https://slachtstraat.nl/ Due to plans to convert the buildings into residences, the collaboration between the Utrecht Monument Fund (UMF) ended in 2018, and Filmtheater ’t Hoogt had to close its doors. Ultimately, these plans did not go ahead, and in early 2020, the owner, the UMF, and Jos Stelling signed an agreement to re-establish a film theater there.
With great love for the city and film, the renewed current cultural film center, Slachtstraat Filmtheater, was thus created. It features three auditoriums with a total of 200 seats, equipped with the latest technology and comfort. Furthermore, the complex has been made sustainable and is accessible to people with disabilities, partly thanks to an elevator. The atmosphere of the Grand Café, the Conservatory, the Back Room, and the restaurant evokes Paris at the end of the 19th century.
After years of slow decline, it is truly over for the Kinepolis Utrecht City cinema as of Monday, May 11. The iconic building, which had housed a cinema since 1936, has been sold and is permanently closed as of today.
“Kinepolis has sold the building and operations of the cinema cease as of today, Given the significantly changed cinema landscape in Utrecht in recent years (including the opening of Kinepolis Jaarbeurs at the end of 2016) and the investments required by the building, Kinepolis has decided to close its doors.”
Things had been going badly for the cinema for quite some time. The building was visibly in disrepair. As early as 2015, City seemed destined to disappear, but a petition kept the cinema open at the time.
It has since become clear that the City cinema on Voorstraat will be acquired by real estate entrepreneur Robert-Paul Caron. Although the takeover has not yet been fully finalized according to Caron, one thing is already certain, according to him: films will no longer be shown there. “Kinepolis sold on the condition that it never becomes a cinema again.”
Re-opened by Kinepolis november 20th 2024 as Landmark 8 Windsor, with all new theatres, now as an 8 screen and counting 747 seats.
Closed on september 1st 2025, because the lease ended and a new one could not be negociated du to the exhorbitant price demanded by the building owner.
The cinema closed its doors for good on November 5, 2019, following the opening of a multiplex in the city center near the train station. La sirène à Barbe is a cabaret, not a movie theater! So the correct name is REX!
After the closure of the “UGC Normandy”, it is a new emblematic theatre of the capital that will dissapear with the final closure of the “Miramar” at the end of the screenings at 8:00 PM, on June 9, 2025!
Demolished in 2023, only the Front Facade was retained
Is now Pathé Wilson!
I keep repaeting: This teatre is not used as a cinema, no screen is present, so the designation should be ‘closed’!
“Since closing in the 1980’s it operated as a discothque and from 2010 the former cinema has operated as a concert/live music venue!”
Clearly states that it has been closed since the 80s!
Permanently closed since septembre 2015!
This multiplex closed end 2024 due to heavy losses and years of neglect!
This theatre closed in 2021, due to the Corona crisis and never reopened!
The theatre has been demolished in 2018 to make place for another bland office build.
Permanently closed since december 11, 2023!
The last chapter ‘after a period…’ is sadly wrong, the front part of the theatre on te side of the Boulevard Adolphe Max was taken over by the Adjacent Hotel Vendôme, that changed its name in Hotel Mariveaux and used the 2 small box cinemas on the front side as small auditoria of 115 and 75 places, the big theatre on the Rue Saint Pierre side with it’s 2 balconies served as a car parking (I have pictures) and was seriously degraded. In 2021 it was demolished, only preserving the Facade and the Art-nouveau entrance and stairs in a new Student housing project. https://unaa.eu/projets/marivaux-residence-for-students-and-young-professionals/
This theatre was closed by the end of 2023!
The name changed again, this time to Kinepolis Hoofddorp!
The entrance to this theatre has been relocated at the Tuerlensteg 29 of the neighboring newly built complex. The old entrance is now occupied by a restaurant, the the building itself still stands but the core was taken out to build new screens inside the old shell.
This cinema was closed and demolished to build the new Traumpalast kino that is connected with the old cinema building of the ‘Turm theatre center kino’ at the pfeiffergäsle, to form a new compex of 10 theatres! The entrance at the pfeiffergäsle is now a restaurant.
This drive-in closed at the end of 2021, they are still searching for a new site.
this drive-in closed at the end of the covid Pandemic!
this drive-in closed at the end of the covid Pandemic!
This drive-in closed after the end of the corona pandemic.