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Author Topic: Largest Multiplex? Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-22-2003 10:06 AM                     Yup! AMC has a 30 screener on the North side of Phoenix and Harkins has a 25 on the East side. FJN  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 09-22-2003 12:13 PM                     There is a 36-screener featured in the movie Bachelor Party.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 09-22-2003 01:57 PM                    A real one or a reel one? AMC has two thirty screen gigaplexes in the far western suburbs of Chicago. I think the industry has pretty much decided that the 20-something megaplex is sufficient. One thing about the gigaplexes is that there are so many screens that they can run virtually everything, including multiple screens of the major hits, yet still toss in an art, independent or foreign film. I'm looking at one listing right now and I see they are running "Thirteen" and a couple I've never even heard of: "Kuch Naa Kaho" and "St. Petersburg Express." Makes me wonder if they do 4-wall deals.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-22-2003 02:09 PM                        Unfortunately many of the screens in modern "gigaplexes" seem to be there just to up the screen count and spread the risk when a movie doesn't do well at the boxoffice, or give flexibility in scheduling. These sub-screens tend to be small, with inadequate sound. Nothing wrong with a smaller auditorium, as long as the audience can get a "big screen" experience with proper viewing distance and top-notch sound. But a "shoebox" with analog (or even mono) sound just doesn't cut it anymore. For 35mm, my preferred seat is usually 2X the height of the image from the screen. Sorry, not everyone can get to the movie during the first week when it is in the "prime" auditorium.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 09-22-2003 04:37 PM                        I've said this before, but Cinemark did a very nice job on the 17-plex they opened here in 1999. Even the smallest auditoriums have good projection & sound, and decent-sized screens, and all stadium seating (which I happen to like). The only real problem I fault them on is sound leakage between auditoriums sometimes. It's lightyears ahead of the 12-plex they opened in the late 80s and which I have hated since the day it opened. Cinemark 17 Movies 12 (Now a $1.50 theatre)  |  IP: Logged Marcial Feliciano Ramos Expert Film Handler Posts: 108 From: Puerto Rico Registered: Oct 2003 posted 11-01-2003 11:57 PM                     Here in Puerto Rico the biggest megaplexes have 14 screens. Here we have only 2 movie chains CineVista Theather and Caribbean Cinemas that have a monopoly in the business (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago, etc.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 11-02-2003 01:12 AM                     The magic number of 14 for Puerto Rico was based on research of the available film releases to this market at any given time. Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth associated with the USA so there is a curious mix of film distribution policies for the market....example Disney is handled by an independent company, Universal is USA controlled and other film companies are run by international divisions. In Latin America, in most markets outside of the Cinemarks and UCI operations, generally 6 - 10 screens, again due to available product.  |  IP: Logged

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