27 Facts About Landmark Theatres

Landmark Theatres is a movie theatre chain in the United States.

Since its founding in 1974, Landmark has grown to 35 theaters with 178 screens in 24 markets.

Landmark Theatres is known for both its historic and newer, more modern theatres.

Landmark Theatre Corporation began as Parallax Theatres which was founded in 1974 by Kim Jorgensen with the opening of the Nuart in Los Angeles, Sherman in Sherman Oaks, The Rialto in South Pasadena, and Ken in San Diego.

Landmark Theatres was acquired by the Samuel Goldwyn Company in 1990.

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In 1998, Landmark Theatres was acquired by Silver Cinemas and began operating a small group of discount theaters including: the Bell Road, the Superstition, The Yukon, the Golden Triangle, the Macomb, the Joliet, the Budget South, the East Town Green Bay, the Market Square and the Poughkeepsie theaters.

Landmark Theatres was brought out of Silver Cinemas' bankruptcy by Oaktree Capital, allowing the construction and opening of the Sunshine, Bethesda Row and E Street Cinemas.

In 2005, Landmark Theatres was the first exhibition circuit to deploy Sony 4K cinema; in-theater digital signage was introduced.

In 2007, Landmark Theatres acquired the Ritz Theatre Group in Philadelphia which consisted of the Ritz East, Ritz at the Bourse and Ritz V Landmark opened their flagship theater in Los Angeles, The Landmark.

Later that year, Landmark Theatres opened Harbor East in Baltimore and The Landmark Theatres Theatre, Greenwood Village in Denver.

Landmark Theatres entered the 3D arena with 3 locations operating 3D Projection: the Harbor East in Baltimore, the Tivoli in St Louis and The Landmark Theatres in Los Angeles.

Landmark Theatres assumed operation of the Glendale 12 in Indianapolis in 2010 as well as the Olde Town Stadium theater in Arvada, Colorado.

In Spring 2011, Landmark Theatres was put up for sale, and after receiving multiple bids, was taken off the market.

On November 7,2013, Landmark Theatres announced that they will open an eight-screen complex in Capitol Point, an emerging mixed-use development along New York Avenue in Washington, DC.

On January 8,2014, Landmark Theatres announced a six-screen cinema at Atlantic Plumbing, a new mixed-use community at 8th and V Street, in Washington, DC Atlantic Plumbing Cinema, a bar and movie theater, opened October 15,2015.

On November 20,2015, Landmark Theatres acquires Albany, New York independent movie house Spectrum 8 Theatres.

On December 15,2015, Landmark acquired the Nickelodeon Theatres, including the Nickelodeon and Del Mar in Santa Cruz, California, and the Aptos Cinema in Aptos, California.

In December 2016, Landmark Theatres opened their luxury theatre The Landmark Theatres at Merrick Park located in the Shops at Merrick Park shopping center in Coral Gables, Florida.

In June 2017, Landmark Theatres closed their Seven Gables and Guild 45 theaters in Seattle.

In September 2017, Landmark Theatres opened a new east coast flagship theatre The Landmark Theatres at VIA 57 West in Midtown West Manhattan.

In late January 2020, it was announced that Landmark Theatres would be closing two locations, the Clay Theatre in San Francisco and the Ritz at the Bourse in Philadelphia.

In February 2020 Landmark Theatres closed their only single screen in San Diego called the Ken Cinema.

In June 2021, Landmark Theatres was evicted from Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis, due to unpaid back rent.

Also that month, Landmark Theatres Theaters ended their lease of the Main Art Theater in Royal Oak, Michigan.

In November 2021, it was announced that Landmark Theatres had acquired the lease to the former Arclight Cinemas at The Glen Town Center in Glenview, Illinois and that the theater would reopen as part of the company's chain.

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In May 2022, Landmark Theatres ceased operation of The Landmark Theatres on Pico and The Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, and acquired the Playhouse 7 in Pasadena.

Landmark Theatres owned the theater chain Silver Cinemas, which primarily showed second-run movies.