15 Facts About Movie Gallery

Movie Gallery, Inc was the second largest movie and game rental company in the United States and Canada, behind Blockbuster Video.

Movie Gallery rented and sold Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, VHS tapes, and video games.

Movie Gallery was formed in 1985 by Joe Malugen and Harrison Parrish in Dothan, Alabama.

In 2000, Movie Gallery again set its goal at opening 100 new stores and relocating 25.

The addition of Video Update stores to the Movie Gallery family launched the company's international presence with 100 retail locations in Canada.

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Movie Gallery relocated its headquarters to Wilsonville, Oregon, in late 2008.

In early 2009, Movie Gallery operated about 2, 700 locations and 1, 300 Hollywood Video locations in the United States.

Canadian operations included over 200 "Movie Gallery" branded stores, as well as approximately 60 under the VHQ brand in western Canada.

In 2009 Movie Gallery closed its Wilsonville, Oregon distribution facility, merging it with one in Nashville, Tennessee.

Movie Gallery was founded by Disney and other investors as an alternative to online movie downloads.

Hollywood Video, a subsidiary of Movie Gallery, Inc, operated from Wilsonville, Oregon, as a DVD and video game rental shop chain in the United States.

Movie Gallery completed its purchase of Hollywood Video on April 27, 2005.

In 2005 Movie Gallery bought Hollywood Video, gaining Hollywood's office space in Oregon.

Movie Gallery operated its Oregon office out of the space, and Hollywood Video, now a subsidiary of Movie Gallery, maintained its headquarters in Wilsonville.

Movie Gallery kept some central employees in Dothan, and the company said that it would continue to have a "presence" in Dothan.