Golden Village

Golden Village was established to develop and operate modern, multiplex cinemas, as a 50:50 joint venture between Golden Harvest (now Orange Sky Golden Harvest) of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia The cinema's first operation in the country was on 28 May 1992, with the successful opening of the Yishun 10 complex. Subsequently, it opened more cinemas in Bishan, Tiong Bahru, Boon Lay, Tampines, Marina Square and Plaza Singapura. In 1998, it joined hands to open a cinema at Great World City, GV Grand, with six screens including a Gold Class hall. During the early 2000s, one of the halls was converted into an IMAX theatre, but it closed down in 2004 due to low patronage. It also used to operate at Eastpoint Mall during the early 2000s, but was closed due to low patronage too. In late 2006, it opened GV VivoCity, the largest multiplex in Singapore with 15 screens, including 3 Gold Class screens and GV Max, one of the largest cinema auditoriums. Its current flagship cineplex is located at Suntec City with 11 screens including 3 Gold Class screens, taking over the space previously occupied by WE Cinemas and The Rock Auditorium.

The chain offers a wide variety of movies at convenient screening times throughout the day. Supported by a central computerised system, GV tickets can be bought via internet and mobile app. The patrons may choose their seats if booking via the Internet and mobile app.

In June 2017, Village Roadshow's 50% stake in Golden Village was set to be acquired by Singapore-based media mini-conglomerate MM2 Asia.[1] However, mm2's bid to acquire 50% of Golden Village cinema chain fell through as Village Roadshow failed to secure the approval of Orange Sky.[2] Instead, in October 2017, Orange Sky Golden Harvest purchased the Village Roadshow's 50% stake, therefore having full ownership of Golden Village.[3] It is unknown whether the Village name will be dropped from Golden Village as a result of the acquisition.

Golden Village, Grand Great World ticketing hall.

Golden Village has 14 cinemas and 113 screens operating in the country currently. All cinemas which opened before 2000 have been refurbished. GV@Capitol only screens movies from December to March every year but does not belong to GV. GV Katong is currently closed for renovations since March 2020 and will reopen in 2021.

Current locations

Cinema

Screens/Halls

Seats

Location

Opening Year

Digital Hall

Gold Class

Gold Class Express

3D Digital Hall

Gemini: Two to View

D-BOX

Duo Deluxe

Deluxe Plus

Yishun

10

1477

Yishun

1992

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Bishan (Junction 8)

6

1136

Bishan

1993

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

Tiong Bahru

5

853

Tiong Bahru

1994

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Jurong Point

6

1417

Boon Lay

1995

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Tampines

8

1751

Tampines

1996

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Grand Great World

6

1455

River Valley

1999

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

Plaza

10

1715

Orchard

1998

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

VivoCity

15

2172

Telok Blangah

2006

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Katong

8

921

Katong

2011

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

City Square

6

1082

Farrer Park

2012

Y

N

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

Suntec City

11

1390

Downtown Core

2014

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

GV@Capitol

1

900

Downtown Core

2015

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Paya Lebar (SingPost Centre)

8

756

Paya Lebar

2017

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

Bedok

6

576

Bedok

2018

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Funan

7

431

Downtown Core

2019

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

• List of cinemas in Singapore
• Orange Sky Golden Harvest
• Village Roadshow
• Village Cinemas
• Cathay Cineplexes
• Shaw Theatres
• WE Cinemas

• Golden Village (official site)