Grand Cinemas

Grand Cinemas is a movie theater chain operating in the Middle East.

This article is about Movie theatre chain in the Middle East. For Grand Cinemas Western Australia, see The Movie Masters Cinema Group. For other uses, see Grand Cinemas (disambiguation).
Grand Cinemas
Private company
Founded2000 (Gulf Film LLC)
2007 (Selim Ramia & Co.)
HeadquartersBeirut, Lebanon
Key people
Selim Ramia (founder)
Websitegrandcinemasme.com

History

Established in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), in 2000, the Grand Cinemas franchise was originally run by Dubai-based Gulf Film LLC, branding several theaters throughout the UAE it had been operating since 1989. In 2007, one of Gulf Film LLC's co-founders, Lebanese businessman Selim Ramia, established a separate corporation in Lebanon called Selim Ramia & Co. (SR&CO) as the owner of the Grand Cinemas franchise in the country. Since July 2007, Grand Cinemas has taken over several theaters in Lebanon, mostly outlets formerly run by Circuit Planète. In 2012, SR&CO expanded the Grand Cinemas franchise into Jordan and Kuwait. Gulf Film LLC expanded Grand Cinemas into Qatar (2012) and Bahrain (2014).

In 2012, the original franchise owner Gulf Film LLC was acquired by the ELAN Group (formerly Qatar Media Services), and on 6 May 2014, all Grand Cinemas theaters under its operation were re-branded as Novo Cinemas. The Grand Cinemas theaters in Lebanon, Jordan, and Kuwait continue under the management of the SR&CO group.

Branches

Jordan
  • City Mall Center (named as Grand Cinemas)
  • Taj Mall (named as Taj Cinemas)

Lebanon
  • ABC Mall (Dbayeh, Verdun and Achrafieh) (named as Grand Cinemas ABC)
  • Las Salinas Mall (named as Grand Las Salinas)
  • Saida Mall (named as Grand Saida Mall)
  • Galaxy Mall (named as Grand Galaxy)

Kuwait
  • Al Hamra Luxury Center (named as Grand Hamra)
  • The Gate Mall (named as Grand Gate)

Bahrain
  • The Walk - Riffa

See also

References
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