Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked movie theater chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Rialto Cinemas and Regal sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rialto Cinemas | ▲2 | +18.4% |
| 2 | Regal | - | +11.4% |
| 3 | Galaxy Theatres | ▲2 | +10.1% |
| 4 | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema | ▲1 | +7.6% |
| 5 | Century Theatres | ▲1 | +7.5% |
| 6 | AMC Theatres | - | +5.7% |
| 7 | Cinemark | - | +4.9% |
| 8 | Harkins Theatres | ▲2 | +2.9% |
| 9 | Studio Movie Grill | - | +2.6% |
| 10 | AMC DINE-IN | ▲1 | -2.7% |
| 11 | The Lot | ▼1 | -10.8% |
| 12 | Rooftop Cinema Club | - | -16.4% |
| 13 | Laemmle | ▲1 | -30.0% |
| 14 | Regency Theatres | ▲1 | -32.8% |
| 15 | Maya Cinemas Delano | ▼5 | -67.8% |
- Cinemark
- AMC Theatres
- Regal
- Studio Movie Grill
- Galaxy Theatres
- Harkins Theatres
- The Lot
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
483 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 108 of the 483 stores (22%); 296 of the 330 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked leisure & travel stores here are movie theaters, against 3% across the United States.
- Cinemark (39)
- AMC Theatres (22)
- Regal (35)
- Studio Movie Grill (3)
- Galaxy Theatres (3)
- Harkins Theatres (3)
- The Lot (4)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Cinemark 39
- 2 Regal 35
- 3 AMC Theatres 22
- 4 Century Theatres 6
- 5 AMC DINE-IN 6
- 6 Cinepolis 5
- 7 Regency Theatres 5
- 8 Laemmle 4
- 9 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 4
- 10 The Lot 4
- 11 Harkins Theatres 3
- 12 Studio Movie Grill 3
- 13 Maya Cinemas Delano 3
- 14 Premiere Cinemas 3
- 15 Rooftop Cinema Club 3
- 16 Rialto Cinemas 3
- 17 Galaxy Theatres 3
- 18 AMC Burbank 16 2
- 19 AMC Theaters 2
- 20 CineLux Theatres 2
- 21 Prime Cinemas 2
- 22 LOOK Dine-In Cinemas 2
- 23 Fox Theater 2
- 24 Tower Theatre 2
- 25 Cinespia 2
- 26 Street Food Cinema 2
- 27 Reading Cinemas 2
- 28 Edwards Theatres 2
- 29 American Cinematheque 2
- 30 Orinda Theatre 1
- 31 Plaza Cinemas 14 1
- 32 El Capitan Theatre 1
- 33 West Wind Solano Drive-In 1
- 34 Regal UA La Canada 1
- 35 Van Buren Drive-In Theater 1
- 36 CineLux Delta Cinema 1
- 37 Sebastiani Theatre 1
- 38 Studio C 1
- 39 UltraStar River Village Cinemas 1
- 40 Picture Show 1
- 41 AMC Marina Marketplace 6 1
- 42 Needham Theater 1
- 43 The Frida Cinema 1
- 44 Bianchi Theatres 1
- 45 Golden State Theatre 1
- 46 Premiere Cinema & IMAX 1
- 47 Lakeport Cinema 5 1
- 48 AMC Saratoga 14 1
- 49 Regency Foothill Center 10 1
- 50 Larkspur Landing Cinema 1
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