Trends · data through August 2026

Movie Theaters in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 93 stores from 71 movie theaters chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Classic Cinemas grew fastest over the last year, ahead of AMC Theatres and Regal.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains: 71
Tracked stores: 93
Consumer panel: 130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked movie theaters 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. Classic Cinemas and AMC Theatres sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	C Classic Cinemas	-	+7.1%
2	A AMC Theatres	-	-1.2%
3	R Regal	-	-6.3%

Classic Cinemas
AMC Theatres
Star Cinema Grill
Emagine Portage
Cinemark
Regal
Emagine Batavia
Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

93 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

Classic Cinemas (9)
AMC Theatres (11)
Star Cinema Grill (2)
Emagine Portage (1)
Cinemark (2)
Regal (3)
Emagine Batavia (1)
Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

1 A AMC Theatres 11
2 C Classic Cinemas 9
3 R Regal 3
4 S Star Cinema Grill 2
5 C Cinemark 2
6 S ShowPlace ICON Theatres 1
7 G Gene Siskel Film Center 1
8 C CMX Cinemas 1
9 D Davis Theater 1
10 H Harris Theater Admin Offices 1
11 N NCG Cinemas 1
12 M McHenry Downtown Theater 1
13 C Cinergy 1
14 A AMC Niles 12 1
15 C Cinemark At Valparaiso 1
16 M McHenry Outdoor Theater 1
17 L Logan Theatre 1
18 M Marcus Country Club Hills Cinema 1
19 T The Ramova Theatre 1
20 R Regal Bolingbrook 1
21 G Gkc Theatres 1
22 P Picture Show at East Windsor 1
23 C CMX Old Orchard Market 1
24 4 49er Drive-In Theatre 1
25 L Landmark Century Cinema 1
26 S Sycamore State Theater 1
27 G Glen Art Theatre 1
28 F Fountain Stone Theaters 1
29 H Hoosier Theatre 1
30 B Bensenville Theatre 1
31 A AMC River East 21 1
32 C Cine Lounge 1
33 P Pipers Alley 1
34 P Pickwick Theatre 1
35 L Landmark at The Glen 1
36 C Classic Cinemas Tivoli Theatre 1
37 R Rooftop Cinema Club 1
38 A AMC Oakbrook Center 4 1
39 A AMC South Barrington 24 1
40 M Marcus Addison Cinema 1
41 A AMC Streets of Woodfield 20 1
42 M Marcus Elgin Cinema 1
43 A AMC Hawthorn 12 1
44 A AMC Oakbrook Center 12 1
45 A AMC Naperville 16 1
46 C Cinemark Melrose Park 1
47 H Hollywood Blvd Cinema 1
48 A Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 1
49 Y York Town AMC Theater 1
50 C Cinemark at Seven Bridges and IMAX 1

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