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. Classic Cinemas and Star Cinema Grill sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classic Cinemas | - | +12.6% |
| 2 | Star Cinema Grill | - | +1.0% |
| 3 | Cinemark | - | -0.8% |
| 4 | AMC Theatres | - | -2.1% |
- Classic Cinemas
- AMC Theatres
- Cinemark
- Star Cinema Grill
- Emagine Batavia
- Cinemark at Seven Bridges and IMAX
- Emagine Frankfort
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
156 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 31 of the 156 stores (20%); 121 of the 128 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked leisure & travel stores here are movie theaters, against 3% across the United States.
- Classic Cinemas (12)
- AMC Theatres (10)
- Cinemark (3)
- Star Cinema Grill (3)
- Emagine Batavia (1)
- Cinemark at Seven Bridges and IMAX (1)
- Emagine Frankfort (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Classic Cinemas 12
- 2 AMC Theatres 10
- 3 Cinemark 3
- 4 Star Cinema Grill 3
- 5 RMC Stadium Cinemas 3
- 6 AMC DINE-IN 2
- 7 Regal 2
- 8 AMC Classic Galesburg 1
- 9 Sycamore State Theater 1
- 10 Showplace Cinemas 1
- 11 Harvest Moon Drive-In 1
- 12 Glen Art Theatre 1
- 13 Landmark Century Cinema 1
- 14 AMC Classic Mattoon 10 1
- 15 The Lot 1
- 16 VIP Moline 14 1
- 17 Antioch Theatre 1
- 18 VIP Lincoln Grand 1
- 19 Rialto Cinemas 1
- 20 Chicago Filmmakers 1
- 21 The Lory Theater 1
- 22 The Paris Theatre 1
- 23 AMC Classic Sauk Valley 8 1
- 24 The Lyric Theater 1
- 25 Fox River's Edge Theatre 1
- 26 Cine Lounge 1
- 27 Pipers Alley 1
- 28 VIP Morton Cinemas 1
- 29 Pickwick Theatre 1
- 30 Rooftop Cinema Club 1
- 31 Admiral Theatre 1
- 32 AMC Classic Mount Vernon 8 1
- 33 CMX Old Orchard Market 1
- 34 La Herradura De Joliet 1
- 35 NCG Cinema 1
- 36 Harris Theater Admin Offices 1
- 37 Gene Siskel Film Center 1
- 38 Fairview Drive-In 1
- 39 Cinemark Cantera Warrenville and XD 1
- 40 Chatham 14 Theaters 1
- 41 AMC CLASSIC Illinois Centre 8 1
- 42 New Vision Theatres Showplace 14 1
- 43 ShowPlace ICON Theatres 1
- 44 AMC Classic Morris 10 1
- 45 Harper Theater 1
- 46 Bensenville Theatre 1
- 47 Sky View Drive-In Theatre 1
- 48 AMC Roosevelt Collection 16 1
- 49 The Palace Theater 1
- 50 ChiTown Movies 1
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