Trends · data through September 2026

Movie Theaters in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 638 stores from 256 movie theater chains in the United Kingdom. Cineworld grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Vue and Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham.

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
256
Tracked stores
638
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Cineworld and Vue sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Cineworld logo Cineworld - +5.1%
2 V Vue logo Vue - -0.5%
3 S Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham logo Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham - -2.1%
4 E Everyman logo Everyman - -3.7%
5 R Reel Cinema logo Reel Cinema - -3.9%
6 E Everyman Cinema logo Everyman Cinema - -4.2%
7 O Odeon logo Odeon - -6.2%
8 T TheLight logo TheLight - -7.2%
9 S Scott Cinemas - -7.5%
10 S Showcase Cinemas logo Showcase Cinemas - -9.9%
11 P Phoenix - -38.3%
  • Odeon
  • Vue
  • Cineworld
  • Omniplex Cinemas
  • Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham
  • Showcase Cinemas
  • TheLight
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

638 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Odeon (118)
  • Vue (71)
  • Cineworld (89)
  • Omniplex Cinemas (18)
  • Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham (5)
  • Showcase Cinemas (8)
  • TheLight (20)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 O Odeon logo Odeon 118
  • 2 C Cineworld logo Cineworld 89
  • 3 V Vue logo Vue 71
  • 4 T TheLight logo TheLight 20
  • 5 O Omniplex Cinemas logo Omniplex Cinemas 18
  • 6 E Everyman logo Everyman 17
  • 7 E Everyman Cinema logo Everyman Cinema 11
  • 8 S Showcase Cinemas logo Showcase Cinemas 8
  • 9 R Reel Cinema logo Reel Cinema 8
  • 10 T The Arc Cinema 5
  • 11 S Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham logo Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham 5
  • 12 P Phoenix 4
  • 13 S Scott Cinemas 4
  • 14 C Carlton Club 4
  • 15 E Empire Cinemas logo Empire Cinemas 3
  • 16 R REEL Cinemas 2
  • 17 C Curzon Cinema 2
  • 18 S Swiss Cottage 2
  • 19 P Princess Theatre 2
  • 20 B Broadway Theatre 2
  • 21 A Apollo Cinemas logo Apollo Cinemas 2
  • 22 A Alhambra Theatre 2
  • 23 R Rooftop Film Club logo Rooftop Film Club 2
  • 24 R RNAS Culdrose 2
  • 25 M Merlin Cinemas logo Merlin Cinemas 2
  • 26 P Picturehouse 2
  • 27 M Movie House Cinema logo Movie House Cinema 2
  • 28 P Plaza Cinema 1
  • 29 O Omniplex Derry logo Omniplex Derry 1
  • 30 C Curzon Oxford 1
  • 31 B Big Screen Portsmouth 1
  • 32 M Moray Playhouse 1
  • 33 P Playhouse Cinema Louth 1
  • 34 C Commodore Cinema logo Commodore Cinema 1
  • 35 R Rex Cinema Wilmslow 1
  • 36 O Odeon Cinemas 1
  • 37 I IMC Cinemas 1
  • 38 E Everyman Chelsea 1
  • 39 C Cinemac 1
  • 40 P Palace Cinema 1
  • 41 E Everyman Gerrards Cross 1
  • 42 T The Castle Cinema logo The Castle Cinema 1
  • 43 R Reel Cinema Quinton logo Reel Cinema Quinton 1
  • 44 M Manchester Picadili 1
  • 45 M Movie Starr logo Movie Starr 1
  • 46 I Ilkley Cinema 1
  • 47 A Alhambra Cinema 1
  • 48 R Regency 1
  • 49 L Laser Quest & VR Centre Bromley 1
  • 50 V Vue Cinema Bicester 1

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