Trends · data through July 2026

Movie Theaters in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 572 stores from 214 movie theaters chains in the United Kingdom. Vue grew fastest over the last year, ahead of TheLight 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
214
Tracked stores
572
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. Vue and TheLight sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 V Vue - +9.4%
2 T TheLight - -0.8%
3 S Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham - -1.1%
4 S Showcase Cinemas logo Showcase Cinemas - -2.6%
5 C Cineworld - -8.0%
6 O Odeon - -8.5%
7 R Reel Cinema - -13.6%
  • Odeon
  • Vue
  • Cineworld
  • Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham
  • Omniplex Cinemas
  • Showcase Cinemas
  • TheLight
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Odeon (116)
  • Vue (68)
  • Cineworld (84)
  • Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham (5)
  • Omniplex Cinemas (18)
  • Showcase Cinemas (8)
  • TheLight (18)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 O Odeon 116
  • 2 C Cineworld 84
  • 3 V Vue 68
  • 4 O Omniplex Cinemas 18
  • 5 T TheLight 18
  • 6 E Everyman 17
  • 7 E Everyman Cinema 10
  • 8 S Showcase Cinemas logo Showcase Cinemas 8
  • 9 R Reel Cinema 7
  • 10 T The Arc Cinema 5
  • 11 S Showcase Cinema de Lux Nottingham 5
  • 12 P Phoenix 3
  • 13 S Swiss Cottage 2
  • 14 M Movie House Cinema 2
  • 15 P Picturehouse 2
  • 16 E Empire Cinemas 2
  • 17 M Merlin Cinemas 2
  • 18 A Apollo Cinemas 2
  • 19 R RNAS Culdrose 2
  • 20 R Rooftop Film Club 2
  • 21 C Curzon Cinema 2
  • 22 P Princess Theatre 2
  • 23 R REEL Cinemas 2
  • 24 O Omniplex Cinema Banbridge 1
  • 25 R Ritzy Cinema 1
  • 26 Q Queen's Film Theatre 1
  • 27 R Reel Cinemas York 1
  • 28 R Regency 1
  • 29 E Everyman Chelsea 1
  • 30 M Movie Starr 1
  • 31 P Pavilion Cinema 1
  • 32 S Strand Theatre 1
  • 33 O Odeon Cinemas 1
  • 34 S Station Cinema 1
  • 35 T The Magic Lantern Cinema 1
  • 36 C Curzon Oxford 1
  • 37 R Reel Cinema Quinton 1
  • 38 P Parkway Cinema Beverley 1
  • 39 R Reel Cinema Blackburn 1
  • 40 W Wellington Orbit 1
  • 41 E Everyman Northallerton 1
  • 42 O Orion Cinema Burgess Hill 1
  • 43 S Showcase Glasgow 1
  • 44 E Eastleigh Vue 1
  • 45 R Rex Cinema 1
  • 46 P Playhouse Cinema Louth 1
  • 47 R REEL Cinema Widnes 1
  • 48 C Century Cinema 1
  • 49 V Vue Cinema Bicester 1
  • 50 S Showroom & Workstation Conferencing Office 1

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