Trends · data through June 2026

Movie Theaters in the United States

Iceflower tracks 2,658 stores from 1,674 movie theaters chains in the United States. Celebration Cinema grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Phoenix Theatres and Santikos Entertainment.

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
1,674
Tracked stores
2,658
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. Celebration Cinema and Phoenix Theatres sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Celebration Cinema logo Celebration Cinema ▲4 +19.9%
2 P Phoenix Theatres logo Phoenix Theatres ▲5 +18.7%
3 S Santikos Entertainment logo Santikos Entertainment ▲2 +18.3%
4 C Cinemark logo Cinemark +16.2%
5 T Touchstar Cinemas logo Touchstar Cinemas ▲3 +16.2%
6 S ShowBiz Cinemas logo ShowBiz Cinemas ▲3 +16.1%
7 P Premiere Cinemas logo Premiere Cinemas ▲2 +14.9%
8 G Golden Ticket Cinemas logo Golden Ticket Cinemas ▲3 +12.7%
9 T The Lot logo The Lot ▲2 +11.7%
10 M Malco Theatres logo Malco Theatres ▲1 +11.2%
11 L LOOK Dine-in Cinemas logo LOOK Dine-in Cinemas ▲4 +11.0%
12 M Marcus Cinema logo Marcus Cinema ▲3 +9.0%
13 G Galaxy Theatres logo Galaxy Theatres ▲3 +6.7%
14 C Consolidated Theatres Ward with TITAN LUXE logo Consolidated Theatres Ward with TITAN LUXE ▲5 +5.7%
15 M Marcus Theatres logo Marcus Theatres +4.7%
  • Cinemark
  • AMC Theatres
  • Regal Cinemas
  • Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
  • Ft Belvoir AMC
  • Megaplex Theatres
  • Cinema Cafe
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,658 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cinemark (204)
  • AMC Theatres (184)
  • Regal Cinemas (150)
  • Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (36)
  • Ft Belvoir AMC (1)
  • Megaplex Theatres (15)
  • Cinema Cafe (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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