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Who owns CGV China?

CGV China is owned by CJ CGV (South Korea, KRX: 079160).[1]

This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.

Evidence: CJ CGV 2024 Sustainability Report (company profile, shareholders and subsidiary chart as of 31 December 2024), CJ CGV Co., Ltd, 27 June 2025. Last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
CJ CGV Co., Ltd. reported
Owner HQ
🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
Origin
🇨🇳 China
Category
Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Cinema chains
Parent ticker
KRX: 079160
Last verified
· 1 sources

About CGV China

CGV China is the cinema business CJ CGV began in China in 2006, its first market outside Korea. The 2024 sustainability report counts 116 cinemas and 918 screens there at the end of 2024, run through subsidiaries held under CGI Holdings Limited, in which CJ CGV owns 82.42 per cent.

Ownership timeline of CGV China

  1. Current owner CJ CGV [1] reported

Where CGV China sits in CJ CGV

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where CGV China sits in CJ CGV Tree of 7 brands under CJ CGV. CJ CGV CGV China 4DX 90.48% CGV CGV Indonesia CGV Türkiye CGV Vietnam and 1 more

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Other brands owned by CJ CGV

CJ CGV controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in media & entertainment.

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Other brands in cinema chains, and who owns them

CJ CGV has more brands in cinema chains on Brandtree than any other owner: 7 of 23.

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About the owner: CJ CGV

CJ CGV is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1999. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 079160.

CJ CGV is the South Korean cinema operator founded in March 1999 as CJ Village, a joint venture of CJ Entertainment and Australia's Village Cinema International, later merged into CJ Golden Village and renamed. Its 2024 sustainability report lists 545 cinemas and 3,803 screens, shows CJ Corporation holding 50.90 per cent of the shares at 31 December 2024, and sets out its subsidiaries: CJ 4DPLEX at 90.48 per cent, CGI Holdings (which holds the Chinese, Vietnamese and Indonesian cinema companies) at 82.42 per cent, and Bosphorus Investment (Turkey) at 100 per cent.

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🇨🇳 CGV China and other Chinese brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, CGV China among them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of CGV China?

The parent company of CGV China is CJ CGV, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.

Is CGV China Chinese or South Korean?

CGV China originated in China, but it is owned today by CJ CGV, which is headquartered in South Korea. So CGV China is a Chinese-origin brand under South Korean ownership.

Is CGV China still owned by CJ CGV?

Yes. As of 3 October 2026, CGV China is still owned by CJ CGV. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (1) & corrections

Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

  1. [1] CJ CGV 2024 Sustainability Report (company profile, shareholders and subsidiary chart as of 31 December 2024) — CJ CGV Co., Ltd., Official document, published 27 June 2025; retrieved 3 October 2026.

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