Who owns Landmark Cinemas?
Landmark Cinemas is owned by Kinepolis (Belgium, Euronext Brussels: KIN), which has owned the brand since 8 December 2017.[1][2][3]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kinepolis Group — Annual results 2025, regulated information, Kinepolis Group NV, 19 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kinepolis Group NV reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Ghent
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Calgary
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Cinema chains
- Parent ticker
- Euronext Brussels: KIN
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Landmark Cinemas
Landmark Cinemas is the second-largest cinema operator in Canada, run from Calgary and spread across six provinces with most of its takings in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. Kinepolis bought it for an enterprise value of CAD 122.7 million, completing on 8 December 2017 the day after the Minister of Canadian Heritage approved the deal. It had 44 cinemas and 303 screens then and runs 35 cinemas and 301 screens now.
Ownership timeline of Landmark Cinemas
Where Landmark Cinemas sits in Kinepolis
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kinepolis
Kinepolis controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in cinema chains, and who owns them
The 23 brands in cinema chains on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is CJ CGV, with 7; Kinepolis has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 4DX | CJ CGV | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Century Theatres | Cinemark | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AMC Theatres | AMC Theatres | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cineplex | Cineplex | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| IMAX | IMAX | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| VOX Cinemas | Majid Al Futtaim | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| T-Joy | Toei | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| TOHO CINEMAS | TOHO | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Kinepolis
Kinepolis is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 1997. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as Euronext Brussels: KIN.
Kinepolis Group was formed in 1997 by the merger of two family-run Belgian cinema groups and listed a year later. It now operates 122 cinemas with 1,314 screens and more than 220,000 seats, 63 of them in Europe and the rest in Canada and the United States, and turned over €564.9 million in 2025. Cinemas are only part of it: the group also does film distribution, event organisation, screen advertising and property management, and of the €43.9 million it invested in 2025, €22.9 million went on maintaining the cinemas it has and €19.8 million on internal expansion.
🇨🇦 Landmark Cinemas and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 174 brands that began in Canada. 41 of them (24%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Landmark Cinemas among them.
- Canada's Wonderland — Six Flags 🇺🇸
- Cineplex — Cineplex 🇨🇦
- CuriousCast — Corus 🇨🇦
- Degrassi — WildBrain 🇨🇦
- IMAX — IMAX 🇨🇦
- Lionsgate Films — Lionsgate 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Landmark Cinemas?
The parent company of Landmark Cinemas is Kinepolis, a publicly listed company headquartered in Belgium.
Is Landmark Cinemas Canadian or Belgian?
Landmark Cinemas originated in Canada, but it is owned today by Kinepolis, which is headquartered in Belgium. So Landmark Cinemas is a Canadian-origin brand under Belgian ownership.
Since when has Kinepolis owned Landmark Cinemas?
Kinepolis has owned Landmark Cinemas since 8 December 2017.
Is Landmark Cinemas still owned by Kinepolis?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Landmark Cinemas is still owned by Kinepolis. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Kinepolis Group — Annual results 2025, regulated information — Kinepolis Group NV, Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [2] Kinepolis completes acquisition of Canadian movie theatre group Landmark Cinemas (Internet Archive capture) — Kinepolis Group NV, Official press release, published 8 December 2017; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [3] About Kinepolis — group profile and cinema count (Internet Archive capture) — Kinepolis Group NV, Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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