The UAE is home to more of them than anywhere else and in 2022 Vox had a 59 percent market share in the country
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Lulu Group, Star Cinemas collaborate for 22 new cinema screens in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain
The screens will be strategically located across four malls in the region
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Dubai’s Roxy Cinemas to open ‘biggest cinema screen’ in MENA
The new Roxy Xtreme cinema screen will be located at Dubai Hills Mall and will be open to cinemagoers from August 31
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UAE cinemas to operate at full capacity starting mid-February
Following lower infection rates, the NCEMA has been gradually lifting several other coronavirus restrictions on various events and activities in the UAE
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Video: Will people go back to movie theatres after the pandemic?
More and more movies once destined for the big screen are going on-demand while theatres are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what will and will not change about movie-going because of Covid-19.
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Screen test: Dubai’s new cinema concept revealed
Collaboration between Majid Al Futtaim’s Vox Cinemas and Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates takes cinema to a new level of personalisation
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First Saudi-owned and operated cinema opens in Jeddah
Muvi Cinemas plans to launch 250 screens across the country over the next 24 months
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Investors urged to star in Saudi cinema revolution
Twenty seven new movie theatres are scheduled to open in the kingdom this year
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Cinepolis Cinema to make Dubai debut at Meydan One
Megaplex will include 21 screens and exclusive VIP lounge in Dubai’s Meydan One
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Mexican cinema operator eyes major expansion in Oman
Cinepolis says it plans to open new Sohar cinema on Thursday, with plans for two more in Oman by the end of this year
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Some Dubai cinemas to open 24-hours for ‘Avengers Endgame’
Select Reel Cinemas to stay open 24-hours for the final instalment in the franchise
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Vox, Carnival cinemas planning to open 1,000 screens in Saudi Arabia
A number of cinema operators have announced plans to ramp up operations in the kingdom in the wake of a ban on cinemas being lifted
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Saudi Entertainment Ventures to open seven cinemas in 2019
Saudi Entertainment Ventures – established by the Public Investment Fund in 2017 – plans to have 50 cinemas operational in Saudi Arabia by 2022
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Saudi film to premiere in Jeddah’s Vox Cinemas for first time
Vox Cinemas opened its first branch in Jeddah in January as part of its $533 million investment to open 600 theatres in the kingdom
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Vox Cinemas pledges $500m to build movie theatres in Saudi Arabia
Over the next four years, Vox wants add screen in the GCC’s largest economy at the rate of 150 per year
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Novo Cinemas is re-screening Oscar-nominated movies in Dubai
Movies to be screened at Ibn Battuta Mall, Dubai Festival City Mall, IMG Worlds of Adventure
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Majid Al Futtaim’s Vox Cinemas to open in Jeddah
The firm announced last year it would invest $533 million to open up to 600 theatres in Saudi over the next five years