Cinemark Theatres Locations Locator Map and Directory

Background

From Website

Cinemark USA, Inc. is one of the largest motion picture exhibitors in North America operating 296 theatres, with 3,216 screens in 33 States and internationally in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Panama and Taiwan.

From Wikipedia

Cinemark Theatres is the third-largest movie theater chain in North America. It was founded in 1984 as a small chain of theatres and has expanded to a prominent player in the theatre business. The company is based in Plano, Texas, and its theaters can be found in several countries.

In 1999, the company was sued by the United States Government for refusal to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. [1] The court ruled that Cinemark was in violation of the act, and ordered the company to remodel old theatres in order to accommodate wheelchair-bound patrons, as well as requiring the company to fully comply with the ADA when building all future theatres. Rather than comply with the court's ruling, Cinemark filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice, claiming that the Department of Justice's interpretation of the ADA was "procedurally improper, substantively incorrect, and unenforceable." The lawsuit demanded that Cinemark not be forced to comply with the ADA in the building of future theatres, and that all of their existing theatres be ruled to be in compliance with the ADA. The court ruled that Cinemark's lawsuit was "nothing more than a collateral attack on the judgment of another federal court" and threw the case out of court, stating "Essentially, Cinemark asks the Court to probibit the Department of Justice from interpreting its own regulation, paralyze the Department of Justice's efforts to enforce the ADA, and reverse the judgment of another federal court..." [2]

Cinemark Theatres can have up to 24 screens, but Cinemark Theatres no longer builds new 24 screen theaters. Depending on how busy a theater is, it is classified between a level 1 (the lowest) and a level 6 (the highest). Level 6 theaters typically have over 1.25 million customers per year. Cinemark USA recently acquired Century Theatres, adding more than 80 locations with over 1000 screens to its current crop.