Theatre chains Cineplex Entertainment operates 158 theatres as of Q4 2024. The Cinema City Movies 12 in
Edmonton closed on January 8, 2023. Other acquisitions from Cineplex include The Beach Cinemas from
Alliance Cinemas. This location was rebranded to Cineplex Cinemas Beaches. In 2013, Cineplex acquired two
Festival Cinemas locations (Fifth Avenue Cinemas and The Park Theatre) that were previously owned by Alliance. The Fifth Avenue location operates similarly to a VIP Cinemas location. These locations retain their original name. Selected banners originating from Famous Players are still used by some locations: Famous Players, SilverCity and StarCité. However, many former Famous Players and SilverCity locations have been replaced by Cineplex Cinemas. This is also true for the Coliseum () and Colossus brands, although these brands' unique architectural features have been preserved.
Premium formats Selected Cineplex locations offer including large-screen formats, motion seats, and VIP for a higher ticket price. Following the premiere of
Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, Cineplex reported that at least 80% of customers watched the film with one of its premium formats, and 40% of the company's overall box office revenue came from premium formats. •
Prime Seats are reserved seating rows in selected auditoriums, near the middle of the audience. They were first piloted in Ontario in 2014, before receiving a wider roll-out. •
IMAX digital screens are available at 30 locations. While most of these were acquired from other theatre chains, Cineplex opened several of its own digital IMAX screens, with the most recent being in
Moncton in 2024. The screen size is from about 73 to 119 feet diagonally, depending on the venue. Among the Cineplex locations,
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto is the only one that offers
IMAX with Laser projections. •
IMAX 70 mm film screenings are available at five locations : both
Scotiabank Theatre locations in Alberta, the Langley location (former Colossus) in
Metro Vancouver, and the
Mississauga and
Vaughan locations (former Coliseum and Colossus, respectively) in the
Greater Toronto Area. These locations, along with the
Saskatchewan Science Centre in
Regina, Saskatchewan, are the only locations in Canada to screen the
Christopher Nolan films
Dunkirk and
Oppenheimer in the IMAX 70 mm format. •
ScreenX features a 270-degree panoramic screen, and is available at 15 locations. • Cineplex previously offered
Barco Escape, a similar panoramic format, at several locations. This format premiered in Canada on July 22, 2016, with
Star Trek Beyond, featuring 20 minutes of the film optimised for this format. •
UltraAVX is Cineplex's in-house
premium large format, referring to auditoriums with larger "wall-to-wall" screens and
4K projectors,
Dolby Atmos surround sound, and reserved seating. Several UltraAVX auditoriums also feature a ScreenX panoramic screen or optional D-Box motion seating. •
D-Box seats are available at selected locations, which offer motion effects synchronized with the film. •
VIP Cinemas are a premium concept catering to adults, which debuted around 1998 at the Varsity location. The concept features a VIP Lounge area with a licensed bar, while the cinemas offer reserved seating, leather reclining seats with tables, and in-seat meal services offering snacks and other premium menu options. Access to VIP Cinemas are restricted by the
legal drinking age; depending on local laws, some locations also allow consumption of alcoholic beverages inside the auditorium. VIP Cinemas are offered at selected flagship locations, and Cineplex has also constructed some locations devoted exclusively to the format. •
4DX, a
4D film format, first launched at Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas on November 4, 2016. It debuted alongside the premiere of
Doctor Strange as Canada's first cinema screen to feature the technology. 4DX includes stereoscopic 3D, as well as seat motion and other practical effects such as wind, strobes, and smell among others. A second 4DX screen opened at Scotiabank Theatre
Chinook Centre Calgary in August 2019. •
Clubhouse is an auditorium concept designed primarily for children, featuring family films, multicoloured seats and a
play structure.
Arcades and amusement Arcades at Cineplex locations are primarily operated under the branding
Xscape Entertainment Centre; the brand was first introduced in June 2009, and has since been deployed at 83 locations as of September 2024. Early Xscape locations (such as SilverCity
CrossIron Mills near Calgary) were also built with licensed lounges and party rooms, but most of the later builds have been designed as
redemption-oriented refurbishments or conversions of existing space. Cineplex arcades in
Prince Edward Island and
Newfoundland and Labrador, and at other locations that have not adopted the Xscape format, use the brand Cinescape Games. In January 2015, Cineplex announced
The Rec Room, an entertainment restaurant chain similar to the U.S.-based chain
Dave & Buster's. The Rec Room targets a young adult demographic, with its locations featuring restaurants and bars, arcade and recreational game areas, simulators, and an auditorium equipped with a cinema-style screen. Cineplex CEO Ellis Jacob explained that the chain is meant to help the company diversify beyond its core cinema business in the wake of the growing streaming industry, The first location opened in
Edmonton,
Alberta on September 19, 2016, at the
South Edmonton Common. A second location in Toronto, Ontario at
Roundhouse Park opened in June 2017, followed by a third location at the
West Edmonton Mall. The chain consists of 10 locations across Canada since the end of 2021. Cineplex owns
Playdium, an arcade and
family entertainment centre chain focused on children and teens. The chain first launched in 1996 in
Mississauga,
Ontario. In 1997, Playdium partnered with Famous Players to operate arcades at its locations under the brand TechTown. It expanded to four locations by June 1999, including Toronto, Edmonton and Burnaby. The Toronto location closed in 2002, and by the end of 2004, only the Mississauga location remained, which permanently closed on November 1, 2020. The chain was relaunched with two Ontario locations in 2019:
Brampton on September 16, retrofitting the Cineplex Odeon Orion Gate theatre, and
Whitby on November 4. A third Playdium location opened in
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on February 20, 2021. Cineplex aims to have 10 to 15 Playdium locations across Canada. In 2022, Cineplex launched Cineplex Junxion, a new cinema banner incorporating elements from The Rec Room's concept. The first Cineplex Junxion opened at
Kildonan Place in
Winnipeg in December 2022, succeeding the existing Famous Players location at the same site. Another location at
Erin Mills Town Centre in
Mississauga opened on May 17, 2023.
Virtual reality In November 2017, an IMAX VR centre opened at Scotiabank Theatre Toronto as IMAX VR's first location in Canada. The following month, a
D-Box VR experience launched at the Ottawa location. The IMAX VR centre closed in 2019, as part of the discontinuation of the IMAX VR pilot project. In July 2018, after having opened such an attraction at The Rec Room at
Roundhouse Park, Cineplex Entertainment announced that it had reached an agreement to be the exclusive Canadian franchisee of
The Void — a chain of
mixed reality entertainment attractions. On September 13, 2018, Cineplex announced that it would acquire a stake in VRStudios—a Seattle-based provider of virtual reality installations, and utilize its equipment for as many as 40 VR centres across the country.
Scene+ Launched in 2007, Scene+ is an entertainment rewards program jointly owned by Scotiabank and Cineplex Entertainment. ==Food and beverages==