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  • Shari Redstone and two partners have sold the Russian movie theater chain Rising Star Media to Russia's largest movie-theater operator.

    Redstone Sells Russian Movie-Theater Chain Nat Worden 2011

  • At the time, movie-theater owners and supermarkets, among others, complained that the rule was burdensome.

    Calorie Rules Make Diets a Federal Affair Janet Adamy 2011

  • Comcast Corp.'s Universal Pictures abruptly canceled a plan to offer the coming comedy "Tower Heist" as a high-priced rental three weeks after the movie hits theaters, bowing to pressure from movie-theater owners who worried that the plan could undermine their ticket sales.

    Comcast Cancels Early Film Rental Michelle Kung 2011

  • This time, Sheldon and Leonard will run into their nemesis at a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and he'll commit one of the cardinal sins of movie-theater etiquette.

    Mega Buzz: Grey's Bieber Connection, an Office Hunk, and the Bones Sniper 2010

  • Since late last year, however, the ballet-to-opera balance has started to look less uneven, thanks to the movie-theater HD offerings of the "Ballet in Cinema" series from Emerging Pictures.

    Matchsticks No More Robert Greskovic 2011

  • Its agreement with Cinema 21, Indonesia's largest movie-theater chain, calls for the company to install two screens in Jakarta—the first next year and the second in 2013.

    Imax Expands in China Dean Napolitano 2011

  • Mr. Sachs, who worked as a movie-theater usher, has been treated for psychological problems since he was 4, defense attorney Michael Soshnick said.

    Greater New York Watch 2011

  • "Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol" closed out the year with a bang at the domestic box office, but movie-theater attendance in 2011 slipped to a 16-year low, according to Hollywood.com.

    'Mission: Impossible' Hangs In at No. 1 Michelle Kung 2012

  • A devout Catholic who was trained as a tax lawyer, he is from a socially prominent Venezuelan family, the grandson of immigrant Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors who became the owners of the largest movie-theater chain in Caracas.

    Venezuelans Aim to Challenge Chávez José de Córdoba 2012

  • The company has 70 installations across the world, with 50 screens in the U.S.—none of them with the two largest domestic movie-theater chains, Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Enteratainment Holdings Inc. But the company aims to expand to 200 locations a year from now and to 1,000 locations within the next four years.

    Gyrating at a Theater Near You: D-Box's Moving Movie Seats Michelle Kung 2011

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