Carmike Cinemas was a motion picture exhibitor headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. As of March 2016, the company had 276 theaters with 2,954 screens in 41 states, and was the fourth largest movie theater chain in the United States. The company billed itself as "America's Hometown Theatre" and Carmike theaters were largely positioned in rural or suburban areas with populations under 200,000. The company's theaters operated under various names and generally had a name followed by the number of auditoriums at that location; for example, "Carmike 15".
Carmike movie theater in Statesboro, Georgia
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. is an American movie theater chain founded in Kansas City, Missouri, and now headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. It is the largest movie theater chain in the world. Founded in 1920, AMC has the largest share of the U.S. theater market ahead of Regal and Cinemark Theatres.
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. previous headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri
The AMC Empire 25 theatre in Times Square, New York City
AMC Lakeline 9 in Austin, Texas
A typical entrance to an IMAX digital theater, such as the AMC Theatres Barton Creek Square 14 in Austin, Texas