Världens största biokedja köper SF Bio-ägare

Nordic Cinema Group är ett svenskt företag som äger 103 biografanläggningar med 590 biosalonger i sex länder – Sverige, Norge, Finland, Estland, Lettland och Litauen. Det är samägt av Bridgepoint och Bonnier AB och bildades 2013 genom en sammanslagning av SF Bio i Sverige, SF Kino i Norge Finnkino i Finland och Forum Cinemas i de baltiska länderna. 2013 omsatte Nordic Cinema Group ca 2 600 Mkr och bolaget har cirka 1 300 anställda. President och CEO för Nordic Cinema Group är Jan Bernhardsson

AMC Theatres (originally an acronym of American Multi-Cinema, often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain owned and operated by AMC Entertainment Inc., which is itself owned by AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of the Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group. Originally founded in 1920, AMC has the second-largest share of the American theater market behind Regal Entertainment Group (with whom they co-own Open Road Films) and ahead of Cinemark Theatres. The chain currently has approximately 346 locations in North America, along with 86 more locations in mainland China, home of the Dalian Wanda Group. The company's headquarters are located in Leawood, Kansas. After acquiring Odeon Cinemas, UCI Cinemas and Carmike Cinemas in 2016, it became the largest movie theater chain in the world, and also the largest in the United States, with 2,200 screens in 244 theatres in Europe and over 8,200 screens in 661 theatres in the United States.