![]() On May 29, 2013, the sale of Rave Cinemas to Cinemark Theatres was completed. On May 10, 2013, Starplex Cinemas bought the Berlin 12 located in Kensington, CT from Rave Cinemas. Of the six theaters being acquired, two were in Ohio, one in North Carolina, one in Nevada, one in Nebraska and one in California. On January 4, 2013, AMC Theatres entered into another agreement to purchase six more Rave Cinemas theaters not purchased by Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark or Starplex. Of the four theaters being acquired, two were in Louisiana, and one each in Alabama and Florida. On November 27, 2012, AMC Theatres entered into an agreement to purchase four Rave Review Cinemas, LLC theaters not purchased by Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark, or Starplex. ![]() Only two locations were to remain under the Rave Cinemas umbrella after the Cinemark sale was completed, however there was much speculation within the industry that these remaining two locations will either be sold or shuttered. The sale is subject to antitrust approval. In November 2012, Cinemark entered into an agreement to purchase 32 Rave Cinemas locations for $240 million. Before the sale Rave owned or managed 62 theaters and 939 screens located in 21 states across the country. Of the 16 theaters being acquired, six are in Alabama, four in Florida, two in Indiana, and one each in Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas. In October 2012, Rave Reviews Cinemas, LLC, signed an agreement to sell 16 theaters with 251 screens to Carmike Cinemas for $19 million in cash and $100.4 million of assumed lease obligations. The former NAI assets were rebranded "Rave Motions Pictures" in the second quarter of 2010. Concurrently with the RRC acquisition, Rave Cinemas, LLC, purchased the business operations and real estate of 35 properties owned by National Amusements, Inc. (NAI), parent company of Viacom and CBS Corporation. RRC continues to own 21 other properties which will operate under the "Rave Motion Pictures" branding under a management services agreement with Rave Cinemas, LLC. Rave Cinemas then acquired four properties, corporate infrastructure, and leadership, and the Rave Motion Pictures brand from Boston Ventures owned Rave Reviews Cinemas, LLC (RRC). #MARCUS CORPORATION CEO ROLANDO RODRIGUEZ PRO#Listen to Boxoffice PRO editorial director Daniel Loría interview Rodriguez for an October 2020 episode of The Boxoffice Podcast below, or read a transcript here.Rave Cinemas, LLC was formed in late 2009 by TowerBrook Capital Partners and investors Lambert Media Group and Charles B Moss, Jr. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Marcus Theatres ranked fifth in Boxoffice PRO‘s Giants of Exhibition 2021 ranking of North America’s largest cinema circuits, with 1,097 screens at 89 locations. ![]() ShowEast, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, will be held from November 8-11 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Florida. “Rolando’s dedication and commitment to the theatrical community is second to none.” There is no better example in our business that truly represents what this award is all about,” Film Expo Group President Andrew Sunshine said in a press release. “We are extremely honored to present Rolando Rodriguez with this award at ShowEast this year. Previously, he was the CEO and president of Rave Cinemas, and before that the senior vice president of North American field operations for AMC, the company at which he began his career in 1975. Rodriguez is the chair, president and CEO of Marcus Theatres and executive vice president of The Marcus Corporation, in addition to his roles as chair of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) and serving on the Board of Directors of the Global Cinema Federation. ![]() Rolando Rodriguez was announced this week as 2021’s winner of the Dan Fellman Show “E” award, a lifetime achievement prize, at November’s upcoming film convention ShowEast. ![]()
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