Cinémas Guzzo is a former regional chain of movie theaters, currently operating only one location in the Canadian province of Quebec. On February 6, 2025, all its locations were temporarily closed and operations suspended, following a court order to liquidate assets in order to repay debt owed to creditors. It is uncertain if the theater chain will survive.
As of May 2025, only the Terrebonne (French-only) theatre location reopened.
History
Cinémas Guzzo was started by Angelo Guzzo shortly after immigrating to Canada. He was born in Italy in 1946. In 1969, Vincenzo Guzzo was born and remains the Guzzo's only child. Vincenzo has had 5 children. After serving as the company's executive vice-president since 1990, as of 2018, Vincenzo took on the position of president.
In 2000, Cinémas Guzzo was identified as one of the 50 best managed private companies in Canada.
In 2001, revenues for the company were approximately $45 million, up roughly $5 million from the previous year. 2001 also saw an increase of nearly 500,000 tickets sold.
In 2007, they created the Guzzo Environment-Cancer Research Chair of the Cancer Research Society in partnership with the Université de Montréal. The following year, the first ever Notte in Bianco fundraising event took place, which raised roughly $400,000 in support of the fight against cancer.
In July 2012, Cinémas Guzzo completed their conversion of all their projectors to digital projectors. That same year, saw the opening of five IMAX screens at selected existing locations.