Cines Unidos is a Venezuelan cinema chain founded on June 13, 1947. It is located in 10 cities and has 169 screens in 20 complexes, making it the chain with the largest number of screens in the country and the second largest in terms of number of cinemas, after Cinex.[1] The company also operates as a national film distributor.[2][3]
History
Ilio Ulivi Parra opened the first movie theater in the parish of La Pastora in 1940. By 1947, he had opened 15 theaters throughout Caracas.
The redevelopment of the Caracas in the second half of the 20th century led Ulivi Parra to expand the chain into other neighborhoods. This led to the opening of the Los Chaguaramos drive-in theater, the first of its kind in Venezuela and Latin America. By the 1970s, the Cines Unidos chain was already widely known throughout Caracas. This expansion led to the creation of multiplexes.[4]