Golden Screen Cinemas Sdn Bhd (GSC) is Malaysia's largest cinema exhibitor and a wholly owned subsidiary of PPB Group Berhad (a member of the Kuok Group), which is an exhibitor and distributor of movies and content in Malaysia. It operates over 600 screens in 70 locations across Malaysia and Vietnam, with 504 screens in 55 locations in Malaysia, and 108 screens in 18 locations in Vietnam through a partnership with Galaxy Studio.
History
Golden Screen was founded in 1987 under the name of Golden Communications Circuit, a joint venture between Hong Kong's Golden Harvest and the Malaysian conglomerate PPB Group, the latter of whom operated a small set of Malaysian cinemas leased from Shaw Brothers Studio.[1] On 1997, the merger between Golden Communications (GC) Circuit and the Malaysian branch of Cathay Organisation, the company was renamed Golden Screen Cinemas.[2] GSC opened the Asia' largest multiplex with 18 Screens - GSC Mid Valley at Mid Valley Megamall in 1999. In the same year where GSC Summit at The Summit, USJ was also opened with 7 Screens
Locations
GSC is present in all states and territories of Malaysia except in Labuan and Kelantan, the latter of which has banned cinema within the state since 1990.[3]
Johor
Kedah
Kuala Lumpur
Malacca
Negeri Sembilan
Pahang
Penang
Perak
Perlis
Putrajaya
Sabah
Sarawak
Selangor
Terengganu
See also
- Lotus Five Star
- TGV Cinemas
- MBO Cinemas
External links
References
- Golden Village Celebrates 30 Years of Exhibition Innovation Variety, 2 June 2017, retrieved 9 Dec 2018^
- Cinema chains merge to create biggest entity New Straits Times, 16 January 1998, retrieved 16 February 2010^
- Kelantan remains firm on cinema ban [NSTTV] | New Straits Times 27 July 2022^
- GSC IOI City Mall 2 - Golden Screen Cinemas^