Cinépolis
Cinépolis is a Mexican and international movie theater chain. Its name means City of Cinema and its slogan is La Capital del Cine (English: the Capital of Cinema).
This article is about the Mexican movie theater chain. For the Chilean branch, see Cinépolis Chile. For the unrelated Belgian cinema chain, see Kinepolis.Company type
1971 (as Cine Morelos)
Enrique Ramírez Miguel
335 (Latin America, United States, India, Indonesia, Spain)
Worldwide
- Enrique Ramírez Miguel (founder and ex-Chairman of the Board)
- Alejandro Ramirez Magaña (CEO)
- Alejandra Daguer (Sales Management)
- Eduardo Acuña (Head of the Americas and former CEO of Cinépolis do Brasil)
Organización Ramírez
27,177 (2009)[1]
As of 2009 Cinépolis was the biggest cineplex chain in Mexico, with 427 theaters in 97 cities.[1] It is also the largest chain in Latin America and one of the largest in the world, also owning cinemas in Spain, India, Indonesia, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Foundation[edit]
In 2003, Organización Ramírez created the Cinépolis Foundation to help underprivileged people get medical care and education. Its mission is to contribute to social justice in Mexico through visible health programs. In 2007 the foundation was awarded the International Accomplishment in Exhibition for its work in promoting activism within the Mexican community. The Foundation's program, Del Amor Nace la Vista (From love, sight is born) has been recognised as The Best Practice in Social Responsibility.[32] They have signed association deals with twelve organizations in Mexico.[33]
Controversies[edit]
In March 2015, an article from the Mexican edition of Forbes magazine revealed that Cinépolis, along with rival movie theater chain Cinemex, were fined $7 million pesos each for directly disobeying instructions by the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE, National Electoral Institute), by showing political propaganda of the Partido Verde Ecologista de Mexico (Ecologist Green Party of Mexico), with the political party itself being fined $35 million pesos.[34][35]
In 2017, the Del Amor Nace La Vista charity foundation of Cinépolis was criticized for allegedly leaving 100 Mayan indigenous people blind due to negligence.[36] Cinepolis said it was only two,
and no negligence was detected within the operations.[37]
