NA Buys 111 From UCI

DEDHAM, Mass. – National Amusements announced on Nov. 1 its acquisition of UCI Cinema’s exhibition interests throughout Brazil.
UCI’s holdings in the Portuguese-speaking nation included 111 screens at 10 sites in seven cities, including Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo.
According to figures published by Dodona Research, Brazil’s screen total in 2003 was 1,720.
National Amusements, based in Dedham, Mass., operates more than 1,425 screens in the United States, the United Kingdom, Latin America and Russia.
In Focus - January 2006