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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Big Cinemas<br />
| logo = Big Cinemas logo.png<br />
| type = [[Public company|Public]]<br />
| fate = Sold and merged into [[Carnival Cinemas]]<br />
| foundation = 2001<br />
| defunct = 2016<br />
| successor = [[Carnival Cinemas]] <br />
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| key_people = Ashok Ganapaty, CEO, [[Reliance MediaWorks]]<br />
| industry = [[Entertainment|Entertainment (Cinema Chain)]]<br />
| num_employees =<br />
| products = <br />
| parent = {{Plainlist|<br />
* [[Reliance MediaWorks]] ([[Reliance ADA Group]]) (2001–15)<br />
* [[Carnival Cinemas]] (2015–16)<br />
}}<br />
| revenue = <br />
| net_income =<br />
| homepage = http://www.bigcinemas.com/<br />
}}<br />
'''Big Cinemas''', a division of [[Anil Ambani]]’s [[Reliance MediaWorks Ltd]] (formerly known as Adlabs Films Limited) and a member of [[Reliance ADA Group]], was a [[Multiplex (movie theater)|multiplex]] theatre chain with over 515 screens in [[India]], [[US]], [[Malaysia]], and [[the Netherlands]]. {{As of|July 2014}}, the company had 280 screens in India.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/carnival-navis-satyam-in-race-to-merge-with-big-cinemas-114073000225_1.html | title=Carnival, Navis, Satyam in race to merge with Big Cinemas | newspaper=[[Business Standard]] | date=30 July 2014 | accessdate=28 August 2014 | author=Urvi Malvania, Surajeet Dasgupta}}</ref> {{As of|2010}}, the company was third-largest cinema chain in Malaysia and featured Hollywood as well as Chinese and Tamil films<br />
In India Big Cinemas are mostly seen in the state of [[Maharashtra]] with its multiplex outlets even in semi-developed cities and small towns. Big Cinemas has its outlets in cities like [[Mumbai]], [[Pune]], Jalandhar [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi NCR]], [[Nashik]], [[Nagpur]], [[Indore]], [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Solapur]], [[Nanded]], and [[Latur]].<br />
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The most famous Big Cinemas Theatre was Big Cinemas, [[Wadala]] (IMAX) in [[Mumbai]] which is the world's largest dome shaped Theatre.<br />
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://profit.ndtv.com/news/market/article-big-cinemas-opens-new-multiplex-in-malaysia-60320 | title=Big Cinemas opens new multiplex in Malaysia | publisher=[[NDTV]] | date=28 January 2010 | accessdate=28 August 2014}}</ref> In mid-2009, the company partnered with [[Pathé|Pathé Theatres]] to set up three screens in Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-05-25/news/27637131_1_big-cinemas-big-cinemas-adlabs-films | title=Big Cinemas forays into the Netherlands | newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] | date=25 May 2009 | accessdate=28 August 2014 | author=Nandini Raghavendra}}</ref> In 2015 Reliance MediaWorks Ltd sold its 100% stake to [[Kochi]]-based [[Carnival Cinemas]] for around 700 [[crore]] [[Indian rupee|INR]] (7 billion INR).<ref name=carnival>{{cite news | url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/9h0rA73UPr29nFtQDnAhNJ/Anil-Ambanis-Reliance-Group-sells-Big-Cinemas-to-Carnival-F.html | title=Reliance MediaWorks sells Big Cinemas to Carnival Films | newspaper=[[Live Mint]] | date=16 December 2014| accessdate=28 July 2017 | author=P.R. Sanjai}}</ref> Subsequently, all the Big Cinemas multiplex screens were re-branded as Carnival Cinemas by 2016.<ref name=carnival/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[CineMAX]]<br />
*[[PVR Cinemas]]<br />
*[[SPI Cinemas]]<br />
*[[Prasads IMAX]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.bigcinemas.com Big Cinemas official website]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100102033957/http://businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=14097 BIG Cinemas enters New Delhi; revamps Odeon theatre]<br />
*[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Big-Cinemas-forays-into-Netherlands/articleshow/4573467.cms Big Cinemas forays into the Netherlands]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090812062936/http://www.afaqs.com/perl/media/story.html?sid=24630 Big Cinemas: Scaling up slide advertising]<br />
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{{Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group}}<br />
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[[Category:Reliance Group]]<br />
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[[Category:Entertainment companies established in 2001]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian companies disestablished in 2016]]<br />
[[Category:Entertainment companies disestablished in 2016]]</div>>BrownHairedGirl