Trends · data through September 2026

Movie Theaters in California

Iceflower tracks 456 stores from 326 movie theater chains in California. Regal grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Galaxy Theatres and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
326
Tracked stores
456
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked movie theater chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Regal and Galaxy Theatres sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Regal logo Regal - +11.5%
2 G Galaxy Theatres logo Galaxy Theatres ▲1 +9.3%
3 A Alamo Drafthouse Cinema logo Alamo Drafthouse Cinema ▲1 +8.8%
4 C Century Theatres logo Century Theatres ▲1 +7.7%
5 C Cinemark logo Cinemark - +5.4%
6 A AMC Theatres logo AMC Theatres - +5.1%
7 S Studio Movie Grill logo Studio Movie Grill - +3.7%
8 H Harkins Theatres logo Harkins Theatres ▲1 +3.4%
9 T The Lot logo The Lot ▲1 -15.3%
10 R Rooftop Cinema Club logo Rooftop Cinema Club ▲1 -17.4%
11 R Regency Theatres logo Regency Theatres ▲1 -34.5%
12 M Maya Cinemas Delano logo Maya Cinemas Delano ▼4 -67.5%
13 C Cinepolis logo Cinepolis ▼3 -95.8%
  • AMC Theatres
  • Cinemark
  • Regal
  • Studio Movie Grill
  • Harkins Theatres
  • Galaxy Theatres
  • The Lot
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

456 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • AMC Theatres (23)
  • Cinemark (31)
  • Regal (35)
  • Studio Movie Grill (3)
  • Harkins Theatres (3)
  • Galaxy Theatres (3)
  • The Lot (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 R Regal logo Regal 35
  • 2 C Cinemark logo Cinemark 31
  • 3 A AMC Theatres logo AMC Theatres 23
  • 4 C Century Theatres logo Century Theatres 6
  • 5 C Cinepolis logo Cinepolis 5
  • 6 A Alamo Drafthouse Cinema logo Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 4
  • 7 R Regency Theatres logo Regency Theatres 4
  • 8 M Maya Cinemas Delano logo Maya Cinemas Delano 3
  • 9 R Rooftop Cinema Club logo Rooftop Cinema Club 3
  • 10 T The Lot logo The Lot 3
  • 11 G Galaxy Theatres logo Galaxy Theatres 3
  • 12 H Harkins Theatres logo Harkins Theatres 3
  • 13 S Studio Movie Grill logo Studio Movie Grill 3
  • 14 C Cinespia 2
  • 15 L LOOK Dine-In Cinemas logo LOOK Dine-In Cinemas 2
  • 16 P Prime Cinemas 2
  • 17 A AMC Burbank 16 logo AMC Burbank 16 2
  • 18 F Fox Theater 2
  • 19 R Rialto Cinemas 2
  • 20 A AMC Theaters logo AMC Theaters 2
  • 21 P Premiere Cinemas logo Premiere Cinemas 2
  • 22 E Edwards Theatres logo Edwards Theatres 2
  • 23 R Reading Cinemas 2
  • 24 A American Cinematheque 2
  • 25 L Laemmle 2
  • 26 S Street Food Cinema 2
  • 27 R Regency Commerce 14 1
  • 28 R Regal UA La Canada 1
  • 29 A Angelika Film Center and Cafe logo Angelika Film Center and Cafe 1
  • 30 C CinéArts logo CinéArts 1
  • 31 C Cinemark Yuba City logo Cinemark Yuba City 1
  • 32 P Piedmont Theatre 1
  • 33 W West Wind Capitol Drive-In 1
  • 34 E El Capitan Theatre 1
  • 35 P Plaza Cinemas 14 1
  • 36 O Orinda Theatre 1
  • 37 C Cinemark Century Marina and XD 1
  • 38 S Sebastiani Theatre 1
  • 39 S Studio C 1
  • 40 C CineLux Delta Cinema 1
  • 41 U United Artists Laguna Village 12 1
  • 42 U UltraStar River Village Cinemas 1
  • 43 C CineLux Theatres 1
  • 44 C Cinemark Imperial Valley Mall 14 1
  • 45 A AMC Anaheim GardenWalk 6 1
  • 46 S Santa Cruz Cinema 1
  • 47 V Van Buren Drive-In Theater 1
  • 48 L Larkspur Landing Cinema 1
  • 49 C Contra Costa Stadium Cinema 1
  • 50 R Regal Modesto 1

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