Trends · data through September 2026

Movie Theaters in New York

Iceflower tracks 231 stores from 202 movie theater chains in New York. Regal grew fastest over the last year, ahead of AMC 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
202
Tracked stores
231
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 AMC Theatres sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Regal logo Regal - +9.4%
2 A AMC Theatres logo AMC Theatres - +8.7%
3 A Alamo Drafthouse Cinema logo Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - -18.8%
  • Regal
  • Movie Tavern
  • AMC Theatres
  • Cinemark
  • Nitehawk Cinema
  • Marcus Theatres
  • Regal Walden Galleria
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

231 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Regal (13)
  • Movie Tavern (1)
  • AMC Theatres (10)
  • Cinemark (1)
  • Nitehawk Cinema (2)
  • Marcus Theatres (1)
  • Regal Walden Galleria (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 R Regal logo Regal 13
  • 2 A AMC Theatres logo AMC Theatres 10
  • 3 A Alamo Drafthouse Cinema logo Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 4
  • 4 L Liberty Theatre 2
  • 5 N Nitehawk Cinema 2
  • 6 F Flagship Premium Cinemas logo Flagship Premium Cinemas 2
  • 7 A AMC Vestal Town Square 9 logo AMC Vestal Town Square 9 2
  • 8 D Dipson Theatres logo Dipson Theatres 2
  • 9 P Pittsford Cinema 1
  • 10 S Sayville Theater 1
  • 11 R Ridge hill 1
  • 12 F Four Brothers Drive-In 1
  • 13 P PJ Cinemas 1
  • 14 A Atrium Stadium Cinemas 1
  • 15 R Rooftop Cinema Club Midtown logo Rooftop Cinema Club Midtown 1
  • 16 T The MECCA 1
  • 17 S Spotlight of Hornell 1
  • 18 L Linden Blvd 1
  • 19 S Spotlight Cinemas 1
  • 20 S South Bay Cinema 1
  • 21 H Hollywood Theater 1
  • 22 V Van Buren Drive-In Theater & Activities Center 1
  • 23 M Middletown Cinemas 1
  • 24 T The Madison Theater 1
  • 25 T The Moviehouse 1
  • 26 H Hathaway's Drive-In Theatre 1
  • 27 O Overlook Drive In Theater 1
  • 28 C Cinemart Cinemas 1
  • 29 M Majestic Theatre 1
  • 30 E Elmira Drive-In 1
  • 31 V Vintage Drive In logo Vintage Drive In 1
  • 32 M Movie Tavern logo Movie Tavern 1
  • 33 R Regal Aviation Mall 1
  • 34 A Alpine Cinema 1
  • 35 M Mamaroneck Cinemas 1
  • 36 U Unadilla Drive-In 1
  • 37 A AMC Shore 8 1
  • 38 C Colonia Theatre 1
  • 39 H Hamilton Theater 1
  • 40 G Glen Drive-In Theatre 1
  • 41 H Hamburg Palace Theatre 1
  • 42 V Village East Cinema 1
  • 43 K Kew Gardens Cinemas 1
  • 44 R Roxy Cinema New York 1
  • 45 A AMC Glen Cove 6 1
  • 46 A Anthology Film Archives 1
  • 47 L LOOK Dine-In Cinemas logo LOOK Dine-In Cinemas 1
  • 48 J Jericho Drive-In Theater 1
  • 49 S Story Screen Cinema 1
  • 50 J Japan Society 1

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