Trends · data through September 2026

Movie Theaters in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 123 stores from 93 movie theater chains in North Carolina. UEC Theatres grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Golden Ticket Cinemas and Regal.

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
93
Tracked stores
123
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. UEC Theatres and Golden Ticket Cinemas sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 U UEC Theatres logo UEC Theatres - +19.0%
2 G Golden Ticket Cinemas logo Golden Ticket Cinemas - +15.6%
3 R Regal logo Regal - +12.5%
4 C Cinemark logo Cinemark - +6.1%
5 A AMC Theatres logo AMC Theatres - +3.3%
6 R RCE Theaters - -30.3%
  • AMC Theatres
  • Regal
  • Cinemark
  • Cinemark Raleigh Grande
  • Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
  • Golden Ticket Cinemas
  • UEC Theatres
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

123 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • AMC Theatres (13)
  • Regal (7)
  • Cinemark (4)
  • Cinemark Raleigh Grande (1)
  • Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (1)
  • Golden Ticket Cinemas (3)
  • UEC Theatres (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A AMC Theatres logo AMC Theatres 13
  • 2 R Regal logo Regal 7
  • 3 C Cinemark logo Cinemark 4
  • 4 R RCE Theaters 3
  • 5 G Golden Ticket Cinemas logo Golden Ticket Cinemas 3
  • 6 U UEC Theatres logo UEC Theatres 3
  • 7 T The Grand Theatre 2
  • 8 H Hometown Cinemas 2
  • 9 P Paragon Theaters logo Paragon Theaters 2
  • 10 M Midland Theatres 1
  • 11 C Carolina Cinemas Sandhills 10 1
  • 12 T The Pioneer Theater 1
  • 13 H Henn Theatre 1
  • 14 A Accenture IMAX Dome Theatre 1
  • 15 T Temple Theatre 1
  • 16 E Earle Theatre 1
  • 17 S Stone Theatres 1
  • 18 E EVO Entertainment logo EVO Entertainment 1
  • 19 T Tryon Theatre 1
  • 20 P Parkhill Cinema 1
  • 21 S Studio C 1
  • 22 S Sunrise Theater logo Sunrise Theater 1
  • 23 R RED Cinemas 1
  • 24 B B&B Theatres logo B&B Theatres 1
  • 25 S Smoky Mountain Cinema 1
  • 26 T Taylor Theater 1
  • 27 C Chelsea Theater 1
  • 28 C Catamount Cinemas 1
  • 29 M Marketplace Cinemas 1
  • 30 S State Cinema 1
  • 31 S Smithfield 10 Theatre 1
  • 32 H Howell Theatre 1
  • 33 G Grail Moviehouse 1
  • 34 E East Park Cinema 1
  • 35 C Creekside Cinema 10 1
  • 36 A AmStar 14 1
  • 37 C Countryside Cinema 1
  • 38 C Carolina Civic Center 1
  • 39 S Sunset Theatre 1
  • 40 S Sunset Drive-In 1
  • 41 S Southeast Cinemas 1
  • 42 C Co-Ed Cinema logo Co-Ed Cinema 1
  • 43 C Cameo Art House Theatre 1
  • 44 G Golden Ticket Cinema logo Golden Ticket Cinema 1
  • 45 A Andrews Twin Cinema 1
  • 46 M MCCS Camp Lejeune Base Theater 1
  • 47 V Varsity Theatre 1
  • 48 F Flat Rock Cinema 1
  • 49 L Liberty Theatre 1
  • 50 E Eden Drive-In 1

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