ODEON Cinemas Group is proud to be Europe's largest cinema operator, with brands in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Spain, Italy, Germany and Portugal.
We welcome 100 million+ guests each year to enjoy great hospitality while watching the latest films and entertainment in 290+ cinemas and 2,500 screens.
We make movies better by developing world-class cinemas that deliver memorable entertainment experiences for our guests, while offering fantastic careers for our people.
As an AMC company, ODEON Cinemas Group is part of the largest movie exhibitor in the world with around 950 theatres and 10,500 screens. Together, we make movies better.
ODEON IN THE UK & IRELAND
Founded in 1930, ODEON is the largest and best-known cinema chain in the UK and Ireland. Since then, the world-famous ODEON Luxe Leicester Square has hosted hundreds of Europe’s biggest film premieres and was the first Dolby Cinema™ in the UK.
Perry Barr in Birmingham saw the first ODEON cinema open in 1930, and established the brand as not only somewhere to watch films, but somewhere to experience them too. Iconic art deco architecture and the very latest technology became synonymous with ODEON where you didn’t just go to see a film, you ‘went to the cinema’.
As well as our amazing cinema colleagues, we have teams working behind the scenes across the region and in our support offices in London, Manchester and Dublin, as well as in our Guest Service Centre.
OUR VISION
Creating inspiring entertainment experiences for every guest, with safety at the heart of everything we do.
OUR VALUES
Fun & Passion
Trust & Respect
Quality & Service
Co-operation & Accountability
Since the launch of our flagship cinema in 1934, we have been inviting film lovers to open their eyes to new worlds and new ways of seeing with our rich programme that caters to all manner of tastes. This spirit of discovery – the same one that propelled our founder Harold Wingate to import unknown films during the postwar period – is at the heart of everything we do at Curzon.
Our luxurious venues across the UK each have their own unique personalities and design, from Mayfair’s art deco classicism to Canterbury Riverside’s spacious modernity. Our cinemas are equipped with the latest digital projectors and ATMOS sound available at a number of sites, to offer a peerless viewing experience. Of course, we wouldn’t be where we are today without our committed staff and, in 2015, Curzon became the first independent UK cinema group to pay the Living Wage.
In 2010, we launched the curated at-home service Curzon Home Cinema, giving our audience flexibility on when, where and how they enjoy great cinema. We have been releasing Curzon films day and date for over a decade, thereby increasing access.
Curzon is split into two distinct strands: we are an exhibitor that shows other companies’ films, and a distributor that buys and shows our own films. In 2006, we acquired Artificial Eye, a film-distribution company with a strong legacy of releasing critically acclaimed independent cinema to discerning audiences. Founded in 1976 – and renamed Curzon Film in 2021 – we have released more Palme d’Or winners than any other UK distributor. Curzon Film enjoyed its most successful year at the box office in 2020, Parasite, which made history as the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture.
In 2017, we were awarded the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema which is proudly displayed at our London HQ.