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{{Infobox Company
|company_name = National Amusements, Inc.
|company_logo = [[Image:Na-logo.gif]]
|company_type = [[Private company|Private]]
|foundation = [[Dedham, Massachusetts]], USA (1936)
|location = [[Norwood, Massachusetts]], USA
|key_people = [[Sumner Redstone]], [[Chairman]] and [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]]<br>[[Shari Redstone]], [[President]]
|industry = [[Entertainment]] - [[Theaters]], [[Publishing]], [[Filmmaking]], [[Television]]
|homepage = [http://www.national-amusements.com/ www.national-amusements.com]
|founder = [[Michael Redstone]]
|subsid = [[Showcase Cinemas]], [[Cinema de Lux]], Multiplex Cinemas, and KinoStar, [[CBS Corporation]], [[Viacom]]
|slogan = Discover a World of Entertainment
}}

'''National Amusements, Inc.''' is a privately owned media and entertainment company based in [[Dedham, Massachusetts]], USA. The company was founded in 1936 as the '''Northeast Theatre Corporation''' by [[Michael Redstone]].

National Amusements is now owned by Michael Redstone's son, [[Sumner Redstone]], who holds 80% of the company, and Sumner's daughter, [[Shari Redstone]], who owns the remaining 20%.<ref>[http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_5164430 "Redstones settle feud over family business"] from ''[[The Denver Post]]'', February 2007</ref>

[[Image:10.5.07CityCenterLobbyByLuigiNovi.JPG|thumb|left|The Cinema De Lux in [[White Plains, New York]]'s City Center includes a waiting area with a TV, newspaper rack and sofas (left), a piano (center), and a bar & grill restaurant (not pictured).]] The company operates more than 1,500 movie screens across the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Latin America]], and [[Russia]] under its [[Showcase Cinemas]], Multiplex Cinemas, [[Cinema de Lux]], and KinoStar brands.
National Amusements holds controlling voting interests in [[CBS Corporation]] and [[Viacom]] (which includes [[MTV Networks]], [[Comedy Central]], [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], and movie production and distribution [[Paramount Pictures]]), and is equal partners in [[MovieTickets.com]].

==Financial Trouble and Sale of Theaters - 2009==

In October 2009 the news was released that National Amusement would be selling almost $1 Billion of stock they own in CBS and Viacom.<ref>[http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/business/x576554618/National-Amusements-Inc-to-sell-nearly-1B-of-its-Viacom-CBS-stock National Amusements Inc. to sell nearly $1B of its Viacom, CBS stock]</ref> National Amusements has sold 35 theaters to [[Rave Motion Pictures]].<ref>[http://www.deadline.com/print-post/?posttoprint=19707&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=750 Rave To Acquire 35 Of Redstone's National Amusements Theater Complexes]</ref>

This change will go into effect January 10 according to management in Toledo, OH.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}

=== Theaters sold to Rave ===
{{Disputed-section|Sale to Rave Motion Pictures|date=December 2009|}}

Theater locations included in the sale are:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! City
| State
! Screens
|-
| Showcase Buckland Hills 16
| [[Manchester, CT]]
| [[Connecticut|CT]]
| 16
|-
| Cinema De Lux Connecticut Post 14
| [[Milford, CT]]
| [[Connecticut|CT]]
| 14
|-
| Showcase North Haven 12
| [[North Haven, CT]]
| [[Connecticut|CT]]
| 12
|-
| Enfield 12
| [[Enfield, CT]]
| [[Connecticut|CT]]
| 12
|-
| Showcase Berlin 12
| [[Kensington, CT]]
| [[Connecticut|CT]]
| 12
|-
| Showcase Southington 12
| [[Southington, CT]]
| [[Connecticut|CT]]
| 12
|-
| Showcase Davenport 53 18
| [[Davenport, IA]]
| [[Iowa|IA]]
| 18
|-
| Cinema De Lux Stonybrook 20 + IMAX
| [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville, KY]]
| [[Kentucky|KY]]
| 20
|-
| Cinema De Lux Preston Crossings 16
| [[Okolona, KY]]
| [[Kentucky|KY]]
| 16
|-
| Cinema De Lux Florence 14
| [[Florence, KY]]
| [[Kentucky|KY]]
| 14
|-
| Showcase West Springfield 15
| [[West Springfield, MA]]
| [[Massachusetts|MA]]
| 15
|-
| Showcase Eastfield Mall 16
| [[Springfield, MA]]
| [[Massachusetts|MA]]
| 16
|-
| Showcase Ann Arbor 20
| [[Ypsilanti, MI]]
| [[Michigan|MI]]
| 20
|-
| Showcase Flint West 14
| [[Flint, MI]]
| [[Michigan|MI]]
| 14
|-
| Showcase at the Ritz Center 16
| [[Voorhees, NJ]]
| [[New Jersey|NJ]]
| 16
|-
| Multiplex Hazlett 12
| [[Hazlet, NJ]]
| [[New Jersey|NJ]]
| 12
|-
| Cinema De Lux Franklin Park 16
| [[Toledo, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 16
|-
| Cinema De Lux The Greene 14
<!-- RC The Greene 14 -->
| [[Beavercreek, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 14
|-
| Showcase Milford 16
<!-- RC Milford 16 -->
| [[Milford, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 16
|-
| Showcase Dayton South 16
<!-- RC Dayton South 16 -->
| [[West Carrollton, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 16
|-
| Cinema De Lux Maumee 18
<!-- RC Maumee 18 -->
| [[Maumee, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 18
|-
| Showcase Huber Heights 16
<!-- RC Huber Heights 16 -->
| [[Huber Heights, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 16
|-
| Showcase Western Hills 14
<!-- RC -->
| [[Cincinnati, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 14
|-
| Showcase Levis Commons 12
<!-- RC -->
| [[Perrysburg, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 12
|-
| Showcase Kings Island 12
<!-- RC Kings Island 12-->
| [[Mason, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 12
|-
| Showcase Fallen Timbers 14
<!-- RC -->
| [[Maumee, OH]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]
| 14
|-
| The Bridge 6
| [[Philadelphia, PA]]
| [[Pennsylvania|PA]]
| 6
|-
| Showcase Pittsburgh North 11
| [[Pittsburgh, PA]]
| [[Pennsylvania|PA]]
| 11
|-
| Showcase Pittsburgh West 12
| [[Pittsburgh, PA]]
| [[Pennsylvania|PA]]
| 12
|-
| Cinema De Lux Fairfax Corner 14
| [[Fairfax, VA]]
| [[Virginia|VA]]
| 14
|-
| Multiplex Centreville 12
| [[Centreville, VA]]
| [[Virginia|VA]]
| 12
|-
| Multiplex Reston 13
| [[Reston, VA]]
| [[Virginia|VA]]
| 13
|}

==Main competitors==
*[[AMC Entertainment, Inc.]]
*[[Regal Entertainment Group]]
*[[Time Warner, Inc.]]

==Sources==
{{reflist}}
*[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/42/42260.html Yahoo! - National Amusements Inc. Company Profile]

==External links==
*[http://www.national-amusements.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.thebridgecinema.com/ The Bridge Cinema De Lux]
*[http://www.boxoff.com/issues/mar01/na.html 2001 Box Office Magazine profile of the company]

[[Category:Movie theatre chains in the United States]]
[[Category:Viacom]]
[[Category:CBS Corporation]]
[[Category:Companies based in Massachusetts]]


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