Cinemark is opening 6 new panoramic, 270-degree movie theaters in 2025, and 14 more are on the way. Is one coming near you?

Some good news for moviegoers: Cinemark announced on Wednesday it plans to add 18 new panoramic, 270-degree ScreenX movie theaters in the U.S., with six slated to open in 2025, and the remaining next year.
The deal expands Cinemark’s existing partnership with South Korea-based CJ 4DPlex to a total number of 26 Cinemark theaters. It will also add two more theaters in Latin America in 2026, introducing ScreenX to that region’s audiences for the first time. The two companies first partnered in 2022, with the launch of their initial ScreenX locations in California and Texas.
“That’s been a big goal for us, to get as many theaters open for the last part of the year for ‘Wicked: For Good’ and, of course, ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ which is such a seminal movie for all of the industry,” Don Savant, CEO of CJ 4DPlex Americas, told CNBC.
ScreenX creates a dynamic, 270-degree panoramic field of view by extending movie screens onto the left and right walls of the auditorium, filling the audience’s peripheral vision.
Fast Company reached out to Cinemark for a list of new locations, but it said it is unable to share further information at this time, as it is “currently in a quiet period before reporting company earnings.”
Movie theater attendance has fallen since the pandemic, with audience habits shifting to streaming home entertainment. According to Octane Seating, 63% of Americans now watch movies at home, as more people turn to their smartphones and other digital devices to consume movies and video instead of a trip to the multiplex.
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