Empire Theatres

Empire Theatres Limited
Company type	Private (subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd.)
Industry	Movie theatres
Predecessors	AMC Theatres (2 Canadian locations); Famous Players;
Founded	December 15, 1978
Defunct	October 31, 2013
Fate	24 sold to Cineplex in Atlantic Canada. (23 in operation as of 2017); 23 sold to Landmark Cinemas in Ontario and Western Canada; 1 owned by Imagine Cinemas in Ontario; 1 owned by independent owners in British Columbia; 1 drive-in closed; 2 others remain closed;
Successors	Cineplex Entertainment; Landmark Cinemas; Imagine Cinemas;
Headquarters	Stellarton, Nova Scotia
Area served	Canada
Key people	Stuart G. Fraser, president and CEO; Valerie J. Ryan, COO; Paul Wigginton, vice-president and CFO;
Number of employees	approx. 3000

Empire Theatres Limited was a movie theatre chain in Canada, a subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd., the holding company of the Sobey family conglomerate.

In June 2013, Empire announced it would exit the movie theatre business, selling the vast majority of locations to Cineplex (24 in Atlantic Canada) and Landmark Cinemas (23, in Ontario and western Canada, including two locations originally slated to be purchased by Cineplex and the Downtown Ottawa theatre). Five other locations in operation at the time of the announcement were not included in either deal and were closed, Two of the locations re-opened again at a later date under different owners and two other locations and one drive-in remain closed.