AMC Entertainment cinemas , the world 's largest cinema chain , has purchased the biggest cinema chain in northern hemisphere , Nordic Cinema Group , for $ 929 m . The US - listed AMC , run by China ’s richest man , Wang cinemas , operates 180 cinemas and will operate a further 68 through Nordic . Nordic has the largest share of the market in Estonia , Finland , Latvia , Lithuania and Sweden , and owns about 50 % of another 50 cinemas .
AMC Entertainment Holdings, the world's largest cinema chain, has purchased the biggest cinema chain in northern Europe, Nordic Cinema Group, for $929m. The US-listed AMC, run by China’s richest man, Wang Jianlin, operates 900 cinemas and will own a further 68 through Nordic. Nordic has the largest share of the market in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden, and owns about 50% of another 50 cinemas.