Theater owners will play a key role in solving the problem of adolescent smoking. Educated by concerned groups within their communities, they can press the studios to clean up their act. They can show anti-tobacco spots before smoking movies. And they can reduce kids’ exposure immediately by handling admissions to youth-rated movies with smoking the same way they handle R-rated films.

Theaters don’t cause the problem. But they can do a great deal to help solve it.

Movie theaters are the part of the film industry within your reach. In fact, contacting local theater owners is one of the best ways to let Hollywood know that you think smoking in the movies is something they need to worry about.

Even if the local metroplex is part of a huge chain, the managers are local and many have kids of their own. There’s no reason why theaters should pay the price for the studios’ irresponsibility. Audiences and theater owners can be allies to save lives.

Educate local and corporate management.

When you contact local theaters, get in touch with top regional or national management at the same time. Explain how each can play a different role in reducing exposure — at both ends of the supply chain. Want to approach top management with other groups within your state or beyond? Contact us. We’ll help you coordinate.

Here are key some key addresses. Look for the chain logo in movie listings or ask the manager which chain a theater belongs to. Larger regional and national chains are listed here.

AMC
350 theaters with 5,100 screens: Cineplex (US), AMC, and other names across US and in Canada, Mexico, China, France, UK
Peter C. Brown, Chairman, President
AMC Entertainment
920 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64105

Carmike
250 theaters with 2,400 screens
Michael W. Patrick, President
Carmike Cinemas
1301 First Avenue
Columbus, GA 31901

Cinemark
400 theaters with 4,500 screens, including Century, Tinseltown, etc, in US, Canada and Latin America
Lee Roy Mitchell, Chairman and CEO
Cinemark
3900 Dallas Parkway, Suite 500
Plano, TX 75093

Cineplex
130 theaters with 1,270 screens across Canada: Coliseum, Famous Players, Paramounts, Silver City, and more
Ellis Jacob, CEO
1303 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M4T 2Y9 Canada

Hoyts Cinemas
250 theaters with 2,000 screens worldwide
Paul Johnson, CEO
Hoyts Cinemas
Level 6, Hoyts Center
505-523 George Street
Sydney 2000 AUSTRALIA

Kerasotes Theaters
75 theaters with 600 screens in the Midwest
Tony Kerasotes, President and CEO
Kerasotes Showplace Theaters
224 N. Des Plaines, Suite 200
Chicago , IL 60661

Landmark Theatres
57 theaters with 213 screens. Landmark is a subsidiary of Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban's 292 Entertainment (Magnolia Pictures, etc)
William S. Banowsky, Jr., CEO
22 South Barrington Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Mann Theatres
18 theaters with 113 screens in California
Peter Dobson, CEO
Mann Theatres
16530 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 500
Encino, CA 91436

Marcus Theaters
56 theaters with 678 screens in the Midwest
Stephen H. Marcus, CEO
The Marcus Corporation
100 East Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1900
Milwaukee, WI 53202

National Amusements
1,500 screens: Showcase, Multiplex, KinoStar, and more in US, South America and UK
Sumner Redstone, Chairman and CEO
National Amusements
200 Elm Street
Dedham, MA 02026
(Also owns Paramount Pictures, CBS, Viacom, etc.)

Pacific Theatres
200 screens in Los Angeles area: Paseo, Arclight, Grove, etc.
Christopher Forman, CEO
Pacific Theatres
120 North Robertson Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Regal Entertainment
530 theaters with 6,400 screens, including Regal, Edwards, United Artists; the Anschutz Corporation (Denver) owns controlling interest
Michael L. Campbell, CEO
Regal Entertainment
7312 Regal Lane
Knoxville, TN 37918

ALSO:

National Association of Theater Owners (NATO)
John Fithian, President and CEO
750 First Street, NE Suite 1130
Washington, DC 20002
www.natoonline.org

Update: December 2008