1978
Canadian Theatre Group (Owns Bonaventure, Pl-Vic, Cote des Neiges,
Long.) Buys out Odeon Theatres to become Canadien Odeon.
Opening:
La Conventum, Brossard 3 Mail Champlain (Odeon),
Changes:
Ciné-parc Laval to four screens, Ciné-parc
Odeon twinned.
Closing
La Conventum, Electra, Vidéographie, Cote St Luc, Carrefour
(Now
Le Spectrum)
,
Carrefour
Laval 6 (Cinéplex Odéon)
,
Dorval
3-4
screens.
to
Université,
La Cite 3 to Bogart 3 
to Cinéma du Parc 3,
Cineplex 9 to Centre-ville
9
December 18,1987
Cinéplex Odéon opens the Égyptien 3 in
Les Cours Mount Royal, the ad claims that it is Canada's first egyptian
cinema However it was the Empress in the 1920's.
June 11 1993
First Digital Sound installed at Cineplex-Odeon Theatres showing "Jurassic
Park"
June 1998
a major legal debate began on film monopoly. Mr. Vincenzo Guzzo has
taken an active part in the struggle pitting the interests of independent
movie theatre owners against the giants, Dreamworks (Conscient international),
Famous Players, Cinéplex Odéon and Paramount. In July, an
injunction was filed in Provincial Court against Dreamworks for their refusal
to distribute their films. They have now come to an agreement. Other complaints
have been filed against Famous Players and Cinéplex Odéon
for disloyal practice, and against Paramount for refusing to distribute
their films to Famous Players' competitors. Mr. Vincenzo Guzzo is in charge
of this hot, ongoing issue.
July 1998
Cinemas Guzzo Galeries des Sources opens with 10 Stadium style
seating Theatres
Oct 1998
Cinemas Guzzo Opens Mega-Plex Taschereau 18 in Greenfield Park,
It was the largest movie Theatre in Canada (Until AMC opens the Winston
Churchill 24 in Oakville Ontario.) The Theatre features a Carousal
ride, bumping cars.
Dec 1998
Cinemas Guzzo Opens Mega-Plex Pont Vieu 16 in Laval.
May 14 1999
Cinemas Guzzo opens Mega-Plex Guzzo Spheretech 14 on Cote-vertu
in St. Laurent.
June 4, 1999
Softimage founder Dianel Langois opens the Ex-Centris 3 on St.
Lawrence at Duluth
June 18, 1999
Famous Players opens the Paramount Theatre inside the old Simpson's
building at 977 St. Catherine west, it features 12 screens with THX Certified
sound systems and an IMAX Theatre, also has a TechTown arcade, a bar and
birthday rooms. Opening films are General's Daughter and Tarzan.
Oct 1999
Notice posted at the Palace for a parking garage to be built
on the site
Dec 3,1999
Famous Players opens the Colisee 12 in Kirkland, the Theatre
is a round building with 12 screens inside, it is patterned from the Coliseum
in Mississauga.
Dec 23, 1999
The Loews 5 shows the last movie: The Fight Club
Jan 31
The Centre-ville 9 shows its last movies.
March 31, 2000
Le Cinemas Guzzo opens the Mega-plex Guzzo Place Jacques Cartier
14 in Longueuil.
Late Apr 2000, Cine 539 shows its last movies and its later turned into a shop.
April 2000
Cineplex Odeon Closes the 4-screen Complexe Desjardins, reason
being that it will cost too much to make the place wheelchair accessable.
October 2000
An enraged patron breaks into the projection booth of Le Parisian
and
rips the print of Baise-Moi off the projector and walks away with it, damaging
the projector and the platter.
Also the IMAX theatre closes in Brossard, the owners claims they cannot have the french verson of Cyberworld 3-D that the Paramount was showing.
November 17, 2000
Famous Players Opens StarCite Montreal 17 and the UFO-shaped
Colossus
Laval 18 on the same day
2000
During 2000, Famous Players's Paramount Montreal is the busiest
theatre in Canada.
Feburary 15,2001 Loews Cineplex goes bankrupt to make way for an Onex takeover. as a result 6 Cineplex Odeon theatres are closed, they are the Carrefour Laval, Galleries Laval,Egyptien,Le Faubourg,Place Longueuil and Point Claire, also the Le Daulpin 2 is sold to Action Film
April 6, 2001 Cinema Tops opens at the Galeries Laval on a 2nd run discount policy
April 17, 2001 Le Devoir reports that Famous Players will close down the Le Parisian 7 on May 18,2001 leaving no circuit theatres on St Cathrine showing movies in French, this has been denied by Famous Players and the Parisian will remain open until its replacement opens in about 2003
May 4, 2001 Amc opens the AMC Cinemas 22 @ Le Forum
June 30,2001
Famous Players reopens the Dorval 4
August 2001
Concordia University demolished the York Theatre to make room for an
expansion.
Sept 7,2001
Famous Players 8 Greenfield Park and Centre Eaton becomes an discount
theatre.
October 2001
Le Dauphin is renamed back to Beaubien and will be restored.
2002
Openings:
Cinema Trimophie
Aug 30, 2002
Work is halted on Mega-Plex Lacordaire, the construction firm, 9111-5960 Quebec
Inc. has
no permit.
Nov 2002
Someone stole an payloader from a nearby construction site and crashed it into
the Cinema St. Eustache and made off with an ATM machine, but it was empty,
arrests were made.
Dec 6,2002
Famous Players installs Messina GSS sensory seats in the biggest cinemas of
Colisee, Colossus, Paramount and Starcite, fallowed by the RFGM circuit in
Joliette, Sorel and Drummondville.
Feburary 2003
Cinemas Guzzo expands the Lacordare to 16 screens and renames it Mega-Plex
Lacordaire.
June 30,2003
Cineplex Odeon closes the Brossard Cinemas at Champlain Mall, the rent was too
high, the marquee was moved to Chateauguay Encore, Cineplex plans to build a new
cinema in Brossard in 2005.
July 3, 2003
Famous Players closes down the Centre Laval 12, too much completion from the
Colossus (Famous Players) and the upcoming Gigantus Guzzo.
Late 2003
Cineplex Odeon becomes Cineplex Galaxy
Nov 24,2004
Digital Projection arrives in Montreal at AMC Forum with Alexander the Great.
Jan
2005
A gym opens at the former Loew's
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