Cinerama

What Cinerama does

Cinerama, Inc. is a privately held California corporation that operates a single physical venue — the Cinerama Dome Theater, located at 6360 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1963, the venue is the world's only concrete geodesic dome theater, designed by Welton Becket & Associates and constructed from 316 concrete polygons (each weighing 7,500 pounds) in a 16-week, round-the-clock build. The theater features an 86-foot curved screen, advanced acoustics, and early stadium seating, originally built to showcase the Cinerama multi-camera projection format designed to provide a fully immersive viewing experience.

The company's core product is the physical theater experience itself, augmented by its role as a premier Hollywood event venue. Cinerama's business model centers on ticket sales for general screenings and high-value premiere event rentals for Hollywood studios — historically hosting openings for major films including "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World," "Apocalypse Now," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "E.T.," and "Yentl" (the latter with a $500,000+ sit-down dinner event). The customer base comprises cinephiles, Hollywood industry professionals, and the Los Angeles general public. The company holds the registered CINERAMA® trademark and related brand assets.

Cinerama was forced to close operations in 2020 due to COVID-19, and the venue remains shuttered with no announced reopening date. The company has 11-50 employees per third-party data, no disclosed revenue, no funding rounds, no active partnerships or M&A activity, and no digital products, apps, or APIs. The dome structure remains intact, and the corporate entity continues to maintain its brand assets and online presence, signaling preservation intent but no current operating revenue.

Name

Cinerama

Legal name

Cinerama, Inc.

Website

https://cinerama.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cinerama, Inc. operates the historic Cinerama Dome theater at 6360 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles — the world's only concrete geodesic dome cinema, featuring an 86-foot curved screen. Founded in 1963, the venue serves cinephiles, Hollywood studios, and LA audiences; it has been closed since 2020 due to COVID-19.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Movie Theater Exhibition

NAICS

Motion Picture Theaters (except Drive-Ins) (512131), Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (51213)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830)

akta.pro primary industry

Screening Rooms & Cinematheques (Nonprofit/Institutional) (MPADAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Observation Decks & Viewing Platforms (THAJACAA)

Keywords

• Movie theater operations
• Film exhibition services
• Cinema venue management
• Movie premiere hosting
• Historic theater landmark

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Cinerama operates the historic Cinerama Dome theater, a single-screen cinema at 6360 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, housed within the world's only concrete geodesic dome. The venue shows films on an 86-foot contoured curved screen with advanced acoustics and stadium seating, and hosts major Hollywood premieres and special events. The theater has been closed since the COVID-19 pandemic, though the company remains in operation.

Product overview

Cinerama operates as a single physical venue—the Cinerama Dome Theater at 6360 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles. This iconic movie theater, opened in 1963, features a unique concrete geodesic dome structure and an 86-foot curved screen. The theater originally showcased Cinerama films, a revolutionary multi-projector film format designed to create an immersive viewing experience. The venue is known for hosting major Hollywood premieres and has served as a landmark destination for movie enthusiasts and filmmakers alike.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cinerama Dome Theater A historic single-screen movie theater located at 6360 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, housed within the world's only concrete geodesic dome. The venue features an 86-foot curved screen, advanced acoustics, and stadium seating, and is designed to deliver an immersive, distraction-free theatrical cinema experience. It serves both general moviegoing audiences and Hollywood film premieres. Operations were suspended following COVID-19.
• Hollywood Premiere & Event Hosting A premiere and special event hosting service at the Cinerama Dome for Hollywood studios, distributors, and entertainment industry clients. The venue has historically hosted large-scale film premieres and celebrity events, including the Yentl premiere which featured a sit-down dinner outside the theater at a cost exceeding $500,000. Designed for high-profile film launches that require a prestigious, architecturally distinctive venue.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Regal Cinemas: Major U.S. multiplex operator offering premium large-format screens and event programming; broad incumbent in theatrical exhibition competing with Cinerama for premiere and special-event revenue.
• AMC Theatres: Largest U.S. movie theater chain with broad theatrical-exhibition footprint including premium formats; competes for the same overall theatrical dollar as Cinerama but lacks Cinerama's single-landmark positioning.
• Netflix (The Egyptian Theatre / event cinema operations): Streaming incumbent that acquired and operates the Egyptian Theatre for premieres and events, illustrating how premium-cinema real estate can be repurposed by larger media companies; reflects the broader disruption to the standalone theater model Cinerama operates in.

Direct peers

• Egyptian Theatre (American Cinematheque): Historic Hollywood single-screen theater hosting premieres, retrospectives, and filmmaker events; operates the same premiere and repertory-cinema model as the Cinerama Dome on the same Sunset Blvd corridor.
• El Capitan Theatre: Disney-operated Hollywood landmark single-screen theater running exclusive studio premieres and themed openings; same premium single-screen heritage-venue positioning as the Cinerama Dome.
• TCL Chinese Theatre (Grauman's Chinese Theatre): Iconic Hollywood Boulevard movie palace famous for red-carpet premieres and foot-traffic tourism; competes for the same studio premiere bookings and tourist cinema audience as Cinerama.
• Landmark Theatres: Art-house and independent-film cinema chain targeting cinephile audiences with curated programming; directly comparable to Cinerama on audience demographic, programming philosophy, and premium positioning.
• ArcLight Cinemas: Premium, adult-oriented movie theater chain that historically competed head-to-head with Cinerama for cinephile audiences and prestige screenings in Los Angeles; both brands emphasize reverent, distraction-free theatrical experiences and similar Hollywood-area clientele.
• Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Premium dine-in cinema chain known for repertory programming, special events, and strict no-talking showings that mirror Cinerama's 'reverence for cinema as art form' positioning.
• Dolby Theatre: Hollywood landmark theater best known for the Academy Awards and high-profile film premieres; competes with Cinerama for prestige studio events and benefits from similar tourist-driven foot traffic in Hollywood.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SeattleCinerama
• Facebookfacebook.com/SeattleCinerama
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seattle-cinerama-theater

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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