Star Movie

What Star Movie does

Star Movie is an Austrian cinema chain founded in 1991 and headquartered in Peuerbach, Upper Austria. The company operates seven cinema locations across distinct regional Austrian cities — Regau, Liezen, Peuerbach, Ried, Steyr, Wels, and Tulln — positioning itself as a "First Class cinema" brand targeting general consumers seeking a premium in-theater movie experience. The business is a B2C retail operator running physical cinema storefronts, with a corporate headcount of 20 employees supporting the multi-site portfolio.

The product offering is standard cinema: movie screenings and associated theater concessions delivered through the seven theater sites. The company has no disclosed mobile application, no API or SDK surface, no proprietary technology platform, and no integrations documented — the technology stack appears limited to a corporate website (starmovie.at) and standard cinema operations. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and there are no published revenue figures, contract structures, or per-ticket economics in the source material. The customer base is segmented horizontally as "general consumers" and "moviegoers and entertainment seekers in Austria," with no enterprise, B2B, or advertising-anchor channels identified.

The operating model appears mature and stable. The source data contains no documented funding rounds, acquisitions, divestitures, partnerships, leadership changes, or regulatory actions. Star Movie has no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or institutional investors. The strategic posture indicated by the available evidence is that of a small, privately-held regional cinema operator focused on consistent multi-site execution in the Austrian secondary-city market rather than platform-led, technology-driven, or externally-financed growth.

Name

Star Movie

Website

https://starmovie.at

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Star Movie is an Austrian regional cinema chain founded in 1991, operating seven "First Class cinema" locations across Upper Austria and surrounding regions, serving local general-consumer moviegoers through physical theater sites with a lean corporate structure of 20 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cinema Operations

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830)

akta.pro primary industry

Cinema Chains & Multiplex Operators (MPADAKAA)

Keywords

• Cinema operations
• Movie theater chain
• Premium cinema experience
• Film exhibition services
• Movie entertainment venues

Headquarters

HQ city

Regau

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Star Movie operates a chain of first-class cinema theaters across Austria, providing premium in-person movie viewing experiences at seven physical locations in Regau, Liezen, Peuerbach, Ried, Steyr, Wels, and Tulln. The company positions itself as a premium ("First Class") cinema operator offering modern movie theater facilities to Austrian audiences.

Product overview

Star Movie is a First Class cinema chain operating multiple theater locations across Austria (Regau, Liezen, Peuerbach, Ried, Steyr, Wels, and Tulln). The company positions itself as a premium cinema experience provider, with each location offering first-class movie viewing services as part of a unified brand portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Star Movie Regau First-class cinema location in Regau, Austria, providing premium movie viewing experiences to local audiences.
• Star Movie Liezen First-class cinema location in Liezen, Austria, providing premium movie viewing experiences to local audiences.
• Star Movie Peuerbach First-class cinema location in Peuerbach (company headquarters city), Austria, providing premium movie viewing experiences to local audiences.
• Star Movie Ried First-class cinema location in Ried, Austria, providing premium movie viewing experiences to local audiences.
• Star Movie Steyr First-class cinema location in Steyr, Austria, providing premium movie viewing experiences to local audiences.
• Star Movie Wels First-class cinema location in Wels, Austria, providing premium movie viewing experiences to local audiences.
• Star Movie Tulln First-class cinema location in Tulln, Austria, providing premium movie viewing experiences to local audiences.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Regional players

• Village Cinemas: Village Cinemas is a multi-site cinema chain in Australia. Comparable as a multi-site cinema operator with premium positioning and loyalty programs, but geographically separate from Star Movie's Austrian footprint.

Broad incumbents

• CineStar: CineStar is one of Germany's largest cinema chains with hundreds of screens. Comparable as a regional European cinema chain with multi-site exhibition and premium positioning, but operating at far greater scale and primarily in Germany rather than Austria.
• UCI Kinowelt: UCI Kinowelt is a major European multiplex cinema chain with locations across Germany and Austria. Comparable to Star Movie in multi-site Austrian/German cinema exhibition but at significantly larger scale, with strong premium-format and IMAX offerings.
• Cinemark: Cinemark is a large multinational cinema chain with premium formats and loyalty programs. Comparable to Star Movie as a multi-site cinema exhibition business, but at massive global scale and primarily in the Americas.
• Cineworld / Odeon: Cineworld is one of the world's largest cinema operators with a significant European footprint (including former Odeon sites). Comparable as a large-scale multi-site cinema chain with a similar product (exhibition, premium formats, F&B), but at vastly greater scale and with global reach.

Direct peers

• Cineplexx: Cineplexx is the largest cinema operator in Austria, with multi-site locations across the country offering mainstream and premium formats. Directly comparable to Star Movie as an Austrian cinema chain serving similar moviegoer segments, but at significantly larger scale and with premium large-format capability.
• Hollywood Megaplex: Hollywood Megaplex is a multi-site Austrian cinema chain operating in multiple Austrian cities. Directly comparable to Star Movie in terms of business model (multi-site cinema exhibition in Austria) and target audience (Austrian moviegoers), with a stronger premium-format offering.

Others

• Constantin Film Hoferichter & Jacobs Filmproduktion: Constantin Film is a major Austrian/German film distributor that supplies content to Austrian cinema operators including Star Movie. Adjacent value-chain participant — comparable as a key counterparty for an Austrian cinema chain, though its core business is production/distribution rather than exhibition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/starmovie

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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