Alexander Mamut will buy "Formula Cinema"

Until May 2017, the cinema cinema network will be sold to entrepreneur Alexander Mamut.

On April 6, the contract for the sale of 100% of “Formula Cinema” was signed by the current shareholders-the Alfa-group investment unit A1 and the founder of the film network Vladimir Zakharov, writes Kommersant . The transaction value is not disclosed.

“The Formula Cinema” is one of the largest cinema networks in Russia, has been working in the field of cinema since 1998. - reports the site "Formula Cinema" . -35 modern cinemas of the network are located in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Syktyvkar, Ryazan and Novokuznetsk. According to the results of 2015, the network occupies one of the leading positions in Russia, both in terms of fees and by the number of halls (264 halls). ”

In 2016, the revenue of Formula Kino amounted to about 6 billion rubles, the network is the second largest cinema halls in Russia.

The first, Sinma Park, Mamut bought at the end of March. The United Cinema will account with 15% of Russian cinema halls and about 20% of the box office, it will be headed by Roman Linin, who in 2007-2011 led the Cronwerk Cinema network.

According to Mamut, the goal of acquiring filming is to "make a good film aperture for a wider adult audience, increase attendance and earn a little." It is also reported that the entrepreneur has big plans in the cinema market: in particular, he intends to develop his own film destruction.