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UGC

Logo: Iceberg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

France-based cinema operator

UGC is a cinema operator in France and Belgium, operating 57 cinemas as of 2022. It is also a major film production and distribution company.2 It is headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 25, 1946Founded1
  • Industrybusiness and other management consulting1
  • HeadquartersNeuilly-sur-Seine1
  • Websitegroupeugc.com
  • Legal formpublic limited company with a board of directors (n.o.s.)1
  • LEI969500MTBP549RK3N3273
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address24 AVENUE CHARLES DE GAULLE, 92200 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France3
  • Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 3478060023

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UGC Ciné Cité@SXB
Photo: Richieman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons6

UGC is a cinema operator in France and Belgium, operating 57 cinemas as of 2022. It is also a major film production and distribution company.2

Corporate structure

UGC is part of a group headed by U G C. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • U G C Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
    • Les Films du 24 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
    • UGC Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
      • UGC CINE CITE ILE DE FRANCE Subsidiary · Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
    • ITINERAIRE PRODUCTIONS Subsidiary · Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Italy and Spain

In Italy there were 4 UGC multiplexes: Porta di Roma and Parco Leonardo in Rome and Fiumicino, 45 ° N in Moncalieri in the urban area of Turin (located exactly on the 45th parallel north, from which it takes its name) and Romagna in Savignano sul Rubicone, close to Cesena and Rimini. The 4 multiplexes consisted of 66 screens and 15,000 total seats.

In Spain UGC had 5 multiplexes: three in Madrid and one each in Valladolid and Cádiz.

Odeon and UCI Cinema Group purchased in 2011 the UGC Cinemas in Italy which are integrated in UCI Cinemas Italy and in Spain which were integrated in the local chain of cinemas Cinesa.

United Kingdom and Ireland

UGC was formerly also a leading UK cinema owner following the purchase of Richard Branson's Virgin Cinema Group, which it purchased in October 1999. In December 2004, the business was sold to Blackstone Group and joined with Cine-UK to trade as Cineworld. UGC's chain in the UK and Ireland consisted of:

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United Kingdom: 41 cinemas, 391 screens;

Ireland: 1 cinema, 17 screens.

In July 2005, Cineworld began to phase out the UGC brand, replacing it with its own Cineworld logo. This rebranding was completed in September 2005. Cineworld has retained certain aspects of the UGC offer, including the Unlimited season ticket, originally introduced by Virgin, and the free magazine of the same name.

From Wikipedia’s article on UGC (cinema operator), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Aug 11, 1988Parent Directly consolidated by U G C3
  2. Sep 25, 1946Founded Founded1

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