Golden Screen Cinemas
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Golden Screen Cinemas is the largest chain of cinemas in Malaysia. The biggest cinema
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....

 is located at Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall is a complex comprising a shopping mall, an office tower block, 30 signature offices and 2 hotels located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in November 1999. The mall has 4.5 million square feet of total floor area, out of which 1.7 million square feet is leasable...

. It houses 18 screen cinemas and has 2899 seats which is the largest in Malaysia.

History

It was founded in 1981 as Golden Communications Circuit, while the other, Cathay is one of the oldest cinemas in Malaysia until 1998. Golden Screen Cinemas was founded in 1998 as a merger of Golden Communications (GC) Circuit and Cathay Cinemas. Cathay Cinemas was later revived in Malaysia in 2004 as Cathay Cineplexes
Cathay Organisation
Cathay Organisation Holdings Limited is one of Singapore's leading leisure and entertainment groups. It has the first THX cinema hall and digital cinema in Singapore. The group has operations in Singapore and Malaysia.-The early years:...

, which was formerly known as Mega Pavilion Cinemas. Mega Pavilion Cinemas, which was re-named Cathay Cineplexes Sdn Bhd in September 2004, became an integral part of Cathay Cineplexes’ operations when its parent company, Cathay Organisation Holdings Ltd, acquired the entire share capital of Cathay Organisation Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd in 2002.

Overview

There are 23 GSC cinemas in Malaysia including East Malaysia
East Malaysia
East Malaysia, also known as Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia located on the island of Borneo. It consists of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan. It lies to the east from Peninsular Malaysia , which is located on the Malay Peninsula. The two are...

. They are Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall is a complex comprising a shopping mall, an office tower block, 30 signature offices and 2 hotels located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in November 1999. The mall has 4.5 million square feet of total floor area, out of which 1.7 million square feet is leasable...

, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is a shopping mall situated along the Bukit Bintang district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This place was built on the site where former Bukit Bintang Girls' School, the oldest school in Kuala Lumpur that has been moved to Cheras as Sekolah Seri Bintang Utara on 2000...

, 1 Utama
1 Utama
1 Utama is a popular shopping mall in Bandar Utama, a suburb in the northern part of Petaling Jaya, Selangor and is located just opposite Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia....

, Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur is a twin tower complex containing a shopping centre and five star hotel located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in October 2003 by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad...

, The Summit USJ, Cheras Leisure Mall, IOI Mall, Alamanda
Alamanda Putrajaya
Alamanda Putrajaya is the first shopping centre built in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The Alamanda Shopping Centre, located in Precinct 1, cost about RM 380 million to build and was first opened at the end of August 2004...

 in Putrajaya
Putrajaya
Putrajaya is a planned city, located 25km south of Kuala Lumpur, that serves as the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya, due to the overcrowding and congestion in the Kuala Lumpur areas...

, Shaw Centrepoint
Shaw Centrepoint
Shaw Centrepoint is a shopping complex located in Klang, Selangor. Its main tenant is The Store. Shaw Centrepoint is located adjacent to Klang City Square, Klang Mid Valley and in the proximity of the Klang River. Shaw Centrepoint has a gross built-up area of over . -History:This mall was opened on...

 in Klang
Klang
Klang , formerly known as Kelang, is the royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is located within the Klang District in Klang Valley. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang...

, Terminal 1
Terminal One Mall
Terminal One Mall is a shopping mall located at the heart of Seremban in Malaysia. It was built in 1996....

 in Seremban
Seremban
Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban...

, Dataran Pahlawan in Malacca
Malacca
Malacca , dubbed The Historic State or Negeri Bersejarah among locals) is the third smallest Malaysian state, after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, on the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and the state of Johor to the south...

, Berjaya Megamall in Kuantan
Kuantan
Kuantan is the state capital of Pahang, the 3rd largest state in Malaysia. It is situated near the mouth of the Kuantan River and faces the South China Sea. If one measures the distance along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it is located roughly halfway between Singapore and Kota Bharu...

, Pelangi Leisure Mall in Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru is the capital city of Johor in southern Malaysia. Johor Bahru is the southernmost city of the Eurasian mainland...

, Gurney Plaza
Gurney Plaza
Gurney Plaza is a shopping mall located at Gurney Drive promenade in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is the second largest shopping mall in Penang after Queensbay Mall. It was completed in 2001...

, Queensbay Mall
Queensbay Mall
Queensbay Mall is a shopping mall situated in Penang, Malaysia. It is in the heart of the Queensbay development, formerly known as Bayan Bay before it was abandoned during the East Asian financial crisis. At that time, the mall was referred to as Bayan World Megamall...

, Gurney Plaza and Sunway Carnival in Penang
Penang
Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...

, Central Square in Sungai Petani
Sungai Petani
Sungai Petani is a town in the state of Kedah, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Sungai Petani is the second largest town in Kedah after Alor Star.-Etmylogy:...

, Ipoh Parade in Ipoh, 1 Borneo in Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...

, Tropicana City Mall
Tropicana City Mall
Tropicana City Mall is a new shopping mall in Damansara Utama, a suburb in the northern part of Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. This shopping mall is located near Damansara Link of Sprint Expressway....

, East Coast Mall in Kuantan
Kuantan
Kuantan is the state capital of Pahang, the 3rd largest state in Malaysia. It is situated near the mouth of the Kuantan River and faces the South China Sea. If one measures the distance along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it is located roughly halfway between Singapore and Kota Bharu...

, and Suria Sabah in Sabah
Sabah
Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...

.

The first GSC cinema to operate in Malaysia was opened in Kota Kinabalu on 14 July 1981. With the opening of the 8-screen cinema exclusively in Tropicana City Mall on June 23, 2009, GSC operates the largest circuit with a total of 212 screens in 24 locations. 37841 seats all throughout the country. All of which are located in prime sites in major cities and towns throughout the country.

The GSC in Gurney Plaza is the first multiplex
Multiplex (movie theater)
A multiplex is a movie theater complex with multiple screens, typically three or more. They are usually housed in a specially designed building. Sometimes, an existing venue undergoes a renovation where the existing auditoriums are split into smaller ones, or more auditoriums are added in an...

 outside the Klang Valley
Klang Valley
Klang Valley is an area in Malaysia comprising Kuala Lumpur and its suburbs, and adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. An alternative reference to this would be Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area or Greater Kuala Lumpur. It is geographically delineated by Titiwangsa Mountains to the...

 and the first to house a Premiere Class screen followed by Berjaya Times Square & 5 GSC SIGNATURE @ THE GARDENS in Kuala Lumpur. Mid Valley, 1 Utama, THE GARDENS and Pavilion houses Gold Class screens.

There are also international movies shown in selected GSC cinemas. Currently, there are only 4 International Screens in Malaysia. They are in Mid Valley, 1 Utama, Gurney Plaza and Pavilion.

The tickets are RM11 on the weekdays and weekends. GSC offers "Special Wednesday Rates", selling tickets for only RM6. Tickets for Premiere and Gold Class are more expensive because patron
Patrón
Patrón is a luxury brand of tequila produced in Mexico and sold in hand-blown, individually numbered bottles.Made entirely from Blue Agave "piñas" , Patrón comes in five varieties: Silver, Añejo, Reposado, Gran Patrón Platinum and Gran Patrón Burdeos. Patrón also sells a tequila-coffee blend known...

s are served directly by GSC staff. Children and senior citizens are offered at a price of RM5 per ticket, while students will be charged at RM7 before night on the weekdays by flashing their student cards.

All GSC cinemas have concessions that sell popcorn
Popcorn
Popcorn, or popping corn, is corn which expands from the kernel and puffs up when heated. Corn is able to pop because, like sorghum, quinoa and millet, its kernels have a hard moisture-sealed hull and a dense starchy interior. This allows pressure to build inside the kernel until an explosive...

, soft drink
Soft drink
A soft drink is a non-alcoholic beverage that typically contains water , a sweetener, and a flavoring agent...

s and other snacks. There are 3 Glitter cafés in Pavilion KL, 1 Utama and Gurney Plaza and 3 gift shops in Mid Valley, 1 Utama and Gurney Plaza where one can purchase merchandise.

Cinemas

Cinema Total Halls Digital Halls Seats Location Operators Remarks
Berjaya Megamall 5 0 970 Kuantan
Kuantan
Kuantan is the state capital of Pahang, the 3rd largest state in Malaysia. It is situated near the mouth of the Kuantan River and faces the South China Sea. If one measures the distance along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it is located roughly halfway between Singapore and Kota Bharu...

Golden Screen Cinemas
East Coast Mall
East Coast Mall
East Coast Mall is a shopping mall in Putra Square, Kuantan, Malaysia. It was opened to the public on April 2008. The mall is the newest mall in Kuantan and touted as the largest mall in the East Coast Region of Malaysia with 50,000 m² of retail space....

9 2 1618 Kuantan
Kuantan
Kuantan is the state capital of Pahang, the 3rd largest state in Malaysia. It is situated near the mouth of the Kuantan River and faces the South China Sea. If one measures the distance along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it is located roughly halfway between Singapore and Kota Bharu...

Golden Screen Cinemas Opened at 12 Nov 2009
Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur is a twin tower complex containing a shopping centre and five star hotel located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in October 2003 by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad...

10 3 2125 Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

Golden Screen Cinemas GSC MAXX opened at 25 Nov 2010. Biggest Digital hall in Malaysia with 23m width screen and 555 seats.
1 Borneo 8 2 1500 Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...

Golden Screen Cinemas
Suria Sabah 8 3 1465 Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...

Golden Screen Cinemas First 3D hall in Sabah
Central Square
Central Square
Central Square may refer to:United States*Central Square , Massachusetts*Central Square, East Boston, Massachusetts*Central Square, New York, a village in Oswego CountyIndia*Central Square United Kingdom*Wembley Central Square...

3 0 666 Sungai Petani
Sungai Petani
Sungai Petani is a town in the state of Kedah, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Sungai Petani is the second largest town in Kedah after Alor Star.-Etmylogy:...

Golden Screen Cinemas
Gurney Plaza
Gurney Plaza
Gurney Plaza is a shopping mall located at Gurney Drive promenade in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is the second largest shopping mall in Penang after Queensbay Mall. It was completed in 2001...

12 3 1724 Penang
Pulau Tikus
Pulau Tikus is a small island off the coast of Penang, Malaysia. It should not be confused with a suburb of the same name on the main Penang Island....

Golden Screen Cinemas The largest Golden Screen Cinema in the northern Peninsular. Houses Malaysia's first premiere class cinema theatre.
IOI Mall 10 2 2079 Puchong
Puchong
Puchong is a major town in the Petaling district of Selangor, Malaysia. The town used to be a rubber estate and tin-mining town in the 1960s. During 1980s, Puchong consisted of only one two-lane road running through estates and villages...

Golden Screen Cinemas Before extension was 5 halls with 1317 seats.
Ipoh Parade 3 0 803 Ipoh
Ipoh
Ipoh is the capital city of Perak state, Malaysia. It is approximately 200 km north of Kuala Lumpur on the North-South Expressway....

Golden Screen Cinemas The first GSC to be opened in Perak.
Leisure Mall 4 0 1610 Kuala Lumpur
Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
Cheras is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The township is located to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur. Cheras is also adjacent to Ampang to the north and Kajang to the south, both of which are major cities within the metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur.-Origins:Originally,...

Golden Screen Cinemas The first multiplex in Malaysia and the first movie theatre with a computerised ticket system in Malaysia.
Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall is a complex comprising a shopping mall, an office tower block, 30 signature offices and 2 hotels located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in November 1999. The mall has 4.5 million square feet of total floor area, out of which 1.7 million square feet is leasable...

18 4 2599 Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

Golden Screen Cinemas Malaysia's largest cineplex.
Nu Sentral 11 0 1780 Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

Golden Screen Cinemas 50000 sq ft (4,645.2 m²) of space. Open at Year 2012.
AEON Bandaraya Melaka
AEON Bandaraya Melaka Shopping Centre
The ÆON Bandaraya Melaka Shopping Centre is located at Kawasan Bandar, Daerah Melaka Tengah, Peringgit, Malacca, Malaysia. The anchor tenant for the jumbo-sized mall is JUSCO....

10 2 1785 Melaka Golden Screen Cinemas Schedule to open on 19 May 2011 and will be the first GSC cinema in AEON SHOPPING CENTRE
One Utama (New Wing) 13 3 2168 Petaling Jaya
Bandar Utama
Bandar Utama is a township located within the Damansara subdivision of the Petaling district in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is primarily a residential suburb, but is also home to the 1 Utama Shopping Centre.-Demographics:...

Golden Screen Cinemas
Pelangi Leisure Mall 5 0 2361 Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru is the capital city of Johor in southern Malaysia. Johor Bahru is the southernmost city of the Eurasian mainland...

Golden Screen Cinemas
Queensbay Mall
Queensbay Mall
Queensbay Mall is a shopping mall situated in Penang, Malaysia. It is in the heart of the Queensbay development, formerly known as Bayan Bay before it was abandoned during the East Asian financial crisis. At that time, the mall was referred to as Bayan World Megamall...

8 3 1512 Penang
Bayan Lepas
Bayan Lepas is a town in Penang, Malaysia being home to the Penang International Airport. It has a population of about 141,000 people. Bayan Lepas is the main industrial hub of Penang, being home to the Free Industrial Zone, where factories of many multinational companies are located...

Golden Screen Cinemas The 2nd GSC Cinema in Penang Island after Gurney Plaza
Gurney Plaza
Gurney Plaza is a shopping mall located at Gurney Drive promenade in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is the second largest shopping mall in Penang after Queensbay Mall. It was completed in 2001...

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The Summit
The Summit
The Summit may refer to:Structures* The Summit , New York shopping center* The Summit , Alabama shopping center* The Summit , shopping center in Bukit Mertajam, Penang...

7 0 1262 Subang Jaya
USJ
USJ can mean:* Universal Studios Japan* UEP Subang Jaya* Université Saint-Joseph, a Lebanese private university founded in 1875* United States of Japan, a fictional revolutionary Japan from the anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion...

Golden Screen Cinemas The first multiplex to provide drive-through ticketing service.
Sunway Carnival Mall
Sunway Carnival Mall
Sunway Carnival Mall is a shopping mall located at the center of the Seberang Jaya area in Penang, Malaysia.The four story mall opened in June 2007. It is located beside the Sunway Hotel within the town center of Seberang Jaya, a township initiated by the Government to boost the administrative,...

8 3 1426 Penang
Seberang Jaya
Seberang Jaya is a new township near Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. The state Immigration office and Malaysian Road Transport Department is situated here. This township is served by two hypermarkets, Carrefour and TESCO Extra...

Golden Screen Cinemas The 2nd Cinema in Seberang Prai; 3rd GSC in Penang; Twin Seat available.
Terminal One
Terminal One Mall
Terminal One Mall is a shopping mall located at the heart of Seremban in Malaysia. It was built in 1996....

4 0 1086 Seremban
Seremban
Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban...

Golden Screen Cinemas The first GSC in Negeri Sembilan. Hall 2 was refurbish to make a new start for GSC Terminal 1 in order to compete with 6-screens MBO Terminal 2 and 5-Screens TGV Seremban 2
CityOne Mall 10 TBC 1800+ Kuching
Kuching
Kuching , officially the City of Kuching, and formerly the City of Sarawak, is the capital and most populous city of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is the largest city on the island of Borneo, and the fourth largest city in Malaysia....

Golden Screen Cinemas The first Golden Screen Cinemas in Sarawak and touted the largest GSC hall in Borneo, scheduled to be open by the second half of 2012. It will occupy 34470 sq ft (3,202.4 m²).
Bintang Megamall 8 TBC 1000+ Miri
Miri
Miri is a city in northern Sarawak, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It is the second largest city in Sarawak, with a population of about 300,000, and the government administrative centre of Miri District in Miri Division....

Golden Screen Cinemas The second Golden Screen Cinemas in Sarawak and fourth Golden Screen Cinemas in East Malaysia after 1 Borneo, Suria Sabah and City One Kuching, scheduled to be open by the second half of 2012.
Dataran Pahlawan 10 3 2002 Melaka Golden Screen Cinemas The largest cinema in Malacca with 417 seats in Hall 1.
Pavilion
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is a shopping mall situated along the Bukit Bintang district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This place was built on the site where former Bukit Bintang Girls' School, the oldest school in Kuala Lumpur that has been moved to Cheras as Sekolah Seri Bintang Utara on 2000...

13 3 1899 Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

Golden Screen Cinemas
The Gardens 7 2 558 Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

Golden Screen Cinemas The Signature GSC. First boutique cinema in Malaysia
Tropicana City Mall
Tropicana City Mall
Tropicana City Mall is a new shopping mall in Damansara Utama, a suburb in the northern part of Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. This shopping mall is located near Damansara Link of Sprint Expressway....

8 2 1449 Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya is a Malaysian city originally developed as a satellite township for Kuala Lumpur comprising mostly residential and some industrial areas. It is located in the Petaling district of Selangor with an area of approximately 97.2 km². On 20 June 2006, Petaling Jaya was granted a...

Golden Screen Cinemas
Alamanda Shopping Centre
Alamanda Putrajaya
Alamanda Putrajaya is the first shopping centre built in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The Alamanda Shopping Centre, located in Precinct 1, cost about RM 380 million to build and was first opened at the end of August 2004...

8 2 1394 Putrajaya
Putrajaya
Putrajaya is a planned city, located 25km south of Kuala Lumpur, that serves as the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya, due to the overcrowding and congestion in the Kuala Lumpur areas...

Golden Screen Cinemas
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