Premiere Cinemas, officially known as Premiere Cinema Corporation, is a privately held motion picture exhibitor based in Big Spring, Texas

Big Spring, Texas

Big Spring is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Texas, United States, at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 87 and Interstate 20. With a population of 25,233 at the 2000 census, it is the largest city between Midland to the west, Abilene to the east, Lubbock to the north, and San Angelo...

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As of August 2009, Premiere Cinemas owns and operates 18 theatres with 135 screens in Texas, 44 screens in Alabama, 22 screens in Florida and 14 in New Mexico.

The flagship theatre of the chain is the Aggieland Premiere Cinema 16 located in Bryan, Texas

Bryan, Texas

Bryan is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 76,201. It is the county seat of Brazos County and is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley . It shares its border with the city of College Station, which lies to its south...

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Digital Projection Conversion

Following the cinema industries shift towards digital projection, Premiere Cinemas will have converted 180 of its 201 screens to DLP Digital Projection by the end of 2009.

Two of Premiere Cinemas locations in Alabama were built without a traditional projection booth. Instead, the digital cinema equipment is mounted on a platform supported from the ceiling in the rear of the auditorium.