The new cinemas will increase the company's presence in the Czech Republic to nine multiplexes with 73 screens. The new multiplexes include an eight-screen cinema in the northeastern industrial city of Ostrava, and five screen cinemas in the towns of Ústí na Labem and Liberec.
Palace Cinemas Central Europe (www.palacecinemas.net) operates a total of 20 cinemas and 170 salles in Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.