National Amusements

American media/entertainment company
Organization cinema_chain Q1808542
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National Amusements

Summary

National Amusements is a cinema chain[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of cinema_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (377 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Amusements is in the country of United States[3].
  • National Amusements's instance of is recorded as cinema chain[4].
  • National Amusements's founder is recorded as Michael Redstone[5].
  • National Amusements's owned by is recorded as Sumner Redstone[6].
  • National Amusements's owned by is recorded as Shari Redstone[7].
  • National Amusements's logo image is recorded as National Amusements.svg[8].
  • National Amusements's headquarters location is recorded as Norwood[9].
  • National Amusements's chief executive officer is recorded as Sumner Redstone[10].
  • National Amusements's child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Corporation[11].
  • National Amusements's child organization or unit is recorded as Viacom[12].
  • National Amusements's child organization or unit is recorded as Showcase Cinemas[13].
  • National Amusements's Commons category is recorded as Paramount Skydance Corporation[14].
  • National Amusements's industry is recorded as entertainment industry[15].
  • +1936-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Amusements[16].
  • National Amusements was dissolved in +2025-08-07T00:00:00Z[17].
  • National Amusements's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01wwwd[18].
  • National Amusements's location of formation is recorded as Dedham[19].
  • National Amusements's official website is recorded as https://www.showcasecinemas.com/corporate-information[20].
  • National Amusements's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/national-amusements-inc-history/[21].
  • National Amusements's product or material produced is recorded as movie theater[22].
  • National Amusements's replaced by is recorded as Paramount Skydance[23].
  • National Amusements's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/National-Amusements-Inc[24].
  • National Amusements's legal form is recorded as privately held company[25].
  • National Amusements's Quora topic ID is recorded as National-Amusements[26].
  • National Amusements's LinkedIn company or organization ID is recorded as national-amusements[27].

Body

Founding

National Amusements's founder is recorded as Michael Redstone[5]. +1936-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Dedham[19].

Leadership

National Amusements's chief executive officer is recorded as Sumner Redstone[10].

Operations

National Amusements's headquarters location is recorded as Norwood[9]. Subsidiaries include CBS Corporation[11], a business[28], in United States[29], founded in 1997[30], headquartered in CBS Building[31]; Viacom[12], a business[32], in United States[33], founded in 1971[34], headquartered in One Astor Plaza[35]; and Showcase Cinemas[13], a cinema chain[36], headquartered in Norwood[37].

Industry

National Amusements's industry is recorded as entertainment industry[15].

Ownership

Owners include Sumner Redstone[6], an entrepreneur[38], 1923–2020[39], of United States[40], awarded the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[41] and Shari Redstone[7], a businessperson[42], b. 1954[43], of United States[44]. National Amusements's product or material produced is recorded as movie theater[22].

Dissolution

National Amusements was dissolved in +2025-08-07T00:00:00Z[17].

Why It Matters

National Amusements ranks in the top 4% of cinema_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (377 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved . fundinguniverse.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved . fundinguniverse.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . showcasecinemas.com. Retrieved . showcasecinemas.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved . fundinguniverse.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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