Kinepolis Brussels
Cinema complex in Brussels, Belgium
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Kinepolis Brussels is a cinema complex on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium, owned by the Kinepolis Group.
History
Albert Bert had had success with his 12 screen Decascoops cinema in Ghent, Belgium which had opened in 1981. He also owned a 5 screen cinema in Kortrijk, the Pentascoop. On 29 September 1988, Bert opened the Kinepolis in Brussels with 9 screens, including a 430-seat IMAX theatre. He had invested 500 million Belgian francs ($13 million) into the cinema.[1] Bert finished adding screens when it reached 25 screens and 7,600 seats,[2] and it was credited as being both the first and the then-largest cinema Megaplex in the world.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
The IMAX screen closed at the end of 2005, due to a shortage of available content. On 16 November 2016, Kinepolis announced the reopening of the screen. It is equipped with laser projection and IMAX's new 12.1 sound technology. At the time, the screen was the largest IMAX screen in Europe with a surface area of 532 m2 (5,730 sq ft).[11][12] For the start of the movie The Odyssey in July 2026, the IMAX cinema was upgraded to a analog 70 mm projector, one of only four in europe. The projector weighs almost 2,5 tons and is assembled with several refurbished units because a complete set was no longer available.[13]
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