Cineworld Edinburgh Celebrates 25 Years

The team at Cineworld Edinburgh is marking its 25th anniversary on Saturday 23rd November.

An exciting day of celebrations will be held at the Fountain Park Cinema where the team will look back over the past 25 years. Highlights of the cinema since first starting out in 1999 include – Launching Cineworld first IMAX screen in 2011, supporting EIFF as a major partner for 18 years, hosting the Toy Story 3 premiere in 2012 with Sir Sean Connery in attendance, launching our popular 4DX screen in 2017, hosting the T2 World Premier in 2017 and completing our multi-million pound refurbishment in 2019 which included Scotland’s first Screen X!

Jamie Wiles, General Manager at Cineworld Edinburgh, said: “We are delighted to have reached this milestone, especially in such a competitive market place, and are really happy to be able to celebrate with our valued partners, customers and employees.

“The past 25 years have been a hugely successful time for us; During this time, we have operated as Virgin Cinemas, UGC Cinemas and Cineworld Cinemas with our loyal customer base watching us grow and invest in the customer experience. We’re delighted to have become a part of the local community and have had the pleasure of striving to be the best place to watch a movie for our Edinburgh customers.”  

Cineworld Edinburgh will also be celebrating the milestone birthday with a selection of popular films from 1999 available to book for the following week such as The Mummy, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, James Bond: The World Is Not Enough and Sixth Sense – all available for £5* per ticket.