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'''Cobb Theatres''' was a cinema chain found in [[1947]] by [[R. C. Cobb]] and headquartered at in the [[2000-2100 SouthBridge Parkway]] building in [[Birmingham]]'s [[SouthBridge]] office park.

Cobb's grandfather, [[Jefferson Richards]], opened a movie house in [[Fayette]] in [[1921]]. Richards' daughter, [[Lucille Cobb]], bought the theater from him in [[1934]] and sold it and a second theater to her son, Richard, in [[1947]]. Starting with those to locations, Cobb expanded across North Alabama, adding drive-in theaters as well as indoor movie houses. By [[1965]] Cobb operated 27 theaters in the Alabama and Georgia. He moved the company from Fayette to Birmingham the following year and built the nation's first four-plex in [[1971]]. In [[1978]] he constructed the [[Cinema City 8]] in [[Roebuck]], then the largest multiplex in the nation.

In [[1992]] Cobb purchased Tampa, Florida's General Cinema chain, then acquired South Florida's Wometco Chain in [[1994]]. The company was operating 643 screens when it was acquired by Regal Entertainment for $200 million in [[1997]].

A new '''Cobb Theatres III''' was founded by [[Robert Cobb]] in [[2000]], building the Dolphin 19 in Miami and expanding to 11 locations by [[2006]]. It launched a CinéBistro concept in Miami and Tampa in [[2008]] and operated more than 253 screens at 21 locations in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and Colorado. In October 2017, Mexican cinema chain Cinemex acquired Cobb via its CMX subsidiary (which it had used to launch U.S. locations with a premium cinema concept), which made it the eighth-largest U.S. cinema chain with 30 locations.

==Locations==
===Current Alabama Locations (now operated by CMX Cinemas)===
* [[Hollywood 16 & IMAX]], 4250 [[Old Greensboro Road]], [[Tuscaloosa]]
* Pinnacle 14, Gulf Shores

===Former locations===
* [[Alabama Theatre]], 1817 [[3rd Avenue North]], [[Birmingham]] (owned 1981-1987, never operated)
* [[Brook Highland Cinema]], [[Brook Highland Shopping Center]] on [[U.S. Highway 280]] (1994-1997)
* [[Cobb Capri]], 2300 block of [[Center Point Parkway]] (1965–mid 1970s)
* [[Cinema City 8]], [[Roebuck Shopping City]], [[Birmingham]] (1978-1992)
* [[Center Point 6]], [[Queensbury Shopping Center]], [[Center Point]] (1983-1997)
* [[Festival 18|Cobb Festival 12]]/[[Festival 18]], [[Eastwood Festival Center]], [[Birmingham]] (1989-1997), now [[Edge 12]]
* [[Midfield Theater|Cobb Midfield 2]]/[[Midfield Theater|Midfield 6]] (early 1970s-1996)
* [[Cobb Movies 4]], 1007 [[U.S. Highway 78]], [[Jasper]] (1983-1997, 2000-2013)
* [[Cobb Vestavia]], [[Park South Plaza]] (early 1970s–early 1980s), 
* [[Galleria 10]], [[Riverchase Galleria]], [[Hoover]] (1988-1997)
* [[Hoover Square 6]], [[Hoover Square Shopping Center]], [[Hoover]] (1983-1997)

==External links==
* [http://www.cobbtheatres.com Cobb Theatres] website

==References==
* ''Orlando Sentinel'', [http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-bz-cmx-cinemas-cobb-20171005-story.html CMX Cinemas buys Cobb Theatres] (October 5, 2017).

[[Category:Cinema chains]]
[[Category:1947 establishments]]
[[Category:1997 disestablishments]]
[[Category:2000 establishments]]
[[Category:SouthBridge Parkway]]