An independent movie theater owner in Queens, New York is the latest to bring an antitrust lawsuit against a major chain over the way first-run films are licensed.
Cinema Village Cinemart filed its action on Tuesday against Regal Entertainment Group over clearance practices.
According to the complaint, “Regal has used the immense buying power of its theater circuit arising from the large number of its theaters and screens in numerous markets in the United States— including many monopoly markets where it operates the only theater—to combine with and coerce film distributors to deprive Cinemart of fair competitive access to films.”
