Golden Village Multiplex Pte Ltd / Golden Village Pictures Pte Ltd

Type	Private
Industry	Media distribution
Founded	28 May 1992 (1992-05-28)
Headquarters	3 Temasek Boulevard #03-373, Suntec City Mall, Singapore 038983, Singapore
Number of locations	15 multiplexes (2023)
Key people	Clara Cheo (CEO)
Products	Movie theatres, Film distribution
Owner	Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment
Website	www.gv.com.sg

A Golden Village theatre at VivoCity, Singapore's largest multiplex, and one of Asia's largest, with the largest screen in Asia.

Golden Village is a cinema operator based in Singapore, fully owned by Orange Sky Golden Harvest of Hong Kong. It was initially set up as a 50:50 joint venture between Golden Harvest (predecessor of Orange Sky Golden Harvest) and Village Roadshow of Australia. It is the largest cinema chain in Singapore, operating 12 multiplexes and Cineplexes in the country. It joined hands to open a cinema at Great World City, GV Grand. Started in 1992, it opened Asia's first multiplex, the Yishun 10 multiplex. The cinema has the extensive management, operational and marketing skills of Village, as well as broad depth of experience of Golden Harvest in both film distribution and production across Asia.

Golden Village Pictures is the film-distribution arm of Golden Village. The company distributes Village Roadshow Pictures titles such as the Matrix Trilogy, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Happy Feet, Ah Boys to Men, That Girl in Pinafore, Annie and The Lego Movie in Singapore, as well as other acquired titles regionally and worldwide, Mostly Currently Distributed Films Partnership with Localized Based Clover Films, Encore Films and Purple Plan.

History

Golden Village was established as a 50/50 joint venture between Golden Harvest (now Orange Sky Golden Harvest) of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia. The cinema's first operation in the country was on 28 May 1992, with the successful opening of the Yishun 10 complex. Subsequently, it opened more cinemas in Bishan, Tiong Bahru, Boon Lay, Tampines, Marina Square and Plaza Singapura. In 1998, it joined hands to open a cinema at Great World City, GV Grand, with six screens including a Gold Class hall. During the early 2000s, one of the halls was converted into an IMAX theatre, but it closed down in 2004 due to low patronage. It also used to operate at Eastpoint Mall during the early 2000s, but was closed due to low patronage too.

In October 2006, Golden Village opened a multiplex in VivoCity,^[1] the largest multiplex in Singapore with 15 screens, including 3 Gold Class screens and GV Max, one of the largest cinema auditoriums. Its current flagship Cineplex is located at Suntec City with 11 screens including 3 Gold Class screens, taking over the space previously occupied by WE Cinemas and The Rock Auditorium.

In June 2017, Village Roadshow's 50% stake in Golden Village was set to be acquired by Singapore-based media company mm2 Entertainment.^[2] However, the bid fell through, as Village Roadshow failed to secure the approval of Orange Sky.^[3] Instead, in October 2017, Orange Sky Golden Harvest purchased the Village Roadshow's 50% stake, therefore having full ownership of Golden Village.^[4] It is unknown whether the Village name will be dropped from Golden Village as a result of the acquisition.

Cineplexes and multiplexes

GV Grand, Great World in 2023 after renovation.

Golden Village has 14 cinemas and 113 screens operating in the country currently. All cinemas which opened before 2000 have been refurbished. GV@Capitol only screens movies from December to March every year, but does not belong to GV.

Current locations

Cinema

Screens/Halls

Seats

Location

Opening Year

Digital Hall

Gold Class

Gold Class Express

3D Digital Hall

Gemini

D-BOX

Duo Deluxe

Deluxe Plus

Yishun

10

1499

Yishun

1992

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Bishan (Junction 8)

6

1148

Bishan

1993

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

Tiong Bahru

5

800

Tiong Bahru

1994

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Jurong Point

6

1080

Boon Lay

1995

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Tampines

8

1791

Tampines

1996

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Grand Great World

5

566

River Valley

1999

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Plaza

10

1734

Orchard

1998

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

VivoCity

15

2189

Telok Blangah

2006

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Katong

8

921

Katong

2011

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

City Square

6

1082

Farrer Park

2012

Y

N

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

Suntec City

11

1410

Downtown Core

2014

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

GV@Capitol

1

900

Downtown Core

2015

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Paya Lebar (SingPost Centre)

8

772

Paya Lebar

2017

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

Bedok

6

588

Bedok

2018

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Funan

7

441

Downtown Core

2019

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

Bugis+

8

1250

Downtown Core

2023

Y

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

See also

• List of cinemas in Singapore
• Orange Sky Golden Harvest
• Village Roadshow
• Village Cinemas
• Cathay Cineplexes
• Shaw Theatres
• WE Cinemas

References

External links

• Golden Village (official site)