[1] Nathan Nathanson attempted to create a theatre chain with Fox Film, but was unable to due to the company entering receivership.

[3] Zukor agreed to give control of the company back to Nathanson after the expiration of the voting trust on 8 March 1939.

Famous Players sued Nathan over the ownership of Regal Films, managed by Henry, in 1942, but the case was dismissed in 1948.

[14] Earl Lawson, a former parliamentarian and member of Prime Minister R. B. Bennett's cabinet, was selected to replace Paul as president in 1946.

[19] Taylor and Garth Drabinsky formed Cineplex in 1977, and started operating in April 1979 with the opening of its first theatre.

[22] Drabinsky threatened to sue American companies under the Sherman Antitrust Act if they did not provide first-run films to the Beverly Center.

[24] In July 1982 they opened their first theater in the United States, with a 14-screen multiplex in the newly built Beverly Center in Los Angeles, the largest in the US at the time.

[25] Cineplex was not financially successful and its debt rose to $24.6 million by the end of 1982 due to loans taken out with 22% interest rates.

[27] The failure of the public venture resulted in Sarlos and Tanenbaum resigning from the board of directors and Barry Zuckerman, a principal shareholder, made a $1 million write-down for his investments.

Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb, vice-chair of the board, increased their share of the risk and the Beverly Center was sold to TTI Movies Limited Partnership for $4.33 million.

[29] The distributors negotiated with the investigators rather than face trial in 1983, and they altered their theatrical distribution policies causing Cineplex to have better access to first-run films.

A New York investor group financed the Plitt Theatres purchase through a 50% partnership and the company reported record financial results in 1985.

[38] The company's debt increased to $650 million by 1989, resulting in MCA and Claridge forcing Drabinsky's resignation on 1 December after he was unable to raise $1.1 billion.

The company also operated Live Entertainment of Canada, which was established in 1989 after they acquired Pantages Theatre from Famous Players.

At this point, Cineplex Odeon accounted for roughly 8% of box office revenues in North America, competing mostly with Famous Players in the Canadian market.

Cineplex Odeon had exclusive first-run rights to films made by Columbia and Universal Studios, which allowed them to seize a hefty market share.

The two companies had been accused of operating as a duopoly, and choking off the film supply so smaller theatres could not show the same products.

[43][44] Alliance Atlantis purchased Cineplex Odeon Films assets along with its home video division the same year.