Lotus Fivestar Cinemas (M) Sdn Bhd (
doing business as
A trade name, trading name, or business name, is a pseudonym used by companies that do not operate under their registered company name. The term for this type of alternative name is a "fictitious" business name. Registering the fictitious name w ...
Lotus Five Star Cinemas, also known as LFS) is a cinema chain in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
owned by the
Lotus Group. Lotus Five Star is also a major Indian movie distributor in Malaysia. LFS Cinemas is the fourth largest cinema chain in Malaysia after
Golden Screen Cinemas
Golden Screen Cinemas Sdn Bhd (GSC) is Malaysia's largest cinema exhibitor and a wholly-owned subsidiary of PPB Group Berhad (a member of the Kuok Group), which is an exhibitor and distributor of movies and content in Malaysia. It operates over ...
,
TGV Cinemas
TGV Cinemas Sdn Bhd (also known as TGV Pictures and formerly known as Tanjong Golden Village) is the second largest cinema chain in Malaysia. As of March 2019, TGV Cinemas had 38 multiplexes with 310 screens and more than 50,000 seats. TGV Cinema ...
, and
MBO Cinemas
MBO Cinema Sdn. Bhd. ( trading as MBO Cinemas), also known as MBO for short, is a chain of cinemas in Malaysia. It is the third largest cinema chain in the country after Golden Screen Cinemas and TGV Cinemas. MBO Cinemas went into liquidation in ...
.
Overview
Lotus Five Star is a cinema chain that began in the 1980s and now operates 24 cinemas. LFS screens multilingual movies of different genres to satisfy the interests of its wide range of customers. They also own
Coliseum Theatre
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, the oldest cinema in Malaysia, since 2012 which is more popularly known as the "Indian Cinema" or also "Tamil Cinema" among the locals due to most of their premieres being
Kollywood
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,
Tollywood and
Bollywood
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movies. 13 out of 26 LFS Cinemas are now known as
mmCineplexes since 1 October 2017.
List of LFS Cinema Location
Northern Region
Central Region
Southern Region
East Region
Terengganu
East Malaysia
Sabah
Lotus Five Star AV
Lotus Five Star AV is the main distributor of Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films in Malaysia, and also have DVD and VCD distribution rights.
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See also
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Golden Screen Cinemas
Golden Screen Cinemas Sdn Bhd (GSC) is Malaysia's largest cinema exhibitor and a wholly-owned subsidiary of PPB Group Berhad (a member of the Kuok Group), which is an exhibitor and distributor of movies and content in Malaysia. It operates over ...
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TGV Cinemas
TGV Cinemas Sdn Bhd (also known as TGV Pictures and formerly known as Tanjong Golden Village) is the second largest cinema chain in Malaysia. As of March 2019, TGV Cinemas had 38 multiplexes with 310 screens and more than 50,000 seats. TGV Cinema ...
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MBO Cinemas
MBO Cinema Sdn. Bhd. ( trading as MBO Cinemas), also known as MBO for short, is a chain of cinemas in Malaysia. It is the third largest cinema chain in the country after Golden Screen Cinemas and TGV Cinemas. MBO Cinemas went into liquidation in ...
*
List of cinemas in Malaysia
Malaysia has 169 cinemas operating throughout the country. The only states without cinemas are Perlis and Kelantan. The largest cinema operator is Golden Screen Cinemas. There are other large operators such as TGV Cinemas, MBO Cinemas, Lotus Fiv ...
References
Cinema chains in Malaysia
Entertainment companies established in 2004
Privately held companies of Malaysia
2004 establishments in Malaysia