TGV Cinemas Sdn Bhd (also known as TGV Pictures and formerly known as Tanjong Golden Village) is the second largest cinema chain in

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. As of March 2019, TGV Cinemas had 38 multiplexes with 310 screens and more than 50,000 seats. TGV Cinemas is headquartered at

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, Kuala Lumpur.

History

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, a cinema operator based in

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was instrumental in the formation of

Tanjong Golden Village 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 ...

, a joint venture with

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of Malaysia and

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of Australia. Tanjong bought out the remaining stakes for full ownership. The first TGV cinema in Malaysia opened in November 1994 at Bukit Raja Shopping Centre. More than 30 cinemas were opened around Malaysia only during 2005. The first English movie to be shown was

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, and the second Tamil movie was

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. In 2013, TGV started distributing movies theatrically.

Locations

As of November 2020, TGV currently has 38 locations in Malaysia: 35 in Peninsular Malaysia and 3 in Sarawak.

Johor

Kuala Lumpur

Malacca

Negeri Sembilan

Penang

Perak

Sabah

Sarawak

Selangor

Terengganu

References

{{reflist Cinema chains in Malaysia Entertainment companies established in 1994 Privately held companies of Malaysia 1994 establishments in Malaysia Film distributors of Malaysia