Īt CinemaCon 2017, 4DX contracted with Australian theater operator Village Cinemas to open its first 4DX theater within one year. It opened the first 4DX auditorium in December with Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the V&A Waterfront theater. In 2015, 4DX debuted in Africa when CJ 4DPLEX and Nu Metro Cinemas entered a partnership to open 5 4DX theaters in South Africa. In December 2014, CJ 4DPLEX formed a partnership with Wanda Cinema, a Chinese theater operator. In 2014, CJ 4DPLEX made partnerships with Woosang More, WoMai, Beijing Jinbo, and Golden Harvest. In 2013, it signed contracts with UME, a local theater operator in China. ĬJ 4DPLEX started integrating 4DX within the Chinese market in cooperation with its parent company CJ CGV in 2006. It quickened its expansion in Europe with partnerships with Austrian theater operator Hollywood Megaplex in February 2017 and Cineworld in the United Kingdom and Republic Of Ireland. In 2017, CJ 4DPLEX partnered with France's Pathé and Denmark's Nordisk Film Kino to open its first 4DX theater in Europe. In 2015, 4DX's European debut was in Romania. It operates them nationwide in partnership with large theater chains such as Aeon Cinemas and United Cinemas.

In South Korea, since opening its first theater in partnership with Korona World Cinemas in April 2013, 4DX has increased. Talking to press after signing the agreement, Ajay Bijli, CMD at PVR said, 'In a small time since the launch in Noida, 4DX format has outperformed by far all other formats.' It was launched in Kerala at the Lulu International Shopping Mall in Kochi on 20 December 2021 with Spider-Man: No Way Home.

It opened a second location in Calgary in August 2019. In Canada, Cineplex Entertainment debuted a 4DX auditorium at one of its Toronto locations on 4 November 2016. In November 2023, B&B Theatres and CJ 4DPlex signed a deal to add their first 4DX location, in Texas. As of 2020, approximately 32 locations are in the United States, primarily from various Regal locations, one Marcus Theatres location in Gurnee, two Cinépolis locations, and CGV's second U.S.

In 2018, CJ and Regal's new parent company Cineworld announced planned expansion of 4DX to at least 79 Regal locations. Īt CinemaCon in March 2014, CJ 4DPlex announced that it had contracted with AEG and Regal Cinemas to debut the US's first 4DX auditorium at Regal Cinemas L.A. Cine Hoyts (now part of Cinépolis) opened the first 4DX theater in Chile in 2013. The 4DX theater in Colombia opened at the El Limonar Shopping Center in Cali in July 2013. In 2012, South America received Cinépolis's first theater in São Paulo, Brazil. In Costa Rica, it debuted at Cinépolis in 2014. In Central America, 4DX is in countries like Guatemala through Cinepolis. In 2019, the company announced the 4DX Screen theater, with an expanded multi-sided screen in 2020. It was the technology's debut in the Americas and outside the Asia region, and it expanded throughout Mexico. In June 2011, Mexico-based Cinépolis invested $25 million and contracted with the CJ Group to bring the 4DX technology to its 11 locations in the country, with the first opening in a theater in Mexico City. Following the success of Avatar, the technology expanded to more theaters in South Korea. History This logo was used until 2019.ĤDX technology was commercially debuted at the CGV Sangam theater in Seoul in 2009.

Room effects: bubbles, fog, wind, strobes (light flashes), snow, rainstorm.

Near-seat effects: airflow and water spray directed at the moviegoer's face, water, rain, scent effect, hot air.

Seats: rotations over three axes, sway (left–right movement), leg tickler, vibration.

The company recorded an annual growth rate of more than 50 percent from 2013 to 2018. As of September 2019, CJ 4DPlex operates 678 4DX theaters in 65 countries through partnerships with more than 80 theaters, including Wanda Cinemas, Cinépolis, Cineworld, Regal Cinemas, Kinepolis, Event Cinemas, Village Cinemas, and Nu Metro. ĬJ has licensed the technology worldwide. First debuted in 2009, it presents films in both stereoscopic 3-D and monoscopic 2-D formats. It allows films to be augmented with various practical effects, including motion-seats, wind, strobelights, simulated-snow, and scents. 4DX seats at the Cinema Sunshine Heiwajima in Tokyo, Japan.ĤDX is a 4D film presentation system developed by CJ 4DPlex, a subsidiary of South Korean cinema chain CJ CGV.

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