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1165:February 5,
1039:December 6,
549:Cinema City
494:, north of
386:brand: the
345:, plus two
329:SilverCity
53:Cinema City
1198:Categories
982:www.cbc.ca
813:. Cineplex
739:August 29,
717:August 29,
697:References
504:70 mm film
424:70 mm film
339:SilverCity
222:Scotiabank
49:SilverCity
35:This is a
18:SilverCity
1085:April 27,
1062:April 27,
1010:April 27,
303:Pickering
294:in 2021.
175:No Escape
1132:CBC News
879:July 19,
874:Cineplex
846:July 19,
841:Cineplex
817:July 12,
785:CBC News
558:Edmonton
532:Edmonton
472:Colossus
450:Colossus
408:Coliseum
394:Coliseum
355:Montreal
351:Gatineau
347:StarCité
284:RealD 3D
92:Colossus
88:Coliseum
65:Colossus
61:Coliseum
1111:May 15,
987:June 9,
962:June 9,
586:Gallery
500:Langley
496:Toronto
492:Vaughan
432:Calgary
416:Colisée
230:Toronto
110:Banners
765:May 3,
412:French
343:Quebec
124:French
100:French
41:Galaxy
957:(PDF)
899:(PDF)
870:(PDF)
837:(PDF)
811:(PDF)
643:logo.
514:Other
508:Laval
246:D-Box
226:Scene
144:D-Box
1167:2020
1141:2013
1113:2023
1087:2015
1064:2015
1041:2017
1033:IMAX
1012:2015
989:2016
964:2016
906:2022
881:2019
848:2019
819:2016
793:2010
767:2015
741:2015
719:2015
641:IMAX
547:The
353:and
242:IMAX
178:and
90:and
79:and
476:UFO
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