Filmstaden Heron City, Multiplex theater in Kungens Kurva, Sweden.
Filmstaden Heron City is a multiplex cinema in the Kungens Kurva retail area of Huddinge Municipality, southwest of Stockholm. It has 18 auditoriums with 4,166 seats in total, two of them holding 500 seats each, making it Sweden's largest cinema. The 18-screen complex opened in 2001 together with the Heron City entertainment centre.
The cinema was built in 2001 with the Heron City complex and opened under AMC Entertainment International, the US chain's first Swedish venture. SF Bio, then a rival, refused to distribute Swedish films to AMC and reopened the nearby Vågen cinema. After two years AMC sold the 18-screen site to SF Bio, which renamed it Filmstaden Heron City. AMC regained ownership in 2017 by buying Nordic Cinema Group.
The name comes from the Heron City complex, opened in 2001 with a casino, bowling and restaurants around the cinema. Swedish film distributor SF refused to supply Swedish films to the American operator AMC, so the nearby Vågen cinema in Skärholmen could screen them instead.
The cinema sits inside the Heron City complex in the Kungens Kurva retail area of Huddinge Municipality, southwest of Stockholm. All 18 auditoriums are under one roof, so arriving early leaves time to find the right screen. Check the programme and opening hours before travelling.
AMC Entertainment, the largest US cinema chain, opened the 18-screen complex in 2001 as its entry into Sweden. SF Bio refused to distribute Swedish films to it and reopened the nearby Vågen cinema in Skärholmen as a rival. AMC sold up after two years, and in 2017 it bought Filmstaden's owner Nordic Cinema Group, so the cinema is AMC-owned again.
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