megaplex

American  

[meg-uh-pleks] / ˈmɛg əˌplɛks /

noun

1. a large building containing many movie theaters, usually more than a dozen.

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megaplex British  

/ ˈmɛɡəˌplɛks /

noun

1. 1. a cinema complex containing a large number of separate screens, and usually a restaurant or bar

   2. ( as modifier )

      a megaplex cinema

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Etymology

Origin of megaplex

1990–95; mega- + -plex

Example Sentences

The go-go megaplex boom of the late ’90s and early ’00s created theaters the size of small airports, with theaters sometimes housing more than two dozen screens.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

Some older moviegoers simply have not returned to the local megaplex, industry executives told Reuters.

From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2023

For more than two decades, the 13-story megaplex was a cultural mainstay of Downtown Brooklyn, a shopping destination for residents of the borough’s predominantly working-class Black neighborhoods.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2022

They constitute a small, oft-forgotten flicker in today’s movie ecosystem that hardly competes with the megawatt glare of the megaplex and the nation’s 5,500 indoor theaters.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2020

Movie posters are plastered on dorm rooms, scaffolding under construction sites and megaplex hallways.

From Washington Post