entertainment movie theaters founded dedham massachusetts in 1936 ; 80 years ago 1936 founder michael redstone headquarters norwood massachusetts united states area served nationwide key people sumner redstone chairman & ceo shari redstone president owner sumner redstone 80 % 1 shari redstone 20 % 1 divisions showcase cinemas cinema de lux multiplex cinemas kinostar subsidiaries viacom cbs corporation website www.nationalamusements.com national amusements inc. is an american privately owned theater company based in dedham massachusetts united states . the company was founded in 1936 as the northeast theatre corporation by michael redstone . national amusements is now owned by michael redstone s son sumner redstone who holds 80 % of the company and sumner s daughter shari redstone who owns the remaining 20 % . through national amusements the redstones control both the cbs corporation owner of cbs and viacom owner of paramount pictures through supervoting shares . 2 the city center 15 cinema de lux in white plains new york s city center includes a waiting area with a tv newspaper rack and sofas left a piano center and a bar and grill restaurant not pictured . the company operates more than 1 500 movie screens across the united states the united kingdom latin america and russia under its showcase cinemas multiplex cinemas cinema de lux and kinostar brands . national amusements is equal partners in movietickets.com . national amusements slogan welcome to the show was coined by policy trailer producer pike productions inc. with which national amusements had an exclusive contract until filmack acquired pike in the late 2000s . contents 1 financial troubles 1.1 sale of theaters and subsidiary stock 2 main competitors 3 references 4 external links financial troubles edit at the end of 2008 the redstones financial troubles started when billionaire sumner redstone had to dump 400 million of nonvoting shares . 3 it was released that national amusement planned to sell 390 million of notes in another attempt to refinance a large part of the company s bank owed debt . 4 sale of theaters and subsidiary stock edit in october 2009 the news was released that national amusement would be selling almost 1 billion of stock they own in cbs and viacom . 5 national amusements has sold 35 theaters to rave motion pictures . 6 main competitors edit amc theatres bow tie cinemas cinemark theatres regal entertainment group references edit a b http variety.com 2015 biz news shari redstone sumner redstone viacom cbs buyout 1201665973 greg griffin 2007 02 06 . redstones settle feud over family business . the denver post . james meg october 11 2008 . redstone hit by credit troubles . la times . retrieved 2013 01 20 . korby boris ; maheshwari sapna november 23 2010 . national amusements plans to sell 390 million of notes to refinance debt . bloomberg . retrieved 2013 01 20 . edward b. colby 2009 10 14 . national amusements inc. to sell nearly 1b of its viacom cbs stock . the daily news transcript . nikki finke 2009 12 07 . rave to acquire 35 of redstone s national amusements theater complexes . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to national amusements . official website showcase cinemas website 2001 box office magazine profile of the company yahoo national amusements inc. company profile v t e cbs corporation corporate directors david r. andelman joseph a. califano jr. william s. cohen charles k. gifford leonard goldberg bruce s. gordon arnold kopelson leslie moonves doug morris shari redstone sumner redstone radio stations v t e cbs radio am radio stations kcbs kdka kfnq khtk kikk kilt kmox knx krak krld kxnt kxst kyw kzdg waok wbbm wbz wcbs wcco wfan wins wjfk wjz wpht wqam wscr wtic wwj wxyt fm radio stations kalv fm kamp fm kcbs fm kdka fm kegy kezk fm kezn kfrc fm kfrg khmx kilt fm kits kjaq kjkk kkhh kllc klol kluc fm kluv kmle kmnb kmps fm kmvk kmvq fm kmxb knci kool fm krld fm kroq fm krth ksfm ktwv kvfg kvil kxfg kxqq fm kxte 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