10 Things you should know about Nu Metro

Nu Metro is a brand founded by Louise Burgers. Here are 10 Things you should know about Nu Metro.

1. Nu Metro‘s history dates to when the first Metro Theatre opened in Johannesburg in 1932.
2. The oldest still-operating Nu Metro cineplex is Bedford, which opened in 1972.
3. The company changed its name from Metro Theatres to Nu Metro Theatres in February, 1988.
4. It then changed to Nu Metro Cinemas in 2008.
5. Ownership of the company has changed hands multiple times over its 80-plus-year history.
6. Most recently, it was owned by the Times Media Group until 31 December 2013.
7. It was then, together with wholly owned subsidiary Popcorn Digital Cinema Advertising, sold to an independent consortium for R75 million.
8. Nu Metro Cinemas currently operates 21 cineplexes in South Africa, making it the second-largest cinema operator in the country, after Ster-Kinekor Theatres.
9. The first film to feature digital audio at Nu Metro was Jurassic Park, in 1993, which played at Bedford Cinema 2 in DTS.
10. Nu Metro’s first DCP-compliant digital screen was Montecasino Cinema 11, which went live in December, 2006, with the animated movie Happy Feet.