Yelmo Films, S.L.U., trading as Cine Yelmo, is a Spanish company founded in 1981 and dedicated to cinema exhibition. It currently has 54 complexes throughout Spain. Since 2015, the company has been part of Cinépolis, a group that operates in several countries such as Spain, Mexico, the United States, Chile, Argentina and Guatemala.
History
In 1981 Ricardo Évole founded Yelmo Cines, a cinema exhibition company in Spain. The company takes its name from El Yelmo, a cliff in the Guadarrama mountain range.[1] In 1982, they opened their first cinema, the Zoco de Collado Villalba in Madrid, with the screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark. In the following years, Yelmo Cines continued to expand, establishing new complexes and promoting the concept of multiplexes in the country.[2]
In 1990 they rescued the old Cine Ideal in Madrid, which had been closed for eight years, and converted it into a modern multiplex cinema complex.[3] Over the years, they continued to open new cinemas in different cities in Spain, both in Madrid and in Barcelona, Malaga, A Coruña and other locations.