Cineworld aims to be the best place to watch a movie, by offering an unparalleled cinema experience in the UK & Ireland, with 100 cinemas and over 1000 screens. Cineworld Group was founded in 1995 and is currently the second largest cinema chain in the world following the acquisition of US cinema group Regal Entertainment Group in February 2018. In 2014, the Cineworld Group combined with Cinema City International (CCI) and appointed CCI Founder and CEO Moshe (Mooky) Greidinger, as CEO of the Cineworld Group. In August 2016 Cineworld acquired 5 Empire Cinemas, including the iconic Empire Theatre in Leicester Square. This was followed by the acquisition of Empire Newcastle in 2017. Cineworld has special formats available across multiple cinemas. These include IMAX® auditoriums and Superscreens, as well as a special VIP experience currently available at 5 cinemas. They are the only operator in the UK to offer IMAX® with laser technology (in Sheffield and Leicester Square), 270-degree ScreenX auditoriums, and 4DX auditoriums which feature moving seats and multi-sensory experiences such as water, wind, scents, fog, bubbles and even snow.