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Sony Pictures buys dine-in movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in downtown Los Angeles is photographed on July 10, 2019.

LOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures Entertainment has purchased Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the innovative dine-in movie theater chain known as a prime cinephile destination, including at its location in downtown Los Angeles.

The Culver City-based studio said Wednesday that the quirky, Austin, Texas-based exhibition company would be housed under its newly established Sony Pictures Experiences division, helmed by Alamo Drafthouse’s Michael Kustermann.

Kustermann will continue his role as chief executive of the.

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