Lotus Five Star

Lotus Fivestar Cinemas (M) Sdn Bhd
Company type	Private Limited Company
Industry	Media, Entertainment
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Malaysia
Products	Cinemas, Film distribution
Website	www.lfs.com.my

Lotus Fivestar Cinemas (M) Sdn Bhd (doing business as Lotus Five Star Cinemas, also known as LFS) is a cinema chain in Malaysia owned by the Lotus Group. Lotus Five Star is also a major Indian movie distributor in Malaysia.^[1] LFS Cinemas is the fourth largest cinema chain in Malaysia after Golden Screen Cinemas, TGV Cinemas, and MBO Cinemas.

Overview

Lotus Five Star is a cinema chain that began in the 1980s and now operates 24 cinemas. LFS screens multilingual movies of different genres to satisfy the interests of its wide range of customers. They also own Coliseum Theatre, the oldest cinema in Malaysia, since 2012 which is more popularly known as the "Indian Cinema" or also "Tamil Cinema" among the locals due to most of their premieres being Kollywood, Tollywood and Bollywood movies. 13 out of 26 LFS Cinemas are now known as mmCineplexes since 1 October 2017.^[2]

List of LFS Cinema Location

Northern Region

Cinema	Total Halls	Seats	Location	State	Remarks
LFS Butterworth	4	926	Butterworth	Penang	Standalone cinema. Famously known as Cathay among locals and known for showing Tamil movies. This cinema is usually full during Hindu festivals e.g. Deepavali.
LFS Sri Kinta	4	555	Ipoh	Perak	Standalone cinema.
LFS Sitiawan	4	812	Sitiawan	Perak	Standalone cinema.

Central Region

Cinema	Total Halls	Seats	Location	State	Remarks
LFS Coliseum Theatre	2	474	Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman	Kuala Lumpur	Oldest cinema in the country. Refurbished in 2012. Famously known for playing Indian movies.
State Cineplex	3	435	Petaling Jaya	Selangor	Standalone cinema.
Sri Intan Klang	4	868	Klang	Selangor	Located at Jalan Cox.
Metro Plaza	2	550	Kajang	Selangor	Located on Level 3.
Complex Capitol	3	775	Selayang	Selangor

Southern Region

Cinema	Total Halls	Seats	Location	State	Remarks
LFS KM Plaza	1	268	Seremban	Negeri Sembilan	Standalone cinema that primarily shows Tamil movies.

East Region

Terengganu

Cinema	Total Halls	Seats	Location	State	Remarks
LFS Paya Bunga Sentral	11	1631	Kuala Terengganu	Terengganu	Located on Level 7 & 8

East Malaysia

Sabah

Cinema	Total Halls	Seats	Location	State	Remarks
Harbour Mall	7	1,015	Sandakan	Sabah	The only LFS Cinema in East Malaysia and the first in Sabah. Located on Level 11 and opened on 23 July 2016.

Lotus Five Star AV

Lotus Five Star AV is the main distributor of Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films From Local and India in Malaysia, and also have DVD and VCD distribution rights, and Now, LFS AV Also Distributed Cantonese Films From Hong Kong in Theatrical, Video On Demand in Malaysia Since 2016 Alongside With Infinityram Entertainment Marketing.^[3]

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2015-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Homepage Lotus Five Star Cinemas
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2015-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2015-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Homepage Lotus Five Star Cinemas

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2015-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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