1.   Movie theater chains are expanding rapidly, and even small local theaters are getting in on the act.

2.   AMC, based in Kansas City, is the third-largest U.S. movie theater chain.

3.   And at least one theater chain is installing the system at its newest metro Atlanta megaplex.

4.   And he wants to operate movie theaters in the United States after buying the MGM theater chain in Britain.

5.   And theater chains continue to face added pressure from new forms of home entertainment.

6.   As theater chains grow through acquisitions, their cost of capital declines, which makes building multiplexes and megaplexes less expensive, analysts say.

7.   As the theater chains grow in size and gain more clout, some analysts say they may try to alter the way they split revenue with the studios.

8.   Bigger theater chains also have more muscle to negotiate the best terms to license films from the Hollywood studios.

9.   Binswanger expects more and more theater chains to pick up the films.

10.   A dozen national theater chains filed for bankruptcy in the past two years, mainly to terminate long-term leases on theaters they wanted to close.