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''Not to be confused with [[Regal Entertainment, Inc.|Regal Entertainment, Inc.]].''

===Background===

'''Regal Entertainment Group''' is an American cinema chain. Founded in 1989 as Regal Cinemas (its first location, the seven-screen Searstown Cinema in Titusville, Florida, was acquired from Orange State Theatres as a twin before the end of the year and opened the following March), within years they would become the owners of Edwards Theaters and [[United Artists Theaters]]. Regal, and rival [[AMC Theatres]], were owners of the joint venture [[Global Road Entertainment|Open Road Films]] from its founding in 2011, up to 2017. Since December 2017, Regal is currently owned by London-based Cineworld Group, after they purchased Regal for $3.6 billion, creating the world's second largest cinema group.

===1st Opening (1990-1993)===

'''Opening:''' TBA.

===2nd Opening (Rollercoaster) (1993-June 2000, March 2001-2008, Oct 27, 2010)===

'''Opening:''' We start with a futuristic rollercoaster car at a tunnel. A curved dashboard starts to display the Regal theater policy below:  

The screen moves up, revealing a track of filmstrip, machinery, and a screen displaying "No Smoking", with the dashboard still visible. The car starts moving across the track and climbs up a lift hill, also passing by another screen displaying "Quiet Please/No Talking During Movie", and wrappers flying into a large trashcan, before exiting the tunnel. The dashboard moves off screen and the car speeds up as it goes down a drop (passing by a Raisinets box) and through a large filmreel. More concessions pass by, including two Butterfinger boxes, Pepsi cups (changed to Coca-Cola cups in 2002), a large Goobers box, and popcorn popping alongside two rising Regal Cinemas popcorn bags. The car drops again and enters another futuristic tunnel on the right. The doors open, and we cut to outside the tunnel as the rollercoaster car zooms by. The Regal Cinemas logo (gray with orange crown and filmreel) moves in from the left of the screen to the center, tilted at a downward angle, and a sparkle forms on the edge of the crown.

===4th Opening (Pepsi Girl) (June 2000-March 2001)===

'''Trivia:''' This sequence concludes Regal's "Pepsi Girl" policy trailer. The spot, starring Hallie Kate Eisenberg in her role from Pepsi's ad campaign at the time (where she'd lip-sync to male actors' voices for comical effect, in this case reading out movie theater rules at a wild west saloon), was widely lambasted by filmgoers and projectionists alike for its overlong and unfunny nature, and for replacing the beloved "Rollercoaster" trailer. There are reports that audiences would boo at the trailer and throw objects at the screen while it was on.

===5th Opening (2003-2007) ===

See [[NCM Cell Phone Policy Trailers]] for more details.

===6th Opening (2005-June 30, 2015)===

'''Opening:''' On a light green background is "please silence your cell phones" in the top right and a silhouetted person using their cell phone on the left. In a blue environment with screens and Coca-Cola cups (as seen during late 2000s ''Regal FirstLook'' installments), the camera moves towards a screen displaying Coca-Coca bottles and a cut-off REG logo. Packs of M&M's, Cookie Dough Bites, Sour Patch Kids, Raisinets and Twizzlers move to the bottom of the screen behind a purple gradient background. "NO SMOKING" appears in the top right corner of a green background with rays of light. A silhouetted person drops a cigarette into a trash bin, and the background turns blue with a flash; a Regal gift card moves to the right. "NO SMOKING" fades out and "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY PROCEED TO THE NEAREST EXIT" fades in. The Regal Entertainment Group logo appears and slowly moves away from the screen towards a red curtain background. Particles unveil smaller Regal Cinemas, Edwards Theatres, and United Artists Theatres logos below the REG logo. The curtain is lifted up, revealing an assortment of blue/purple/red/orange bars and a large shine in the center.

===7th Opening (December 5?, 2007-October 29, 2018)===

See [[NCM Cell Phone Policy Trailers]] for more details.

===8th Opening (Rollercoaster) (July 2010-October 29, 2018)===

'''Opening:''' A recreation of the 2nd opening with more advanced CGI animation. An ad for the Regal Crown Club appears on the car's dashboard when the rollercoaster starts up. A curved dashboard starts to display the Regal theater policy below:  

The screens in the redesigned opening tunnel display "No Recording Devices or Cameras Allowed", "No Smoking" and "Hearing Impaired Devices/Available Upon Request". The rollercoaster's track is now light-blue, still shaped like a filmstrip but with embedded circuitry (presumably because of the switchover to digital film). Before going through the filmreel, there are screens advertising private screenings and birthday rooms with balloons to the right. After that, the concessions from the 2004-2005 opening plus M&Ms are seen, with Sour Patch Kids taking Twizzlers' previous place. The area where bare girders were before now have a billboard for Sprint, and redesigned Regal popcorn bags appear afterwards. The redesigned futuristic exit is decorated with various beat boxes and moving speakers. The rollercoaster car itself now resembles more of a monorail/maglev style vehicle, and the Regal logo is far shinier, with "FEATURE PRESENTATION" now in smaller text and separated from the logo by a large line.

===9th Opening (Rollercoaster) (July 1, 2015-)===

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'''Opening:''' In a futuristic-looking tunnel with a high-tech rollercoaster, a "No Smoking" sign and Regal logos around the right wall and the door, we see a blue electronic grid saying "Welcome to Regal". On the left wall, a message appears saying "Dispose of Trash". The entrance opens to reveal a space-like background above the clouds, with a "Regal Crown Club" sign visible in the distance. Two rocket propellers bring up messages saying:

===10th Opening (August 21, 2020-May 26, 2022)===

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===11th Opening (Quotes) (May 27, 2022-)===

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===(1990s?)===

'''Opening''': On a non-movie theatre, a hot dog, a candy bar, a coffee cup and a popcorn box holding an intermission sign walks from right to left. While this happens, the shot fades to a popcorn machine which disposes popcorn. While this scene happens, we fade to a family drinking and eating on a purple-yellow gradient background with the 1990 Regal bar table. This continues for a while which then fades to the 1990 Regal bar with a girl in it. When it is completely zoomed out "Let's All Go To the Lobby to get Ourselves a treat!" fades in. After a while, the logo fades out.

'''Availabilty''': Extinct.

===(Summer 2012-March 16, 2020)===

'''Opening:''' A curtain with the REG crown logo on it unveils a black-and white pastiche of the classic "Let's All Go To the Lobby" animation, with the REG logo above. The screen zooms out to reveal this animation playing out on a CGI tablet on a theater screen. The candy notices the situation they're in and punches the tablet screen, causing a pack of M&Ms to pop out of the tablet. The M&Ms fly out of the theater screen and through a film projector, with a Regal logo inside. The M&Ms come out of a flatscreen TV displaying peanut M&Ms, with another TV advertising Twix to the left. Below the TVs, the M&Ms floats down to a Regal concession bar, where it rests alongside a drink, a popcorn bag, and other candies.

===(October 30, 2018-)===

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