27 Mar – MBO Cinemas will be opening a brand new outlet in Sabah tomorrow, 28 March. MBO Imago Mall will be officially launched along with the grand opening of the new Imago Shopping Mall, Kota Kinabalu. Located on the second level of the newly built mall, the 8-screen cinema will be the first MBO outlet to open in the Bornean state; the second in East Malaysia after MBO Spring Mall, Kuching. MBO Imago Mall has a seating capacity of 1,038. Two of its eight halls, Hall 1 and Hall 2 specifically, are specialty halls equipped with MBO Actuator Seats and the latest 3D immersive sound by Auro 11.1 sound system.
MBO Cinemas becomes one of the largest cinema operators in Malaysia following an acquisition by the Navis Capital Partners of the BIG Cinemas and MBO Cinemas back in 2012. It currently has 24 cinemas with around 180 screens.