Premiere Cinemas, officially known as Premiere Cinema Corporation, headquartered in Big Spring, Texas, is a privately held motion picture exhibitor. It is among the largest independently owned motion picture exhibitors in the U.S. and is ranked among the top 12 circuits in the U.S. Premiere is owned by Gary Moore, who bought his first theater in 1985 and incorporated Premiere in 1993. As of 2020, Premiere owned 250 screens in 22 locations in six U.S. states: Texas, New Mexico, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Mississippi. Megaplex Premiere Cinema locations are operated in Lubbock, Bryan-College Station, Burleson, Abilene, Grand Prairie, Temple, El Paso, Spanish Fort, Bessemer, Gadsden, Pell City, Alabama, and Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Orlando, Florida, as well as Biloxi, Mississippi. The Premiere in Rio Rancho was honored in 2012 by the New Mexico NOIAP as Outstanding Retail Development of the Year for the state. The City of Rio Rancho honored Premiere by naming a street after the company, Premiere Parkway.