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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | 1972 |
Founder | EAP Edirisinghe Soma Edirisinghe |
Revenue | Rs 34.2 billion (2019) |
Owner | Ben Holdings (since 2019) |
Parent | EAP Holdings (1972-2019) Ben Holdings (Lycamobile) (2019-present) |
Subsidiaries | Savoy Cinema |
EAP Films was originally founded as Edirisinghe Cinema Theatres in 1972. It has the largest share of the Sri Lanka theatre market with more than 15+ screens island-wide. It started producing films in 1994 and its first release was Dhawala Pushpaya (1994). The company has been listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange since the 2000s.[1]