FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT: James Meredith - Vice President Marketing & Communications
PHONE: 972-665-1087
FAX: 972-665-1117
May 1, 2009

Plano, Texas… Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") will open a new 14-screen movie theatre in Joliet, IL on Friday, May 8, 2009. The new Cinemark Louis Joliet Mall Theatre will offer 14 digital projection auditoriums featuring stadium-seating, as well as online ticketing, and a self-service concession stand providing favorite candy brands, freshly popped popcorn and Coca-Cola fountain drinks.

“Cinemark is excited to present to the community of Joliet this new all digital theatre”, says James Meredith, Vice President of Marketing for Cinemark USA, Inc. “It will be a fantastic venue to see Hollywood’s upcoming blockbuster releases, like Star Trek, Angels and Demons, Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian, Terminator Salvation, and Land of the Lost, Up, and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.” The theatre is located at 3440 Mall Loop Drive in the Westfield Louis Joliet Mall.

All fourteen auditoriums will be outfitted with the latest in digital technology. The movie-goer will enjoy quality presentation free from scratches and deterioration, so the movie is presented exactly as the filmmaker intended. The theatre will also be equipped with Real D digital 3D technology in five auditoriums.The theatre’s stadium-seating will allow patrons to enjoy unobstructed views of the screens from plush, high-backed rocking seats featuring a 16-inch height difference between each row. Customers will be able to enter and exit their row without disturbing other guests, and enjoy more leg room because of the 48 inch space between each aisle.

Online ticketing available at www.cinemark.com will make it easy for patrons to purchase tickets in advance from the comfort of their home or office. Customers can then bypass lines at the box office and go directly to a kiosk in the theatre lobby, where they may print their own tickets purchased online using a confirmation number given at the time of purchase. The kiosk also allows ticket purchases via a major credit card or Cinemark gift card. Customers can also sign up to receive weekly emails directly from Cinemark which include showtimes, concession stand promotions, advance ticket announcements, and special events information.

Several pre-grand opening activities are planned, including a special invitation only event on Wednesday, May 6, with a ribbon cutting ceremony, and an Open House/Media Night on Thursday, May 7. Invitations for Thursday’s event are available through local media and the Westfield Louis Joliet Mall. The evenings will feature free movies, popcorn and soft drinks for everyone. On Grand Opening weekend the first 50 customers each day of grand opening weekend, May 8-10, to see a movie with a ticket purchased online or at the box office will receive a free Cinemark Swag Bag filled with various film and Cinemark goodies.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The “forward-looking statements” include our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about our business and our industry. They include statements relating to future revenues, expenses and profitability, the future development and expected growth of our business, projected capital expenditures, attendance at movies generally or in any of the markets in which we operate, the number or diversity of popular movies released and our ability to successfully license and exhibit popular films, national and international growth in our industry, competition from other exhibitors and alternative forms of entertainment and determinations in lawsuits in which we are defendants. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “expects,” “future” and “intends” and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control and difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. In evaluating forward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section or other sections in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 13, 2009 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and risk factors. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect our view only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation, other than as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

Headquartered in Plano, TX, Cinemark is a leader in the motion picture exhibition industry. As of December 31, 2008, Cinemark operates 420 theatres and 4,783 screens in 38 states in the United States and internationally in 12 countries, mainly in Mexico, South and Central America.