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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 29, 2005

Regal Entertainment Group
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware   001-31315   02-0556934
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		   (Commission
File Number)		   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

9110 East Nichols Avenue, Suite 200, Centennial, CO 80112
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 303-792-3600

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

        On March 29, 2005, Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Entertainment Inc. announced that they are combining their respective cinema screen advertising businesses into a new joint venture company to be known as National CineMedia, LLC. The new company will focus on the marketing and sale of cinema advertising and promotions products; business communications and training services; and the distribution of digital alternative content. The press release announcing the joint venture is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit No.
   Description
99.1   Press Release, dated March 29, 2005.


SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
 
REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Date: March 29, 2005
 
By:
 
/s/  PETER B. BRANDOW      
    Name:   Peter B. Brandow
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
   Description
99.1   Press Release, dated March 29, 2005.



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