Movie Gallery, Inc. (2007)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $3,611 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,639 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 41,400
• Sub-industry: 78 Motion Pictures
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: AL Montgomery
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Kirkland Ellis
• Date of filing: October 16, 2007
• Judge at filing: Douglas O. Tice Jr.
• Court district of filing: VA ED
• Court city of filing: Richmond
• Case number: 07-33849
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: prenegotiated


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: April 10, 2008
• Judge at disposition: Douglas O. Tice Jr.
• Days from filing to disposition: 177

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, refiled