1994 : Thailand's Entertainment Theatres Network, and the Hong Kong and Australian based Golden Village established EGV, the country's first multiplex theatres.
1997 : In February, amidst a seemingly doomed industry, Fun Bar Karaoke (Fun Baa Karaoke), the first film of TV-commercial director Penek Rattanarueng, startled the Thai film world as being the first Thai film in a decade that premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.