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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): September 16, 2004

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)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

        On September 15, 2004, Regal Entertainment Group (the "Company") paid a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.20 per share to the holders of record on September 1, 2004 of the Company's Class A and Class B common stock. In connection with the payment of the quarterly dividend, the Company was required to make an adjustment to the conversion price of the 33/4% Convertible Senior Notes due May 15, 2008 (the "Notes") pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2003, under which the Notes were issued. After adjustment for the quarterly dividend, effective September 16, 2004, the conversion price of the Notes is $15.9741 per share.

Limitation of Incorporation by Reference

        In accordance with the general instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this report is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section.


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: September 16, 2004
 
By:
 
/s/  PETER B. BRANDOW      
    Name:   Peter B. Brandow
    Title:   Executive Vice President



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