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- (1884): Frank Allen Arrives in New Mexico. He is 24 years old.
- (1893): Frank moves to Farmington.
- (1912): Allen Opera House opens. Shows first motion picture, only 10 cents per person. Frank's youngest daughter, Mary, "cues" the silent picture on the piano.
- (1922): Allen Opera House Burns down. Brand new theatre built, called "The Allen".
- (1930): First "talkies" shown at Allen Theatre,. Founder Frank Allen dies.
- (1937): First airconditioner installed by Augusta, Frank's widow.
- (1941): Aztec Theatre in Aztec purchased and rebuilt.
- (1946): Augusta Allen passed away.
- (1947): First concession stand put in "The Allen".
- (1949): Brand new theatre, the Totah, built and opened.
- (1952): Russell Allen, Frank and Augusta's son, and his wife Helen, with business partners Kelly and Evelyn Crawford build two drive in theatres, The apache (1952) and the Valley (1954).
- (1961): Russell Allen passed away.
- (1962): Kelly and Evelyn Crawford leave the business
- (1963): Boyd Scottt becomes General Manager.
- (1967): Bought 2 theatres in Cortez, Colorado.
- (1971): Cameo Theatre opens in Farmington, NM. First fully automatic theatre in New Mexico.
- (1975): Larry and Lane Allen buy Allen Theatres from Helen.
- (1975): Totah Theatre changes to platter system from 2 projector system. Other theatres owned by the Allens follow suit over next two years.
- (1982): Larry and Lane Allen, sons of Russell, buy all theatres in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a total of 11 screens.
- (1990): Larry and Lane buy out big portion of United Artist's circuit in New Mexico, which included theatres in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Clovis, Roswell, Hobbs, Portales and Gallup.
- (1995): Brand new theatre, The Allen 8 built in Farmington. Largest theatre with the most screens to date for the circuit.
- (1998): Brand new theatre, the Telshor Cinemas, built in Las Cruces, surpassing the Allen 8 as the largest theatre. Telshor Cinemas has 12 screens, all state of the art sound, with stadium seating.
- (1999): Circuit currently has 21 theatres in 10 towns, for a total of 74 screens.
- (2003): Brand new theatre, the Red Rock 6 in Gallup, NM include all Digital Sound and all stadium seating
- (2003): Addition to the Allen Theatre chain, the Sierra Cinema in Ruidoso, NM
- (2003): Installed computerized ticketing in all theatres throughout the chain.
- (2004): Opening of the Eagle 7, formally the Cinema 3, in Hobbs, NM re-opens with 4 additional screens, all digital sound, all stadium seating as well extended new lobby and concession stand.
- (2005): Contruction completed on the North Plains Theatre in Clovis, NM. Re-opened with 3 additional screens, all digital sound, all stadium seating as well extended new lobby and concession stand.
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