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{{short description|American video streaming company (2002–2024)}}
{{distinguish|Roblox}}
{{Other uses|Red box (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Redbox Automated Retail, LLC.
| logo = Redbox logo 2017.svg
| logo_size = 
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ was|RDBX}}
| industry = Entertainment
| founded = {{Start date and age|2002}}
| fate = [[Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation]] by parent company
| defunct = {{End date and age|2024|07|10}}
| founder = [[Gregg Kaplan]]
| hq_location_city = [[Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois|Oakbrook Terrace]], [[Illinois]]
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| area_served = United States
| key_people = Bill Rouhana, Jonathan Katz
| products = Films<br/>TV series
| brands = 
| production = DVDs
| production_year = <!-- Year of production data (if known) -->
| services = [[DVD rental]]<br/>[[Streaming media|Digital streaming]]
| revenue = {{decrease}} US$546 million<ref name="investorpresentation">{{Cite web|date=May 2021|title=Redbox Investor Presentation Seaport Global Acquisition Corp.|url=https://www.redbox.com/ir/Redbox-Seaport%20Global%20Investor%20Presentation.pdf|access-date=June 3, 2021|website=Redbox}}</ref>
| revenue_year = 2020
| operating_income = {{decrease}} US$114 million<ref name="investorpresentation"/>
| income_year = 2020
| net_income = {{decrease}} US$–90 million<ref name="investorpresentation"/>
| net_income_year = 2020
| parent = [[McDonald's]] (2002–2009)<br>[[Outerwall]] (2005–2016)<br>[[Apollo Global Management]] (2016–2021)<br>[[Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment]] (2022–2024)
| divisions = Redbox Entertainment
| website = {{Website defunct|https://www.redbox.com}}
}}
'''Redbox Automated Retail, LLC''' was an American [[Video rental shop|video rental]] and [[streaming media]] company, based in [[Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois]] west of [[Chicago]]. Redbox specialized in [[Automated retail|automated DVD rental kiosks]], and operated [[Transactional video on demand|transactional]] and ad-supported [[Video on demand|streaming video]] and [[Free ad-supported streaming television|television]] services. From 2022 until its liquidation, Redbox was a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manfredi |first=Lucas |date=2022-05-11 |title=Redbox to be acquired by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment for $375M |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/redbox-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-acquisition |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=[[Fox Business]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Redbox kiosks, which rented and sold films on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]], were located at retail stores, including [[convenience store]]s, [[Supermarket|supermarkets]], and [[pharmacy|pharmacies]]. At its peak in the early 2010s, the company operated kiosks at more than 34,000 locations,{{efn|This is a count of locations which have one or more Redbox kiosks. The total number of individual kiosks was greater (estimated at 42,000 at the company's peak), as some locations have two kiosks. These two counts were often conflated in media mentions of the chain's size.|name=fn1|group=lower-alpha}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-07 |title=Globox picks up where Redbox left off |url=https://www.kioskmarketplace.com/articles/globox-picks-up-where-redbox-left-off/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=www.kioskmarketplace.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.redbox.com/career-technology |title= Redbox Careers| website= Redbox.com| access-date= August 1, 2013}}</ref> and controlled more than half of the US DVD rental market.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Joseph |date=2021-07-12 |title=Redbox's SPAC-funded evolution from DVD rentals to digital media |url=https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/redbox-s-spac-funded-evolution-from-dvd-rentals-to-digital-media-65044191 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=[[S&P Global]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Ellingson |first=Annlee |date=26 July 2013 |title=Redbox controls 50% disc-rental share |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2013/07/25/redbox-controls-50-disc-rental-share.html |work=[[L.A. Business First]]}}</ref>

In June 2024, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 bankruptcy]]; the following month, the company’s case was converted to [[Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 7 liquidation]]. As part of ongoing liquidation proceedings, Redbox’s online streaming services and mobile app ceased functioning in July 2024.