The company’s lawyers say in court filings this month that they need the money to cover the costs of preserving evidence, retrieving and copying records and travel. A judge didn’t immediately rule on the request. But Colorado courts allow the winning side of a court case to recover legal fees.

Jurors in May ruled in Cinemark’s favor over 28 victims and their families. The plaintiffs argued the nation’s third-largest theater chain should have done more to prevent the attack that killed 12 and left more than 70 others injured.

A judge last week dismissed a similar lawsuit in federal court.