• Universal and Cinemark agree on earlier home release for movies

    Universal and Cinemark agree on earlier home release for movies

    Universal Pictures has inked a deal with the Cinemark cinema chain to allow its movies in US homes as soon as 17 days after they debut in theaters. The multi-year agreement is similar to one that the
  • Struggling AMC chain launches private theater rentals program

    Struggling AMC chain launches private theater rentals program

    AMC, the world’s largest movie theater chain, is making its cinemas available for private screenings in a bid to shore up attendance amid the pandemic. A new package deal will let parties as
  • AMC quarterly loss grows to $900M amid pandemic

    AMC quarterly loss grows to $900M amid pandemic

    AMC Entertainment’s third-quarter loss widened to more than $900 million as it to get pummeled by the economic fallout from the coronavirus. The nation’s largest movie theater chain, which
  • AMC sells foreign movie theaters for $77M amid COVID-19 crush

    AMC sells foreign movie theaters for $77M amid COVID-19 crush

    AMC Entertainment, the largest movie theater chain in the US, is selling off nine cinemas in the Baltic region as the coronavirus crushes sales. The company on Monday announced that it has signed a deal to sell nine venues across Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, to Up Invest, owners of a Baltic cinema group, for $77 …
  • AMC Theaters will sell 15-cent tickets when cinemas reopen next week

    AMC Theaters will sell 15-cent tickets when cinemas reopen next week

    They’re reel cheap! AMC Theaters will sell movie tickets for a dirt-cheap 15 cents a pop next week — to lure folks back to the big screen amid the coronavirus crisis. The cinema chain said it will hawk the film passes for pennies — roughly the price of a ticket in the 1920s — on …
  • AMC revenues plummet in ‘most challenging quarter’ in 100 years

    AMC revenues plummet in ‘most challenging quarter’ in 100 years

    AMC Entertainment, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, said it lost half a billion dollars in the second quarter, making it the company’s worst quarter since it was founded in 1920. The chain, which was forced to close cinemas across the nation as the coronavirus swept the nation in March, said it swung to a …
  • Regal Cinemas to reopen Aug. 21 in time for ‘Tenet’ premiere

    Regal Cinemas to reopen Aug. 21 in time for ‘Tenet’ premiere

    EXCLUSIVE: We’ve just heard that Cineworld, in response to the recent changes on the theatrical release schedule with “Tenet,” is reopening their US circuit Regal, starting Aug. 21. “Welcoming theatergoers back to our cinemas will be a celebration for not only our team and our industry, but most importantly for the fans who have been …
  • AMC lenders try to outdo Silver Lake on debt-restructuring offer

    AMC lenders try to outdo Silver Lake on debt-restructuring offer

    There’s a battle brewing behind the scenes at beleaguered movie theater chain AMC Entertainment. A group of lenders led by Apollo Global Management is trying to dissuade AMC from taking a debt-restructuring offer from Silver Lake Group, proposing a competing deal that would carry the cinema chain through the pandemic, The Wall Street Journal said. …
  • AMC movie theaters delay reopening — again

    AMC movie theaters delay reopening — again

    AMC, the world’s largest movie theater chain, is delaying its reopening yet again as Hollywood studios push back the release of their planned summer blockbusters. The company said Thursday that it won’t resume ticket sales at its US theaters until “mid-to-late August” due to the fact that there are no new movies to show. AMC …
  • AMC reverses controversial mask policy: Now all guests must wear masks

    AMC reverses controversial mask policy: Now all guests must wear masks

    In the wake of making some controversial statements to Variety yesterday about AMC not mandating face masks in those parts of the country that aren’t requiring them during the COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Adam Aron has changed the chain’s policy after hearing the social media backlash and is now requiring patrons to wear masks whether local …