This article is about the American movie theater chain. For the cable television channel operator of the same name, see AMC Networks. For other uses, see AMC (disambiguation).
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
Logo since 1994
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. previous headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri
Trade name
AMC Theatres
Formerly
Dubinsky Bros. (1920–31, 1932–39) Publix-Dubinsky Bros. (1931–32) Durwood-Dubinsky Bros. (1939–47) Durwood Theatres (1947–68) American Royal Cinemas (1968–69) American Multi Cinema (1969–80)
Company type
Public
Traded as
NYSE: AMC (Class A)
Russell 1000 component
Industry
Entertainment
Predecessors
General Cinema Corporation
Loews Cineplex Entertainment
Carmike Cinemas
Founded
1920; 104 years ago (1920) in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Founders
Edward Durwood
Maurice Dubinsky
Barney Dubinsky
Headquarters
Leawood, Kansas
,
U.S.
Number of locations
898 theaters and 10,059 screens
Key people
Adam Aron (President, CEO and Chairman)
Revenue
US$4.81 billion (2023)
Operating income
US$−0.07 billion (2023)
Net income
US$−0.39 billion (2023)
Total assets
US$9.00 billion (2023)
Total equity
US$−1.84 billion (2023)
Owner
Adam Aron (0.23%)[1]
Number of employees
33,812 (December 2023)
Divisions
Odeon Cinemas Group
Subsidiaries
AMC Entertainment, Inc.
AMC Loews
Fork & Screen Dine-In Theatres
The Café at AMC
AMC Cinema Suites
AMC Red Kitchen
Screenvision (20%)
Odeon Cinemas
UCI Cinemas (except in Brazil)
Starplex Cinemas Eastwynn Theatres, Inc.
George G. Kerasotes Corporation
GKC Indiana Theatres, Inc.
Michigan Theatres, Inc.
GKC Theatres, Inc.
Military Services, Inc.
Nordic Cinema Group
Website
amctheatres.com
Footnotes / references [2][3]
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (doing business as AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas or AMC Multi-Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain founded in Kansas City, Missouri, and now headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. It is the largest movie theater chain in the world. Founded in 1920, AMC has the largest share of the U.S. theater market ahead of Regal and Cinemark Theatres.
After acquiring Odeon Cinemas, UCI Cinemas, and Carmike Cinemas in 2016, it became the largest movie theater chain in the world.[4] It has 2,807 screens in 353 European theatres and 7,755 screens in 593 American theatres.[3][5]
The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange; from 2012 to 2018, the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group owned a majority stake in the company. Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners made a $600 million investment in AMC in September 2018, but the voting power of AMC shares was structured so that Wanda Group still controlled the majority of AMC's board of directors.
Amid financial downturns caused by the COVID-19 lockdowns, in January 2021, Wanda's ownership was increasingly diluted due to new financing by AMC, as well as short squeezes that resulted in Silver Lake converting its $600 million debt holding to equity. In early-February 2021, Wanda converted its Class B shares to Class A shares, thus reducing its voting power to less than 50%.
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^"Corporate Profile". www.amctheatres.com.
^ ab"AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Form 10-K for 2023". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 28, 2024.
^Lieberman, David (December 21, 2016). "AMC Entertainment Closes Carmike Cinemas Acquisition". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^Szalai, Georg (December 21, 2016). "AMC Theatres Closes Carmike Cinemas Acquisition to Become Largest U.S. Exhibitor". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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US$4.81 billion (2023)
US$9.00 billion (2023)