Premium Formats Power AMC Theatres® to Its Biggest Weekend so Far in 2025 and Second Biggest April Weekend Since 2019 – in the United States and Globally

AMC Theatres in the U.S. and ODEON Cinemas internationally recorded their best Thursday-through-Sunday weekend in 2025 and second-best weekend in April since 2019 - based on attendance, admissions revenue, and overall revenue

At U.S. locations, 33% of AMC's attendance was generated by its Premium Large Format (PLF) screens and RealD 3D screens on Saturday, April 5

AMC has recently announced further investments in its PLF strategy, which will bring popular PLF offerings to even more theatres over the next few years

The performance of A MINECRAFT MOVIE reinforces AMC's belief that after a slow start to 2025, the box office is expected to be much stronger throughout the remainder of the year

LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMC Theatres (NYSE:AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and in the world, today announced that its premium experiences, and the strong performance of A MINECRAFT MOVIE, helped give AMC in the U.S. and ODEON Cinemas internationally their most successful weekend so far in 2025 and second-biggest April weekend, Thursday through Sunday, since April 2019. Those benchmarks include attendance; admissions revenue; and overall revenue, including food and beverage.

A MINECRAFT MOVIE's performance, which finished well ahead of public industry predictions, helps reinforce AMC's belief that the box office will be stronger going forward than it was in the first quarter of the year.

The movie's attendance in AMC's premium large format (PLF) and RealD 3D auditoriums is powerful evidence that there is meaningful opportunity to grow AMC revenues by expanding the availability of PLF screens for its guests. AMC’s PLF experiences in the U.S. include IMAX at AMC, Dolby Cinema at AMC, and PRIME at AMC. Among those PLF experiences, combined with the performance of its premium RealD 3D showtimes, AMC recorded 33% of its attendance in premium auditoriums on Saturday, April 5.

In the fall of 2024, AMC announced the AMC Go Plan. This investment initiative is designed to enhance the AMC moviegoing experience through seating upgrades, theatre renovations, and by expanding PLF offerings to AMC moviegoers. In the last two weeks, AMC announced it will expand its premium presence over the next few years, adding more PLF locations with its major providers, and new unique, premium experiences.

AMC Chairman and CEO Adam Aron commented:
“This weekend's impressive box office result makes two things very clear. First, as we've been saying for many months, after an expected slow start to the box office in 2025, the rest of the year looks to be much stronger. We expect to see one movie title after another in rapid succession bringing moviegoers into our theatres in droves. And second, the over-indexing of attendance in the PLF auditoriums of our theatres demonstrates that our guests have a keen preference for premium experiences. This is further confirmation that there is significant opportunity for AMC to grow revenues and enhance guest satisfaction by our investing in the expansion of PLF offerings at AMC Theatres and ODEON Cinemas.”

Aron further commented:
“We thank and congratulate A MINECRAFT MOVIE's filmmakers, and our good friends and partners at Warner Bros. Pictures. This was a film made and marketed to appeal to a massive moviegoing audience. We look forward to the movie's continued success in our theatres over the next several weeks, and to welcoming more exciting and guest-pleasing titles in the weeks and months to come.”

About AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

AMC is the largest movie exhibition company in the United States, the largest in Europe and the largest throughout the world with approximately 900 theatres and 10,000 screens across the globe. AMC has propelled innovation in the exhibition industry by: deploying its Signature power-recliner seats; delivering enhanced food and beverage choices; generating greater guest engagement through its loyalty and subscription programs, website, and mobile apps; offering premium large format experiences and playing a wide variety of content including the latest Hollywood releases and independent programming. For more information, visit www.amctheatres.com.

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