LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMC Theatres® (NYSE:AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and in the world, today announced that several Company records were set during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday period, as millions of moviegoers in the United States made AMC a big part of their Thanksgiving holiday plans. In all, 8.8 million moviegoers attended a movie at AMC Theatres in the U.S. and ODEON Cinemas internationally during the Wednesday through Sunday Thanksgiving period.
In the United States, AMC set several new all-time attendance and revenue records, including:
- Wednesday through Sunday was the biggest and busiest 5-day Thanksgiving holiday period in AMC’s 104-year history, based on attendance, admissions revenue, and food and beverage revenue. This surpassed the previous Thanksgiving records, all set during the 2018 Thanksgiving holiday.
- Friday, November 29, was AMC’s second highest total revenue day – admissions revenue plus food & beverage revenue – in history (behind AVENGERS: END GAME opening weekend Saturday, April 27, 2019).
- Friday, November 29 was also AMC’s highest attendance Black Friday, second busiest Friday in AMC history, and the highest total revenue on a Friday ever.
- Thursday, November 28 was the busiest Thanksgiving Day in the Company’s history, based on attendance and admissions revenue.
Moviegoers were drawn to AMC and ODEON by several popular new films including the opening weekend of MOANA 2, and strong holdovers from WICKED, GLADIATOR II and RED ONE.
AMC Chairman and CEO Adam Aron commented:
“This 5-day Thanksgiving period in 2024 was one for the ages. At AMC theatres in the United States and abroad, AMC welcomed more than 8 million moviegoers from Wednesday through Sunday. In the U.S., AMC shattered record after record for attendance, admissions revenue, food & beverage revenue and total revenue. Apparently, movie fans decided in droves that Thanksgiving dinner is made all the better when accompanied by some delicious AMC popcorn, an ice-cold Coca-Cola, and a great film to watch as showcased on AMC’s huge silver screens.”
Aron continued:
“We send special congratulations to our friends and partners at Disney on their massive success of MOANA 2. Our continued great appreciation also goes to Universal for WICKED, Paramount for GLADIATOR II, and MGM for RED ONE. Beyond these blockbuster movies, there were so many appealing films – big, medium, and small – drawing great crowds to our cinemas this holiday period. To see so many movies continue to succeed in theatres worldwide is a win for AMC and our shareholders, for our studio partners, and most importantly for our moviegoing guests.”
Tickets for all U.S. AMC locations are available at amctheatres.com and on the AMC mobile app, and tickets for our international locations are available at odeoncinemasgroup.com/.
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. In addition, in 2023 AMC launched AMC Theatres Distribution with the highly successful releases of TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR and RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ. AMC Theatres Distribution expects to release more concert films with the world’s leading musical artists in the years ahead. For more information, visit www.amctheatres.com.
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