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AMC & Cinemark Report First Quarter 2023 Earnings

AMC and Cinemark Reflect Industry-Wide Post-Pandemic Financial Recovery With Strong First Quarter Earnings

Just one week after CinemaCon 2023 gave the exhibition business a much needed jolt of optimism, the good news keeps on rolling in for the industry thanks to a number of corporate earnings reports. As cinema operators returned from the annual conference in Las Vegas, premium large format (PLF) leader…

Adam Aron - CEO, AMC Theatres

The CJ & Boxoffice Interview: AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron

Few of the C-suite executives running movie theaters these days have been as omnipresent as Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Theatres. While navigating the world’s largest cinema chain through the Covid pandemic, Aron’s public profile only managed to grow, even at a time when most of his company’s theater…

The Naked Truth About What's Happening at AMC

The Naked Truth About What’s Going on With AMC Theatres

There was no rest for the public relations department at AMC Theatres this holiday season. With most motion picture executives around the globe having already left the office for at least the two weeks surrounding Christmas and New Years, the senior management of the largest exhibitor in the world w…

AMC Theatres - 2022 Rose Parade Float

AMC Theatres Floats Into 2022 Rose Parade

There are any number of New Years traditions practiced around the world. Some have to do with round foods, as in Spain, where 12 grapes are eaten at the strike of midnight, or in the Philippines where 12 round fruits are consumed. Many Japanese will prepare toshikoshi soba noodles for New Years. Oth…

AMC Leans Into The Meme

AMC Leans Into The Meme – Part 3

This post is part of a three part series detailing how Wall Street exploits and social media activism helped AMC, the world’s largest cinema chain, survive the economic upheaval caused by the COVID pandemic. Part 1 of the series can be found here and Part 2 can be found here. Life was very dif…

The Naked Truth About AMC's Share Price

The Naked Truth About AMC’s Share Price – Part 2

This post is part of a three part series detailing how Wall Street exploits and social media activism helped AMC, the world’s largest cinema chain, survive the economic upheaval caused by the COVID pandemic. Part 1 of the series can be found here and Part 3 can be found here. AMC spent most of…

AMC In The Year of the Pandemic – Part 1

This post is part of a three part series detailing how Wall Street shenanigans and social media activism helped AMC, the world’s largest cinema chain, survive the economic upheaval caused by the COVID pandemic. Part 2 can be found here and Part 3 can be found here. When AMC Entertainment Holdi…

Why Warner Bros. Is Max-imizing Its 2021 Movie Slate

Editor’s Note: This post is longer than those we ordinarily publish, however we can assure you that it will give you a thorough understanding of the seismic upheaval currently affecting the motion picture industry, why it is occurring and what to expect moving forward. When 2020 began everyone…

Adam Aron Has a Banner Year at AMC

Cinema News Digest – Friday 24 August 2018

Dear Junkies, We are back after the summer break and look forward to an exciting autumn of cinema news, analysis and releases. As always, thank you to those of our readers writing in and keeping us informed. Regards, Patrick Banner quarter for AMC but ‘clearance’ lawsuit worries; PVR buy…

Lotte Cinema 'hand pay' biometric reader. (image: Lotte Cinemas)

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 13 March 2018

Dear Junkies, Disney/Marvel’s “Black Panther” is a billion dollar global phenomenon, having just taken USD $66.5 million China. The only part of the world where audiences aren’t flocking to cinemas by the millions to see this take on all-black cast superheroes and Afrofuturis…