AMC Theatres® Sets a New Labor Day Weekend Admissions-Revenue Record, Thursday Through Sunday, on the Strength of the Record-Shattering SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE 10 RINGS
September 07 2021 - 9:04AM
Business Wire
AMC’s Attendance During Labor Day Weekend
Finishes Ahead of 2019 Labor Day Weekend; First Time Since
Reopening the Company Finishes With Higher Attendance Than the Same
Weekend In 2019
More than two million people watched movies at
AMC’s U.S. theatres this weekend, Thursday through Sunday, with a
vast majority choosing the record-shattering SHANG-CHI AND THE
LEGEND OF THE 10 RINGS
Approximately 800,000 people also visited AMC’s
international theatres in Europe and the Middle East
AMC Theatres® (NYSE:AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in
the United States, in Europe & the Middle East and in the
world, today announced a new Labor Day admissions-revenue record
eclipsing the previous admissions-revenue record set during Labor
Day weekend in 2013. In addition to the admissions revenue record,
the Labor Day weekend marks the first time since the beginning of
COVID that attendance during a weekend in 2021 exceeded the same
weekend in 2019.
Overall, more than two million people watched movies at AMC’s
United States theatre locations Thursday, September 2 through
Sunday, September 5. More than 800,000 additional people visited
AMC’s international theatres in Europe and the Middle East.
Greatly contributing to AMC’s success, SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND
OF THE 10 RINGS opened to a reported $90 million for its domestic
opening weekend, Thursday through Monday. This is approximately
triple the previous Labor Day opening weekend record of $30.6
million set by HALLOWEEN in 2007.
Adam Aron, Chairman and CEO of AMC Theatres, said, “For two
overarching reasons, this Labor Day weekend in the United States
has been an important milestone for AMC as we steadily work to
generate a recovery for our business. First, our U.S. admissions
revenues set a new Labor Day weekend record for AMC in the U.S.,
eclipsing a record previously set in 2013. Second, more people in
the U.S. went to the movies at AMC during Labor Day 2021 than they
did during Labor Day weekend in 2019. This is the very first
weekend that our attendance numbers were ahead of those of the same
weekend pre-pandemic, since we closed our theatres in March of
2020.”
Aron continued, “This encouraging surge in attendance at AMC
signals that as Hollywood releases movies, Americans eagerly want
to return to movie theatres again. AMC’s success this weekend was
primarily driven by Marvel Studios’ SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE
10 RINGS. We congratulate our friends and partners at Disney on
their incredible theatrical success with SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND
OF THE 10 RINGS and we happily hail Shang-Chi as the new Labor Day
box office record holder.”
Tickets for SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE 10 RINGS are
available in the U.S. on AMC’s website and mobile app. Tickets
internationally are also available online.
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 950 theatres and 10,500 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, web site 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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