AMC Entertainment reports 8.8M moviegoers during Thanksgiving period

AMC Theatres announced that several company records were set during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday period. In all, 8.8M 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 five-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. 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. 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.”