More Than 7.8 Million Moviegoers in the U.S. and Internationally Saw a Movie at AMC Thursday-Sunday, as AMC Theatres® Records Its Biggest and Busiest Weekend Since 2019 Based on Global Attendance and Global Admissions Revenue
At its
Guests showed up hungry to
The opening weekend of BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER were the primary drivers of AMC’s success this weekend, along with the strong holdover performances of SOUND OF FREEDOM and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
The Barbenheimer phenomenon was in evidence: Through Sunday evening, more than 87,000 AMC Stubs members booked tickets to see BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER on the same day
The Barbie pink Corvette popcorn vessel proved to be a huge hit with guests, as all supplies were essentially fully sold out by Sunday
Theatres were packed all weekend long, as AMC set post-reopening single-day attendance records on each of Friday, Saturday and Sunday in
In addition to high ticket revenues, Saturday saw AMC enjoying its second-highest ever food and beverage revenue day of all time, coming in behind the opening-weekend Saturday of AVENGERS: ENDGAME in May of 2019.
Of note, AMC’s Barbie Corvette collectable concession vessel was of particular interest to guests, as that item essentially sold out over the weekend.
The attendance was driven primarily by the opening weekend success of BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER, both of which significantly exceeded industry box office expectations. In the weeks leading up to the opening, guests were highly engaged online about a BARBIE-OPPENHEIMER double feature, which materialized in more than 87,000 AMC Stubs members booking tickets to see both movies on the same day.
And while it was the top two films of the weekend that led the charge at the box office, AMC’s attendance record was the result of a much deeper box office, supported by the performance of titles like MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE and SOUND OF FREEDOM, among others.
AMC Chairman and CEO Adam Aron commented:
“What a fabulous weekend for moviegoers at AMC’s movie theatres in the
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