AMC Entertainment Sets New Post-reopening Records for Global Attendance, Admission Revenues and Food & Beverage Sales for a Single Weekend — on the Strength of VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE in The U.S. and James Bond’s NO TIME TO DIE Internationally
October 04 2021 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
The reported $90 million domestic opening
weekend box office for VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE makes it the
second-biggest ever domestic opening of an October movie in cinema
history
The 25th James Bond movie, NO TIME TO DIE,
shatters ticket sales records across the Atlantic, including
Saturday one-day ticket admissions revenue in the United Kingdom
was the highest for any Bond movie ever since the franchise was
launched back in 1962 — some 59 years ago
AMC Theatres in the United States and Odeon
Cinemas Group internationally each posted their highest single-day
revenue levels since February of 2020
More than 2.4 million moviegoers watched a
movie at AMC Theatres in the United States this weekend, Thursday,
September 30 through Sunday, October 3
More than 1.4 million moviegoers watched a
movie at ODEON Cinemas overseas, a new post-reopening record
The approximately 3.9 million weekend
attendance, Thursday-Sunday, at all AMC Entertainment locations
globally is a new post-reopening weekend high
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor
in the United States, in Europe & the Middle East and in the
world, today announced it just set a new post-reopening record for
weekend attendance (Thursday through Sunday), as well new
post-opening records for ticket admission revenues and food &
beverage sales. This was driven by the openings of VENOM: LET THERE
BE CARNAGE in the United States and the latest James Bond movie, NO
TIME TO DIE, overseas.
From Thursday September 30 through Sunday October 3, more than
2.4 million people watched movies at U.S. AMC theatre locations in
the United States. An additional more than 1.4 million moviegoers
visited AMC’s theatres overseas. This brought total AMC attendance
globally to approximately 3.9 million, a new post-reopening
record.
Greatly contributing to AMC’s success in the United States was
VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE, which opened to a reported $90 million
for its domestic opening weekend. That estimate would make VENOM:
LET THERE BE CARNAGE the second-largest October opening in domestic
box office history.
Internationally, the success of ODEON Cinemas was driven by NO
TIME TO DIE which opened to an overseas industry-wide $119 million.
NO TIME TO DIE also shattered various ticket sale records,
including in the United Kingdom where Saturday ticket admissions
revenue was the highest for one day of any film in the entire James
Bond franchise dating back to its launch in 1962, some 59 years
ago.
NO TIME TO DIE will open in the United States this week, on
October 8. VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE will open in Europe next
week, on October 15.
Adam Aron, Chairman and CEO of AMC Entertainment, said, “Yet
again, AMC is celebrating an important milestone as we continue
striving to generate a full recovery for our movie theatre business
both at home and abroad. A new post-reopening global weekend
attendance record of approximately 3.9 million moviegoers is
important, as is the fact that this weekend’s success is due to two
different blockbuster movies, each driving terrific business for
AMC Entertainment on different continents. In the United States in
particular, the movie-going response to VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
brought moviegoers to AMCs in droves, and on Saturday helped AMC to
enjoy its best single-day revenue level since the pandemic forced
us to close our U.S. theatres more than 18 months ago. On the other
side of the Atlantic, James Bond is as effective and popular as
ever, as NO TIME TO DIE set records of its own, driving huge
business at our ODEON Cinemas.”
Aron added, “The success of these two new blockbuster movies,
and of our theatres both at home and abroad, demonstrates the huge
pent-up demand we see in moviegoers who are ever so eager to return
to movie theatres. To the self-proclaimed sages who routinely and
mindlessly predict the demise of cinemas, it is my view that it is
simply wrong to underestimate the enormous consumer appeal and
resilience of movie theatres.”
Aron concluded, “Accordingly, AMC Entertainment is greatly
looking forward to the exciting slate of blockbuster movies being
released in the weeks and months to come. ETERNALS, GHOSTBUSTERS,
DUNE, WEST SIDE STORY, KINGS MAN, SPIDERMAN and many, many
more.”
For U.S. moviegoers, tickets for VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE and
advance tickets for NO TIME TO DIE are available in the U.S. on
AMC’s website and mobile app. Tickets internationally are similarly
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.
Source: AMC Entertainment Holdings
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