LEAWOOD, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AMC Theatres® (NYSE:AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the world,
today announced setting new records for its theatres in the United
States. AMC confirmed that it set a new single-day U.S. attendance
record on Saturday, as well as twice setting new single-day Food &
Beverage revenue records in the U.S., doing so back-to-back on Friday
and again on Saturday.
With AVENGERS: ENDGAME on its way to demolishing the previous
opening-weekend domestic industry box office record, it also helped fuel
an all-time single day attendance record at AMC on Saturday with more
than 2.6 million tickets sold. This easily outpaced the previous
single-day U.S. attendance record for AMC set during the opening weekend
of BLACK PANTHER, just fourteen months earlier in 2018.
As fans settled into their seats this weekend, they did so with plenty
of movie snacks. AMC started the weekend on Friday with a new single-day
U.S. F&B revenue record of more than $13 million. That record lasted all
of one night, before it was shattered again on Saturday, with more than
$15 million sold. To set a new single day F&B revenue record on
back-to-back days means AMC was serving up to its moviegoing guests A
LOT of popcorn, pretzel bites, hot dogs, flatbread pizza, Coca-Cola
Freestyle and specialty cocktails.
Moviegoers were also big on planning ahead this weekend. AMC doubled its
previous record for single-day mobile F&B pre-orders, through the mobile
app and website.
The attendance and F&B records add to an already impressive number of
other new marks set at AMC’s U.S. theatres since Thursday. A
record-number 19 AMC locations were open continuously around-the-clock
this weekend from Thursday morning through Sunday night. The 63,000
AVENGERS: ENDGAME showtimes this weekend is 16,000 more than the
previous record for a single movie on opening weekend. AMC also put a
weekend-record nearly 11 million tickets on sale from Thursday through
Sunday for AVENGERS: ENDGAME. Demand for AVENGERS: ENDGAME was so strong
that AMC added more than 5,000 last minute showtimes this weekend, above
and beyond its already ambitious and record setting plan announced on
Friday morning.
Despite the record-setting attendance this weekend, AMC still has
millions of tickets available this week, ensuring that anyone who wants
to see this history-making movie can find a ticket at AMC. To find
showtimes and secure a ticket to AVENGERS: ENDGAME, guests can visit
amctheatres.com and the AMC Theatres mobile app.
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 more than
1,000 theatres and more than 11,000 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. AMC operates
among the most productive theatres in the United States’ top markets,
having the #1 or #2 market share positions in 21 of the 25 largest
metropolitan areas of the United States. AMC is also #1 or #2 in market
share in 12 of the 15 countries it serves in North America, Europe and
the Middle East. For more information, visit www.amctheatres.com.
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