amc theatres, The world's largest arena recorded the highest domestic revenues in its 104-year history for the weekend before Thanksgiving, which includes admissions, food, beverages and merchandise.
The last three days, with the first appearance of evil and Gladiator 2the circuit also saw its highest domestic admission revenues on the weekend before Thanksgiving since 2019, and the third-highest domestic admission revenues in the weekend before Thanksgiving in the history of the series.
Fans flocked to the movies in the U.S. and internationally, with AMC theaters and Odeon Cinemas welcoming a total of 4.6 million moviegoers from Thursday through Sunday. Locally, two of the year's most anticipated tentpoles drove the overall car It has an estimated $205 million domestic weekend.
“What a great way to head into what we expect to be a busy and exciting holiday movie season,” said Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Entertainment.
Domestically, AMC merchandise programs for evil They sold out mid-weekend, including green and pink popcorn bowls and a 32-ounce Grippr cup with two clear lids — both based on the main witch characters in the Universal movie Elphaba and Glinda.
Separately, starting in late December, the company said select AMC locations will play evil Individual display times as words appear on the screen. More information to come at times and locations.
“We extend our congratulations and congratulations to [director] John M. Chu and our partners at Universal Pictures on evilOur success. We also express our gratitude and congratulations to Sir Ridley Scott and our partners at Paramount on their success. The second wrestler. “Both films were expertly produced and masterfully marketed to their audiences,” Aaron said, calling the lively weekend “further proof that moviegoers want to see these films on the biggest screens, with the loudest sounds, and that theatrical exhibition is ready and able to do just that.” To support multiple blockbuster titles opening on the same weekend.
Heading into Thanksgiving weekend in the United States, Moana 2 It opens in US cinemas on Wednesday and in Odeon Cinemas in the UK on November 29.
Odeon Cinemas posted its highest single-day revenue of 2024 (admission plus food and beverage) on Saturday.
