AMC Posts Best Revenue, Attendance of 2024 on 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Opening

AMC Entertainment (AMC) said Monday that it had its champion play of nan twelvemonth successful position of gross and attendance complete nan weekend, driven by nan opening of Marvel Studios' "Deadpool & Wolverine."

The institution said that much than 6 cardinal group attended a movie astatine 1 of its theaters crossed nan globe Thursday done Sunday. The postulation besides helped AMC group its highest play nutrient and beverage gross since 2019, while nan movie's merchandise became its apical seller truthful acold this year.

'Deadpool & Wolverine' Helps AMC Break Company Records

AMC said "Deadpool & Wolverine" group records for nan biggest R-rated debut successful nan theatre chain's history. The movie brought successful a reported $205 million U.S. play container agency full pinch astir $440 cardinal globally, a grounds for an R-rated film.

The movie's typical version popcorn buckets and portion toppers besides brought AMC its highest merchandise income of nan year, surpassing those of "Despicable Me 4" earlier this year. The merchandise income for nan Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman movie are nan 2nd highest successful AMC history, down only Taylor Swift's blockbuster "Eras Tour" performance movie past year, nan institution said.

The early occurrence of nan newest Marvel Studios movie besides represents nan latest triumph for Disney (DIS), whose animated deed "Inside Out 2" surpassed $1 cardinal successful global container office earlier this summer.

AMC shares were 1% higher astatine $5.24 arsenic of noon ET Monday, astir 15% beneath wherever they 2024, arsenic nan one-time meme stock has had another volatile year.