AMC Empire 25 in Times Square, New York. The Hollywood Reporter Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment A Hollywood box office recovery underpinned solid revenue growth for AMC Theatres during the second quarter. Overall revenue was up 35.6 percent to $1.39 billion, and AMC shrunk its net loss to $4.7 million, against a year-earlier $32.8 million loss. Investors - betting market challenges brought on by the pandemic and the Hollywood strikes are behind the debt-laden company - rewarded AMC for its latest financial results. Stock in parent AMC Entertainment Holdings jumped 22 cents, or 7.5 percent, to $3.15 in pre-market trading on Monday. Elsewhere, adjusted EBITDA soared to $189.2 million, compared to $38.5 million for the second quarter of 2024. Related Stories Movies Box Office: 'Weapons' Blazes to $42.5M Opening, 'Freakier Friday' Smiles Wide With $29M Bow Movies Box Office: 'Weapons' Targets Stellar $40M-Plus Opening, 'Freakier Friday' Wows With $30M-Plus "It is a simple reality, and hopefully a harbinger of things to come that as AMC's revenues grow, our EBITDA can soar," AMC CEO Adam Aron said in a statement on Monday morning. Aron also pointed to gains in admissions revenue per patron and food and beverage revenue per guest metrics. And his company is riding a premium screen gold rush at the local multiplex by offering varied immersive auditoriums like Imax, Dolby Cinema, iSense, XL and laser projection-equipped screens. "Our premium auditoriums are operating at close to three times the occupancy of a regular auditorium and command a healthy price premium to boot. Clearly, moviegoing guests prefer to see their favorite films in the most immersive, most spectacular formats possible," Aron argued. His comment follows a recent media report pointing to major U.S. theater chains eying a joint premium large format brand to compete against Imax, with whom AMC has a longstanding partnership. U.S. market attendance jumped 28.5 percent to 46.8 million patrons, while international markets attendance was up 17.7 percent to 16 million cinema-goers, as Hollywood tentpoles like Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Sinners and F1: The Movie played at the multiplex during the summer season. Aron and AMC execs will hold an after-market analyst call on Monday to discuss the latest results and whether the latest financial quarter is more than a one-off and the mega-exhibitor can leverage the certainty of a steady supply of Hollywood tentpole releases to get film lovers back in the habit of going to the multiplex in pre-pandemic numbers. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up paramount skydance The 20-Year David Ellison Plan, AI Intrigue and Other Questions After Paramount's Big Media Day SAG-AFTRA Fran Drescher Won't Run for SAG-AFTRA President As Candidates Line Up for Race Fox News Bill Hemmer Wants to Be at the Center of the Story Verve Ethan Goldman's Anchor Entertainment Signs With Verve (Exclusive) ArcLight Hollywood Will L.A.'s Iconic Cinerama Dome Ever Re-Open? Netflix Netflix Takes TV Rights in Canada to 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cups paramount skydance The 20-Year David Ellison Plan, AI Intrigue and Other Questions After Paramount's Big Media Day SAG-AFTRA Fran Drescher Won't Run for SAG-AFTRA President As Candidates Line Up for Race Fox News Bill Hemmer Wants to Be at the Center of the Story Verve Ethan Goldman's Anchor Entertainment Signs With Verve (Exclusive) ArcLight Hollywood Will L.A.'s Iconic Cinerama Dome Ever Re-Open? Netflix Netflix Takes TV Rights in Canada to 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cups