An ongoing and apparently sustained Hollywood box office recovery underpinned solid revenue growth for AMC Theatres during the second quarter.
Overall revenue was up 14 percent to a quarterly record at $1.59 billion, compared to $1.39 billion in the same period of 2025, even as AMC increased its net loss to $11.4 million, against a year-earlier $4.7 million. The adjusted EBITDA came to $320.6 million, compared to $189.2 million and representing another quarterly record.
Investors greeted the latest financial results from the exhibition giant lifted by a Hollywood box office rebound by sending shares in meme stock AMC Theatres up 34 cents, or 17 percent, to $2.28 in pre-market trading on Monday.
The second quarter results at AMC follow the exhibition industry seeing gains from a steady and diverse supply of Hollywood tentpole releases like Toy Story 5 and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and surprise horror pics like Backrooms and Obsession, to get film lovers back in the habit of going to the multiplex in pre-pandemic numbers.
Just this weekend, Christopher Nolan’s epic drama The Odyssey revived the summer box office with this year’s biggest live-action debut and the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s highest-grossing global launch of $124 million. That’s allowed exhibitors to look to full-year 2026 box office likely to exceed the comparable performance for last year, and possibly set a new annual record.
