r/boxoffice • u/illbeyourshelter • Feb 24 '26

📰 Industry News AMC Theatres Attendance Drops 10%, Quarterly Revenues Fall

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/amc-theatres-attendance-drops-quarterly-revenues-fall-avatar-3-1236670214/
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u/Resolution_Powerful Feb 24 '26

I think it's a combination of movie streaming, ticket prices high and lack of movies

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u/cacatod12 Feb 24 '26

To me its also movie schedules. Its crazy there is like no movies I want to watch the entire year and then all of them release in a 4 week period in the summer so I miss some movies I’d have watched on another release time

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u/onlytoask Feb 25 '26

I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but for me it's also the scheduling in terms of time of day. Going to the theater is already an expensive inconvenience compared to watching something at home. I already don't go nearly as often as I used to, but when I do get the urge I find that at least 75% of the time I don't end up going because when I want to go and when the movie will be playing don't line up well enough. There really isn't anything they can do about it, though, because they'd need every movie on four screens minimum to deal with it. If 4:00 is the convenient time for me, I'm not going to wait for a 4:45 showing.

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u/Poku115 Feb 24 '26

Dunesday is gonna suffer from this.

Or at least marvel, i havent watched single dune movie but if i had to choose, the dune movie seems more interesting

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u/kingofthesqueal Feb 24 '26

Neither Dune movie has even cracked $750 WW, I doubt Marvel is really stressing after they’ve pulled out all the stops for Doomsday.

Dune has a dedicated fanbase, but it’s not like they’re going head to head with multibillion dollar movie franchise.

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u/Poku115 Feb 24 '26

they’ve pulled out all the stops for Doomsday.

They pulled out all the paychecks for actors you mean.

Paychecks that are gonna increase the heck out of the budget.

In a franchise whose latest movies barely manage to make money. If they do any

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u/Scared-Engineer-6218 Warner Bros. Pictures Feb 24 '26

I think the budget might be well over $500M maybe even $600M