As long as AMC continues to show good movies in Dolby Theater, I’ll keep coming. There’s just nothing like that experience

AMC has to do multiple things. A wider variety of food. Have some deals. Recliner seats in most of the theaters. 4k movie screens

Last week I went to the theater for the first time since Covid19. It was more fun than watching movies at home.

Yes it can. AMC needs to have better concessions/food options, offer unique showings (special shows like showing playing seasonal and special older movies), and invest in local marketing so local theatres have a budget to reach their communities and flexibilities to target their communities.

as someone who doesn't have any streaming services, i heavily rely on cinemas like AMC, Showcase, Regal & the like to see what directors & studios have produced. when cinemas were slowly re-opening i saw WW84 & Tenet 4 times. the experience of watching films on a large movie screen affects you more than streaming them at home. not just AMC, but going to any multiplex or cineplex is an experience to behold & iam glad they are welcoming us back...

AMC invested in gold mines? I like how they sort of just brushed over that

Short sellers are fuming right now😡

To be honest, I only use streaming service for seasonal shows with multiple episode. I just cannot watch single big-movie on streaming platform anymore. There is always that nagging feeling that my time is better spent elsewhere and I am not able to fully focus on the movie. Movie theatre allow me to enjoy these big movies, it is an experience, not a checklist anymore.

My whole life is basically around the movie theaters especially AMC and in IMAX. We even go every single weekend sometimes multiple shows a day to different theaters because we review different movies and best premium format possibles. I've been in AMC Stubbs member since 2011 and a list since 2018 I go every single weekend to work on the KZfaq channel I will continue to invest in this theater and we still need the theaters as much as the theaters need the movies. 👊🙏 Also there's also been an increase report of decline streaming service sign ups

*Fixing the damn AMC app so the showtimes actually show up would be a great start*

They forgot to mention that HBOMax having the movies releasing at home and at the movies same day was an utter disaster! It completely destroyed any chance for them to make any revenue at the movies, and at the same their subscribers list didn't grow at all. Now HBOMax is getting dismantled and purchased by another group. For Disney on the other hand releasing movies only for 45 days hasn't been good either, look at Dr. Strange and Thor getting beat by Top Gun (which has been in theaters all summer long.) As much as I love streaming at home I hope movie theaters don't go out of business, nothing beats seeing a blockbuster in the biggest screen ever.

The last movie I went to see was Avatar 2, and a guy took a phone call about a car he was buying 3/4 into it. I haven’t returned to the movie theater after that.

You have to have two of the following things to succeed in business. 1-Speed/Convenience 2-Quality 3-Affordability. AMC only has one. They are not affordable, when compared to streaming services and food prices, and they aren't convenient, due to streaming services offering content on a device that everyone has. They need to somehow lower prices or expand their offerings by offering unique experiences (extended edition movies, immersive content, maybe an NFT for those who come to the first few showings).

Let’s go movie theaters! 🤲🏽

Excellent Excellent Piece! I was actually surprised by how unbiased this way

If AMC Theater would push Japanese Anime premieres that would be awesome! Oh trust me on this one you would have the anime fans in your pocket! Anime is becoming popular. Here's the suggestion the time I got reincarnated as a slime they're going to have a movie coming out pretty soon put it in your theater and see how it does and do a push on it. If you give the fans what they want they will come?

Will always prefer seeing a blockbuster or action film on the big screen with friends and family. Not only is it nostalgic but the theatre experience is just more elevated compared to any home theatre setup, from the large IMAX screens, immersive Dolby Atmos surround sound, reclinable leather seats, and in-seat food and drink service if we’re dining at the movies. AMC should offer early screenings for members and perhaps other perks. Alternative shows like concerts, pro sports and anime films have also boost the variety - gaming events at the theatre could be huge too. Interactive trivia and games on a dedicated app as part of the pre-show, with mini rewards have been a nice addition too at some theatres.

I'm from India Here the multiplexes are doing good but single screens are suffering a lot and many iconic single screen cinemas had to cease their operations They're the lifeline of cinema lovers as they sell cheap film tickets with reasonable prices for refreshments and snacks

AMC TO THE MOON, I LOVE THIS COMPANY TO MY CORE

I been wondering if CNBC will make a comeback.

IMAX at amc is on another level. I can’t even be bothered to watch movies at my house.

Let’s go movie theaters!! 🙏🏽 love my streaming also!

My wife and I used to go to the local AMC theaters for the big releases, but over the past decade the theater owner failed to update, renovate, or even thoroughly clean the theaters. We gradually stopped going to the theater and just waited for the movies we wanted to see to hit DVD/BluRay. The theater seats were filthy and tiny, reminiscent of today's airline seating or even worse. The screens and sound system were not up to modern standards, and the prices had become ridiculous. In other parts of the country theaters were upgrading seating to large adjustable seats with lots of room, offering higher quality food and drink, letting people reserve seats, and in general making the customer feel like the experience was worth the money. Since the pandemic we haven't been in either of our local AMC theaters, and we have no intention of doing so unless we get new ownership that completely updates the facilities and the experience.

They need to do what Blockbuster wouldn't do basically and continue to innovate. The crypto and NFT thing is cool, but they need more.

great video. AMC will always get my money with A list, I make so many reservations that I never go to

They forgot to mention that theaters like AMC are not well maintained in many areas of the country. Many are very dirty and haven't been renovated in decades with very limited food options. If they move to an Alamo Drathouse format and renovate they may have a chance.

u guys fall to mention the billions of synthetic shares only people in the market will understand everyday people won’t get it

i havnt watched a film in a "first run" theater in 20 years and my generation is one of the last to hold nostalgia for the whole theater going experience.

Still the best way to see a movie. They can still be great streaming, but the theater experience can make it much more memorable. Imagine seeing Top Gun Maverick or Spiderman NWH for the first time streaming at home instead of a theater.

As a movie theater fan. This was interesting to watch

Its too late now because Sometimes a company has to learn how to evolve or come to realize that people don't need to go watch movies in a unsanitary place, Netflix and others have been around for over a decade now and if amc couldn't realize since then they won't also realize that they will go out of business and have to fold and go under like how so many companies have become irrelevant

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The theaters should have La-Z-Boy loungers, fewer seats per theater, seats situated higher to prevent blockage, and IMAX sized screens. And then I will consider going to one.

Lower prices otherwise why would you go there when you can wait 45 days and stream. The experience is no longer worth paying $20 a ticket when you can pay $20 a month for thousands of movies

Their streaming service is gonna crash after better call Saul ends tonight

People forget, Long before the Pandemic, Hollywood was trying their best to get viewers back in the theaters as numbers had severely dropped. The pandemic simply exacerbated the problem. The real reason why theater viewing had fallen off was due to a rash of very disappointing high profile films, along with the movie experience having long become very very bad. The theaters themselves run poorly by poorly trained, underpaid staff. Theater equipment out dated, and all this with an increase in cost for tickets. But ticket sales really wasn't what kept people away, The overall costs had become astronomical. The cost of concession stand snack items was just overpriced, No one should be spending $300 and more just to take their family out to see a movie with some popcorn, but that's what its grown into. And on top of high cost, another distraction was who was attending theater viewing... Loud noisy kids. Theaters became a hotspot for kids attending but seldom ever actually watching the film. Going to the theater placing 80 percent of their attention on each other talking or on their smartphones laughing it up, making the experience for those who came to actually watch the film simply intolerable. Better off not wasting your movie on a bad experience and what however months for it to be released by other means. Then you can watch the film in peace with no distractions. The movie going experience needed to change all together. And with that said, i may point out an experience that has recently blown my mind away. A theater experience which was top notch in every regard, all at the comfort of my home. An expensive home theater you say? No. not at all. I watched a movie in a theater via the BigScreen App for the Oculus Quest2. WOW! several theater types to choose from All of which feels and looks real!! NO i really Mean this!!! you have to try this!!!! This applications places you in one of several theaters to choose from with all the hallmarks of a real theatrical experience. AND you can watch 3d films that are simply perfect. Dare i say, if you can bare wearing the VR headset for such a period of time, with a break or two between. This experience is so good you really Dont have to goto a theater. AND ironically enough, you can attend these virtual movie going experiences with other avatar friends and other attendees. and block them out if so desired. its truly a game changer.

the movies is still a better experience an at home with imax, dolby atmos, 4DX.

I pitched in the summer of 2020 and bought over 300 shares of AMC. I wish I had bought more.

Why don’t they have a app where we can watch the movie up to a week early before and other streamers and go puff delivering popcorn candy and hot dogs 🌭 for 29.99 a month ?!

I hate when originally planned theatrical movies go to Netflix and other streaming services because they don’t get released on Blu-ray or DVD and it ruins the box office performance of those good popular movies. I hope Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, and other streaming services release their content on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K because that would definitely increase both the movie theaters and streaming industry and also improve the economy. I hope both movie theaters and streaming survive the changing times and technologies for the future.

Come to Canada! It's all Cineplex and Landmark theaters where I live.

i dont think we'll stop going to the movie theatre

I had been going to movies more just before the pandemic as the quality of the theaters improved with better seating and cocktails being served in-theaters.

This is a question for Regal and independent movie theaters as well.

I find it funny he compares cooking to movies. The reason people go out to eat is that it is an easy and convenient way to get food fast, at a better quality or something you have never had before. Me watching a movie on my computer vs in a theater makes little difference in the theaters favor, if anything it better at home as you watch it however you want.

Interesting seeing this when AMC is releasing APE dividend during this week 🚀🚀🚀🚀

Great Vid! #AMC To The MOON!

For all the talk of expanding into new businesses, I never understood why theaters didn't utilize their core strengths and resources for things like conventions, TED talks, eSports, Super Bowl parties, weddings, etc. I feel like there's so much you can do with theaters, basically anything that could use a big screen, lots of seating, and food. I know they only have so much space, but I've gone into lots of movie showings where the theater was nearly empty, so I feel like they must have some unused capacity. And for what it's worth, if they're seriously capacity-constrained for all those uses, that would suggest the potential of opening even more locations to meet that demand. I feel like instead of showing the same movie 5 times in a row on a single screen, that could be consolidated down to 2 showings, and then the space could be used for other events. Maybe I'm crazy, but I feel like there's so much money-making potential there.

Also when it comes to qualify for the academy awards streaming services need theatres to allow them to play their movies for at least 2 weeks. I know Amazon prime has a thing with amc , Netflix does the indie cinemas

Nice video.

And yet here we are in 2023 and the stocks in all these theater companies are virtually junk. No investor wants to touch it. Online streaming with large HD TVs is having an impact on theaters.

it would be fun to see them go ultra luxurious like having cabin like seats that can fully recline and step away from making snacks their main source of revenue

I mean the AMC in Dartmouth, Ma is pretty popular they usually are busy any day

What if a theater concept started as an experiment.That would be:Set up a theater where personal vehicles drove in and folks sat in their vehicles and watched a movie on a 120'× 250' screen..A central location could sell popcorn,candy,and soda.Restroom could be built near concession .One could click on a cell app to get sound!! Then...pick it up in stereo with your vehicle !

AMC Shareholders were robbed by private equity.

AMC was my favorite in the city. But they left. But I haven't been to the cinema since 2019 and actually don't even feel a want to. Movies are expensive. Snacks even more.

Screw the entire movie industry from the bottom up. 😤

We love the theater! Go almost every week with Stubs

Yeah the put themselves there prioritizing "market shares" rather than providing better viewings experience

AMC Theaters will make a strong comeback!

If theaters were multi purpose (showing movies but also live theater productions, music, comedy, etc.), they would be more of an asset to the community and would be able to survive certain market changes due to the diversification of their offerings. Additionally, a MovieTavern model where you can eat dinner while watching a movie, and making the movie watching experience more comfortable, would go a long way. But right now, I just don't want to sit in a room with a bunch of people who have Covid. So I've only see like 1 movie in the theaters since the pandemic.

I'm watching movies almost weekly at movie theater. It's more enjoyable to watch movies on big screen with best sound sistem then watch movies at home

They didn’t mention the lack of good movies coming out. I used to pay for stubs list and could take advantage of those free movie offers there was always at least 1 good movie a month now I can’t think of a single movie in the next few weeks I’m looking to watch

first time I went to an amc cinema was in rockaway outer six a year before it closed due to lease and then became a best buy. I then went to an amc in Bridgewater that was once a general cinema during their buying spree when general cinema went bankrupt. they soon gobbled up other chains including loews and soon became the biggest name in cinemas. the current amc rockaway 16 is great but needs fixing.

Also nice that CNBC is Talking about AMC but they missing soo much Puzzles in this whole SAGA ! THE PEOPLE SAVED AMC

Theres nothing like the movie experience as in going to the movies, my family and I absolutely love going to amc theatres

Theatre chains don't deserve to survive. Years of preference showing almost exclusively "superhero action movies" catering to kids & immature adults has made REAL film fans who like normal dramatic & comedy stories upset. Now they're staying home streaming movies. There's a problem when a legend like Scorsese's last 2 films were rejected by AMC & he's forced to stream his films.

I love going to the movies but the price of a good time is rediculous ticket prices have gone up and food prices have gone up ..they need to expand to more food items , have booze and most of all plenty of staff ..half the time I go to theaters theirs maybe 4-5 people working ..ain’t nobody tryna pay 50$ on food and and ticket just to have to wait 15 minutes for some popcorn

Hell yeah.......they'll survive! Their float appears to have been sold multiple times over. If you don't own shares, damn I think you will regret that.

For him to say ""We need 750 million dollars to make it through June of 2021" so casually, is INSANE!!!!

I still like to go to movies. Because sometimes the overall sound effects gives life to the movie. I am not rich to buy like 5.1 or 7.1 surround speakers....but I can still enjoy that by watching in a cinema theater.

We at least go 5 times a month to AMC! We love the big screen ❤️

MOASS IS COMING!

They need to bring the old cheese dip back

I stopped going when the cell phone crowd and the talker crowd started showing up to every movie. I'll just watch it at home from now on.

I haven’t been inside a theater now since December 2019 😰 Just seems unsanitary now after COVID

I was a movie-goer before COVID-19, probably 4-6 times a year. I don't think I'll ever feel safe in a movie theater again.

Maybe cut down on prices mainly in the concession stands and increase the matinee showtimes

Adapt, that's all these companies have to do. Also as long as good movies are being put out you'll stay in business.

Not with their ever increasing ticket prices.

AMC: We need a miles morales spiderman movie do it now!!! Marvel: give me that staff job .... and double the money

People have been saying the move theatre is dying since the invention of television. The need for the group experience of art will always be there, I don’t see theatres going anywhere

A list is the best. I love it. I dont have a TV at home. I have to go to a movie theater to see a movie

My theory is and please let me know if you feel the same way I myself I'm an Introvert and going to public places where there's alot of people it's outside my comfort zone, my thoughts are that in today they're alot of introverts who have second thoughts of going to a movie theater when Hulu and HBO Max, Disney, etc... are there in your safe zone your pad

I started going to the movies more since 2020. I like the experience. I'm a Dolby Cinema kind of guy.

Movie theatres are like gas stations, little profit is made on actual ticket sales (like actual gas sales), most comes from concessions, popcorn and soda, candy.

No one mentioned Regal's parent co just filed bankruptcy, if they close, that leaves one natl theater chain, AMC, It bodes well for them.

Cinema are always the best way to watch films. I’d rather go to a cinema and watch mission impossible, eating pop corn and drinking my Guaraná antártica than staying at home and watching on paramount with low quality audio

Most of the moviegoers are teenagers and college students. The tickets are too expensive, popcorn & coke costs like $15, it’s too ridiculous expensive for kids and young people.

I go to movie theaters once per year. I think the last one I saw was James Bond.

Get thier stock while its low. AMC stock will be at $30-$40 this time next year.

DAMN RIGHT they will. $AMC to the moon. CRUSH short sellers.

The new model like the Alemo seem to be doing better

Imagine using amc Theaters as a virtual theater

I never go to the movies because when I do it's filled with people talking and dicking around on their cell phones, blasting everyone in the theather with bright light. If there was an Alamo Drafthouse near me I'd go, but regular theaters that allow cell phones and other BS aren't worth my time or money.

Im going to say combine AMC with Dave & Busters, on Wednesdays call it Dave & Busters Movie night, both benefit incorporate 2-3 movie screens in Dave & Busters. just a thought.

I hope most movie theaters survive in this world 🌎

Great piece CNBC. Theatrical is an experience and much needed revenue stream before other ancillary ones come into the equation. Why would you look to cannibalise the income from a consumer from spending multiple times for the same product? Rather than post the film to television, have the consumer pay 2/3 times and enjoy that content 2/3 times in the process. Theatrical > PVOD > VOD > BluRay > Cable > Terrestrial television.

Lower snack prices to see movies these day its like 50 a person 10 soda 10 popcorn 10 movie 10 candy box that you can get for a 1 anywhere else.

Stonks!!! ... Are we still doing that?