Dec. 24 at 8:59 PM
AMC Entertainment ended an 11-day losing streak, closing flat at
$1.68, though shares have fallen 99.5% from their
$339.05 peak in June 2021. December has been particularly rough, with a 31% drop amid concerns over Netflix’s
$83 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which raised uncertainty about theatrical release windows. The 2025 North American box office also underperformed slightly, reaching
$8.24 billion versus
$8.57 billion in 2024.
Other theater chains, like Cinemark (CNK), faced similar pressures, with December declines and a 27% drop for the year. Looking ahead, regulatory approval for the Netflix-WBD deal, Paramount Skydance’s competing bid (PSKY), and a slate of major 2026 film releases—including Supergirl, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping—could improve ticket sales and investor sentiment, potentially offering a rebound for movie theater stocks.
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