545 Theatres, 7,237 Screens, 43 States
11500 Ash Street, Leawood, KS 66211, USA
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas or AMC Multi-Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain, majority-owned by Chinese Wanda Group and listed as a subsidiary headquartered in Leawood, Kansas, and the largest movie theatre chain in the world. Founded in 1920, AMC has the largest share of the U.S. theater market, ahead of Cineworld and Cinemark Theatres. After acquiring Odeon Cinemas, UCI Cinemas, and Carmike Cinemas in 2016, it became the largest movie theater chain globally and in the United States.
The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange; from 2012 to 2018, the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group owned a majority stake. Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners made a $600 million investment in AMC in September 2018. However, the voting power of AMC shares is structured so that Wanda Group still controls the majority of AMC’s board of directors.
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