Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners made a $600 million investment in AMC in September 2018, but the voting power of AMC shares is structured in such a way that Wanda Group still controlled the majority of AMC's board of directors.Īmid financial downturns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, in January 2021 Wanda's ownership was increasingly diluted due to new financing by AMC, as well as short squeezes that resulted in Silver Lake converting its $600 million debt holding to equity. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2018, the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group owned a majority stake in the company. It has 2,807 screens in 353 theatres in Europe and 7,755 screens in 593 theatres in the United States. theater market ahead of Regal and Cinemark Theatres.Īfter acquiring Odeon Cinemas, UCI Cinemas, and Carmike Cinemas in 2016, it became the largest movie theater chain in the world. Founded in 1920, AMC has the largest share of the U.S.

It is the largest movie theater chain in the world.

( 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 founded in Kansas City, Missouri and now headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.

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