How AMC Theatres Became #1 

$13million of beverages? That's what, about 500 sodas!

I went to see the first Stars Wars movie at an AMC theater for $1.75........in 1977!

The best part about AMC is their Dolby Cinema/Atmos theatres. Those speaker systems are unreal!

I prefer AMC over all others for these reasons: seat reservations, reclined seats, excellent picture, sound, and cleanliness.

spoil endgame and the company man will snap your comment out of existence

AMC bought the rundown Carmike in my town, didn’t remodel at all, and now call it “AMC Classic”. I saw Endgame there in a packed theater with no or barely working A/C, which really made you realize, while dripping in sweat, why they dubbed the theater “Classic”.

Its definitely that new pass that is going to help in the future sales and keeping AMC on top

RSVP seating is what made AMC. I won't goto a theater without it

Future video idea: The Decline of AMC (American Motors Corporation)

I don't have any AMC theaters where I live it's completely dominated by Regal cinemas you should do a video on Regal

Except where I live there is no AMC theaters within 4 hours. On the other hand There is 5 Cinemarks Within a 1 hour distance.

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No more AMC megaplexes in Canada, just Cineplex and Landmark.

I have an AMC Theater at my local mall. Several years ago, they built a brand new bigger state of the art theater on the front side of the mall, moving out of the old location in the back. The mall with the theater had opened in 1985.

AMC was my movie theater growing up, so I am a HUGE AMC fan still... 😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍

Over worked and under-payed staff is probably a big factor

My local AMC, which I’ve been going to for 16 years, renovated half the building while showing movies in the other half, then just shuttered the un-renovated half, simply walling off that half of the theatre and dropping 13 screens. But tbh, the improvements sold me on getting A-List and I watched more movies in theatre in the last half of last year than probably the two prior years combined.

A guy in Hong Kong was beaten up for spoiling Endgame. Don't be that guy. Also, rise and fall of the Chongryon. A North Korean organization in Japan that once one of the richest organizations in the country. It owned pachinko casinos, laundromats, and continues to run schools for the North Korean community. They were stopped by the Japanese gov because they were helping our nuclear program. They are the reason we've advanced so much

We come to this place for magic. We come to AMC theatres to love, to cry, to care. Because we need that, all of us. That indescribable feeling you get when the lights begin to dim. And we go somewhere we’ve never been before. Not just entertained but somehow reborn, together. Dazzling images on a huge silver screen. Sound that I can feel. Somehow heartbreak feels good in a place like this. Our heroes feel like the best part of us, and stories feel perfect and powerful. Because here, they are.

I was surprised you didn't mention there theater branding tiers AMC, AMC Classic, and AMC Dine-in.

6:20 Whoa! That’s the theater I regularly go to. AMC 30 Gulfpointe!

Streaming is great, but the movie going experience is just overall my preferred way to watch releases im excited about. AMC knows that if they want to keep pushing ahead, that making that experience of going to a theater the best it can be is they key to growing and keeping doors open. Although, i go to Alamo and other full-dine establishments that are a little more niche, AMC is on its way to making that experience mainstream.

Haha I'm 40. I remember putting my soda on the floor seeing Goonies in a theatre in Virginia. Oh yeah, had Carmel Cremes too 😂

Id like to see a video of AMC’s current status, during the covid era

One of the things keeping the theatre business going is that now that most of them use digital projection instead of film, they can do special one-night shows and the like. You should consider covering Fathom Events some time in the future.

How about the decline of Drive Up Theaters

I’ve never heard of AMC theaters until now. I did grow up somewhere that the closest theater was a single screen theater; I believe it’s still in business. In the summer it’s technically two screens because of the drive-in.

Now we need a video “How AMC went Bankrupt”

oddly enough, AMC is the cheapest theater in my area. they bought a Carmike Cinema, turned it into an AMC, and show new movies for $5. It's not as nice as the Regal Cinema or a typical AMC, but you really can't beat it for the price. Of course I went to a more expensive theater to see Endgame, but for the average movie experience, it does the job.

Cinema's are amazing. This was good. Well done Company Man.

Damn. The shots at Regal at the end were unexpected and hilarious.

I moved to a different theater just because one had those recliners. They are fantastic. It works ,I go to the movies more now because of the seats.

I always loved AMC Theaters ever since I watched my first film in a theater. They always had a great service and now they actually provided recline chairs. It even makes my parents to rather go to an AMC theater over a Regal theater because of the reclining chairs and my parents said that the sound in AMC is louder and better

Don't forget AMC's chain-wide sound system upgrades. They switched to Dolby-licensed & tested speaker systems, including bi-amped & tri-amped mains plus self-amped subwoofers. 'Blade Runner 2049' sounded totally awesome in every theater I saw it in (AMC 16 1000 Van Ness in San Francisco), plus $5 'Stubs' Tuesday pricing made it a slam dunk for me!

Now we need a video about how they went from bankrupt to saved for another year after the American Multi- Squeeze

They’ve ALWAYS had a focus on what they used to refer to as “sight and sound”. They also had a philosophy about concessions- if they’re gonna charge those high prices they’d better offer quality food options.

If it wasn't so damn expensive, I'd buy food every time I go.

I didnt even know about AMC till now The movie theater, which I literally was in 2 hours ago for endgame, is Galaxy Theaters

if youre a customer the experience is pretty amazing due to the picture, sound and seat quality as well as how clean the theaters tend to be. However as someone who worked there, if youre apart of the staff, its hell keeping things that nice. They under staff and then overwork the very limited staff. Next time you go see a movie, please be thoughtful and dont leave your trash on the floor or in your seat, it helps the staff more than you know

"Plus, the average patron spends $5.13 on food and beverages." This dude got jokes, bruh. I spend $15 minimum every time I go to the movies. You out here playing, Company Man.

Luckily, I am a member of their Stubs A LIst. Such a amazing deal.

God damn my man. Every video is a quality video. Absolutely love your work. So happy I subbed over a year ago

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The one thing I love about AMC is it made me love going to watch movies on Tuesdays. Screw the weekends, you people can have fun paying $20 a ticket, I'll be here paying $5 with less obnoxious people cluttering my local theater!

9.11? AMC tickets where I live are like 12 bucks.

You know, it's weird for me to hear that they are doing so well considering I don't even remember the last time I went to a movie theatre.

Bert Paredes was a senior sight and sound engineer for over 35 years. He was also an ambassador that would pick out hot locations. He would also over see the construction of new buildings and renovations. He has worked with many high profile Hollywood executives and actors. I’ll list just one of Will Smith and they will always go back when they need to do any premiere or events. He essentially was the man behind the silver screen making the sight and sound perfect. R.I.P. Bert Paredes, I miss you dad. P.S. Regal is in decline and I know many regals have converted into AMC’s.

Every Company Man video about in person businesses from here on out: See that tiny dip at 2008? That was the recession. The rest of the canyon was made by Covid.

I didn’t even know AMC existed till a few years ago. All I have are Edwards Cinemas.

AMC movie pass subscription allowed me to see End Game in 3D Imax ($25 ticket) and use free $5 vouchers (based on a point system). I think it's fair to say millions of movie tickets and millions of popcorn orders and millions of sodas were sold because they were pretty much free for the $20 monthly AMC movie pass. The pass now costs $23.99 in California but a regular AMC here costs about $14.95 for a standard ticket. I think I "spent" $450 at AMC but I have only bought $60 worth of monthly passes.

You damm right. I literally come solely for the experience. I live in New York City and that is a major reason why I go to AMC theaters.

I didn't know about them until they bought out Carmike Cinemas

Never heard of AMC. Surprising they haven't expanded into Canada.

Side note: So glad I grew up in this time in film. We’re gonna look back at the Marvel movie generation fondly

This aged fantastically

My man and I use to only watch movies every few months. After our local theater remodeled we started going almost every week because those recliners are so nice 😂

My average movie ticket price is about $13.00

There are no amc theather where Iive. Marcus is the only theater I go to.

In my hometown AMC is popular because it's the only theater located on the better side of town where you don't have to worry about getting shot or fought by thugs.

The introduction of reserve seating and incline chairs was crazy for me. I viewed the theater experience as a hassle when I was younger. Having to get there early, long lines, saving seats, and competing with people getting 'free' seats. Then ending up with the neck breaking seats at the front. As i got older I noticed a big decline in move goers even after AMC converted our Lowes. I thought, they're just going to go out of business with this audience. Using the enhanced seating arrangements was a great move to combat this. Instead of stuffing the screens to max capacity make it a quality experience instead, especially since the seats weren't filled anyway. The Alist membership made me go from a 1-3 movies a year to a 2-3 movies a month person. I'm a sucker for movie flavored popcorn. It's still expensive with the free upgrade, but nothing compares to that flavor and butter. I always sneak in my water bottle though lol. In the end they are getting more money from me, but I am having a much better experience now.

Woah... I remember subscribing to this channel when it had like 17k subscribers.

This video made me curious how big Cobb Theatres is, since it's my local cinema and the one I go to most often. And then I found out they actually only have 19 locations in total, primarily focused in the south, and my entire worldview has been shaken because I assumed they were nationwide help.

I work at AMC theatres. I think the thing that keeps people coming is genuinely how over the top reactive our customer response system is. If a guest gives us a bad score on a SINGLE part of the survey, the entire thing is written off as a zero and tanks our OS scores. Essentially, as a manager this means checking OS scores is like a daily thing for me just to make sure our building stays afloat. On top of that the company regularly gives us these contests that give the crew incentives to win, such as large quantities of money to spend on items for the break room or parties and stuff. Another thing I'd like to note that may also contribute to the company's success, even in a small way, is that literally every position is designed to be a teaching sort of deal. Even mine. When you are a crew you are constantly trained and reminded on how to do things correctly so that you can be a crew lead, demonstrating mastery of the building's processes. Once you're a crew lead, you're then taught on delegating your underlings and taking control of whatever area you're in. Essentially giving you basic leadership skills, preparing you for supervisor. The supervisor role is really nothing more than manager in training, cause you're made to assist a manager in a specific department as well as handle, count, reconcile, and deal with massive quantities of cash, not just one register. Essentially this where where they show you how to be a manager. Once you hit manager, even that position is a learning process. I work in HR, but I will only do so for 6 months, which is about the time needed to truly get the hang of the entire department. After my 6 months are up, they will rotate me to another department, and so too will all other managers be rotated. The management cycle is 3 departments: HR, Food & Beverage, and Admin & Booth. So if you work in management for a year and a half, you could theoretically understand and do literally everything the theater could possibly require. After that they train you on how to be a GM with their MLP program, and so on. Effectively I think this helps as it consistently inspires mastery of your job and rewards you, however despite those rewards, each promotion leads to more responsibilities and things to learn. This has a good effect on how the business is ran, because the employees are always getting better at their jobs, meaning more satisfied guests. I dont mean to come off as some sort of shill, but it's something I've noticed during my 2 years here and it kind of takes me back to realize my entire career here has been nothing but me learning new tricks like a dog. Cant say I'm upset about it though.

One innovation you forgot to mention is that in 1995, they invented Stadium Seating, which is the standard for theaters now. The recliner conversion were wisely done with their non stadium theaters, and their business went from squat to booming. They are slowly doing this to their stadium seaters too, but only the low volume ones. Also a big factor is their sound system. In the mid 90s were most theaters were equipped with DTS or SDDS sound, AMC still stuck with the Dolby Sound mixer, which was still the standard. Yes DTS and SDDS were great for their time, but Dolby responded with Dolby Digital and Dolby 5.1. By the late 90s, Dolby 5.1 was leading the way while SDDS and DTS faded, forcing the competitors to change their system, which was costly. Now, Dolby Atmos is the ultimate in Sound Quality, and their Dolby Theater usually do the most business, as they sell out first, yes, even more popular than the IMAX theaters.

My AMC @ Katy Mills (Texas) that I've been going to since 07 was getting pretty dated, so I think a year or two they decided to renovate it and I must say it's now my go-to theater. I got my AMC Premiere Club rewards (pay $10/Year) and essentially I never pay for online ticketing fees (all theaters now have like Alamo/Regal/Cinemark), get Tuesday Savings as usual, and save on concessions by getting free size upgrades. AMC is succeeding because they're listening to consumers and improving the movie theater experience, even if it means with fixing the little things (rewards systems, seat recliners, etc..).

I sneak food like Taco Bell in to theatres like a madman

A List is a reason by far. My favorite subscription service.

not only adding beer options, but an entire bar in MacGuffin's bar is a game changer for me. Having a choice of beer, wine, cocktails or just neat pours of liquor while enjoying my movie makes me feel at home, while experiencing the massive speakers and hd picture screens

I just went to watch Endgame in IMAX three days in a row at AMC theaters and bought nachos and a red icee all 3 times. Best movie experience of all time. 🔥

I love how theaters are getting more premium. It feels odd now to not go to a theater with assigned reclining seats. It makes the skyrocketing ticket prices *almost* tolerable. That, and free large popcorn refills.

The A-List program is legitimately really good, pays for itself if you see at least 2 movies a month

They’ve also cut the night crew for a lot of the AMC Classics (former Carmike Cinemas theaters), so instead of paying for a third party to come in, the employees clean the building.

With Netflix and streaming services, and new movie releases time to digital, more people might be willing to wait till they're available for digital purchase. That might work against AMC and any other big theater. It might already have esp with covid but that's my take on one thing that could hurt their revenue.

I remember getting bootleg movies and always seeing somebody standing up blocking parts of the film #thastruggle

As a manager from an independent theater, AMC A-List is easily the best deal for frequent moviegoers. Movie Pass has terrible customer service, gets showtimes wrong, doesn't ship the cards in time, and probably isn't going to last the year anyway. I'm not a fan of AMC, but if you're looking for the cheapest way to watch a ton of movies, theirs is best. That said, independent theaters often have great offers and a nice sense of community and personality.

I have AMC Stubs A-List, I love that I can just decide to see a movie, buy the ticket on my phone, go in and see it and not even have to think about the price of the ticket.

I signed up for the Stubs A-List in March because I realized if I see around 2 movies a month it pays for itself

Ayyyyye I work at AMC it’s the best job js❤️ it was extremely crazy though when end game came out

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The difference between the multiplex and megaplex... The multiplex was old school traditional seating. The megaplex is stadium seating.

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I'm AMC A-Lister And I Love It...

A few years ago AMC built a really nice Dine-In Theater at my local mall and turned the theater they already had into an AMC classic where they show smaller scale movies There was also a Regal Cinemas in the same area that got driven out of business by having 2 competing theaters in a 1 mile radius, and they turned the building into a Dave and Busters which in my opinion was a really good move since the nearest one was 40 minutes away

I’m at school in Kansas City. The quality of the AMC’s are nice and the campus is situated between two big theaters with a small one close by. A few friends and I bought the A-List pass and love it. 3 movies a week for free, no online or reservation charges and don’t have to pay extra from Dolby or IMAX. This all for like $20. We’ve seen 11 movies in the past two months and have probably gotten at least $150 of value out of it

I hardly ever go to the movies (3 or 4 times a year). My perception was that AMC was going under. They closed/sold a bunch of theaters (multiplexes) in my area. I'm definitely not up on the movie theater industry - but I would have said AMC was suffering. I'm in Western Massachusetts. Look at a google map and find an AMC theater near me. There use to be many. They are all gone. Cinemark took some, others torn down/closed.

I Must Have Popcorn For This

I really love the reclining seats in the theater. When I went to see Assassins Creed, my theater had it, and I almost fell asleep. Not because I felt the movie was boring, but I felt so comfortable in that seat that I reclined all the way back.

I discovered certain AMCs had full recliners ( almost flat ) that were made with good cushioning. Top that off that I could reserve our seats. I quit waiting for an interesting movie to arrive on DVD. I semi- regularly picked up gift cards at Sam's /Costco and bought $50 worth of AMC credit for $40. If the movie is boring, you take a cat nap. Brilliant business decision to lure folks out of their homes. I dont see movies unless I get a full recliner. Love this channel. Peace.

One thing that's ignored is how effective they are at utilizing their larger number of screens compared to many competitors. Growing up near their headquarters it wasn't uncommon for their local 20 screen suburban theater to screen a lot of smaller, independent, and foreign films that would normally require a trip downtown to the art theater. Nothing too obscure, mainly larger limited releases. Now living in an area with a very large Chinese population it's not uncommon to see major Chinese films showing at AMC. Especially things like big releases around the Lunar New Year. They also tend to show a good number of Indian-produced films to capture that audience. Other local theaters might do special events through Fathom Events, but AMC schedules this on their own. It won't ever form a backbone of their offerings, but they're taking greater advantage of their smaller theaters to increase the variety of what they show and keep audiences that would otherwise go to specialty theaters.

Literally never heard of them. Apparently Regal has my area on lockdown.

I swear, it smells like they mop the floors with butter in that place. You walk into an AMC, and the scent of butter just slaps you in the face. ...but it smells so good!

I've never heard of AMC. I live in Wisconsin, and the only chain we have is Marcus Theatres. Also, my ticket for Endgame was only $6.60... yup. Also, in my town, we have a local movie theatre with one screen called the Rivoli. Their tickets are half that, maybe even less, but they show movies that are out of the chains (a month or so after they've been released) so it makes sense. Anyway, this was still interesting to see.

@4:50 that's the AMC in Brandon, Florida! My childhood movie theatre!

Yeah I remember when the Carmike Cinema I used to go turned into an AMC Theater

As a Latvian, I was a bit shocked when you said AMC is big in Latvia, since I haven't seen any AMC theatres here. Maybe they just hold the rights to our movie theatres or maybe own some of our movie theatres. Anyway, great video!

This really useful. Studying film distribution at the moment

Who's here after gamestock?

this didn't age well...

I used to hate A-List because they had their own priority lanes at the snack bar. Now that I'm an A-List member, I love those priority lanes. I never saw a movie more than once in the theater before joining. Now, I've seen a few movies multiple times and they get me for $14 for a soda and popcorn every time.

Hats off to you man. The detail and research in your videos shows mad dedication!