AMC Stock Rallies Pre-Market After Theater Chain Draws 7M Moviegoers Over Holiday Weekend: Retail’s Confident

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (AMC) shares traded 4.6% higher in Tuesday’s premarket, after recording its strongest Memorial Day weekend in years, buoyed by surging audience turnout and the box office dominance of two blockbuster releases. 

With international support from its ODEON Cinemas chain, AMC saw attendance soar from Thursday through Monday, surpassing the 7 million guest mark globally.

‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ and the new live-action version of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ led the charge at the box office.

AMC noted that both movies drew large crowds to its high-end viewing formats such as IMAX, Dolby Cinema, and RealD 3D, fueling the surge in attendance and earnings.

AMC’s revenue from Thursday to Monday ranks as the third-highest five-day earnings the company has seen in over ten years.

This extended weekend also delivered the company’s strongest Memorial Day performance to date in both ticket sales and concessions revenue on the domestic front.

Though theaters in the U.S. experienced massive crowds, overseas audiences at ODEON Cinemas played a key role in driving total attendance past 7 million worldwide. 

This milestone marks AMC’s highest global turnout for any five days in 2025 to date.

“Finally it would appear that our industry has turned a corner. Since early April, weekend after weekend, moviegoers have been demonstrating their preference for theatrical moviegoing. A record-setting Memorial Day holiday is yet another sign of the continued strength and relevance of moviegoing in 2025,” said AMC Chairman and CEO Adam Aron.

On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around AMC remained in ‘extremely bullish’ territory with high message volume.

A bullish Stocktwits user recommended buying the shares.

Another user said he will add 1,000 shares at the open.

AMC Entertainment stock has lost over 18% year-to-date and 33% in the last 12 months.

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