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[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

Toy Story 5 opens this Friday June 19 (with Thursday June 18 advance screenings) across AMC.

Will it be the biggest grossing movie of 2026 so far?

If it crosses $75 million it will be the 6th film to do so in 2026.

Many think it will top $131.7 million, thus posting the highest opening weekend domestic gross of any film released so far in 2026.

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

AMC said today that we fully completed our $150 million equity raise, announced four months ago. It is particularly encouraging that the AMC share price has risen by more than 50% during this time, showing presumably that investors confidence in a resurgent Box Office outweighs fears about dilution.

This is such good news for AMC Entertainment on all counts.

This greatly bolsters our cash reserves.

I’ve said it many times:

Cash is King.

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

Going to be a giant hit this weekend. The entire world is keying on Wicked: For Good.

A triumph in the making.

And AMC Theatres will be packed. Book your seats now. Don’t miss out.

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

I was fortunate to be in Los Angeles to see the extraordinary Taylor Swift perform live Tuesday at the World Premiere of Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5.

Playing her newest sensation: “I Knew It, I Knew You” which was written for this movie.

Mark my words, Toy Story 5 will be a giant phenomenal smash hit. A truly charming
triumph.

Opens at AMC on June 19.

[AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC]

59 years ago today, Israel attacked the USS Liberty, killing 34 crew members and wounding 171 more:

[Myron Gaines @MyronGainesX]

Here we go...

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

As it turns out, for Christopher Nolan‘s much awaited The Odyssey, AMC recorded our highest first-day ticket sales for any studio-released movie title since 2022.

My apologies if you encountered a long ticketing line on the AMC web site and app yesterday.

Fortunately, we still have MILLIONS more available seats for you to catch what is sure to be a global phenomenon.

Ironically, the only first-day AMC ticket sales results since 2022 that topped The Odyssey were for our very own music-oriented projects from our own AMC Theatres Distribution, namely first-day ticket sales for the Renaissance concert film from Beyonce in 2023 and our two Taylor Swift efforts in 2023 and again in 2025.

Other than our early sales for the Beyonce and Taylor projects, The Odyssey first-day dollars in hand outpaced those of the many hundreds of studio-released movies of the past four years.

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

I am so proud to be a Swiftie. Once again, Taylor will delight audiences in our AMC Theatres. With her new original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” in Disney’s Toy Story 5. Opening at AMC on June 19.

Why wait? You can pre-order it right now, only at https://t.co/0Gdj8IrphT

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

One of AMC’s best associations has been ours with the one and only Taylor Swift. First, 2023’s The Eras Tour movie. Then, 2025’s The Official Release Party of a Showgirl event. And now, Taylor’s fans get her much awaited new original song in Toy Story 5. Opens at AMC on June 19.

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

Our U.S. AMC Theatres and overseas Odeon Cinemas welcomed 25.5 million guests in May 2026. Our highest attendance for a month of May in 7 years, better than any May since pre-pandemic 2019. Isn’t that just wonderful!

There are huge movies coming out in June and July too.

“Backrooms” just crushed it at the box office this past weekend. It was the 6th movie in the past 10 weeks to have a domestic opening gross above $75 million.

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

Whoopee, huzzah.

AMC and Odeon theatres attracted more than 5 million guests globally. Biggest domestic weekend of 2026 so far for AMC. The Mandalorian and Grogu was the FIFTH movie to open above $75 million domestically in the last two months.

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[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

I have enormous confidence in AMC and the 2026/2027 box office. So today, using my own money, I bought 250,000 more AMC shares personally, at market price.

I now own outright 2,437,020 AMC shares, raising the total where I have an economic interest to 12,322,429 AMC shares*

It actually can be very hard for a CEO of a public company to buy shares. You have to clear having possession of any material non public information, sort out implications of any ongoing debt and equity transactions, and not be in a quiet period before when earnings will be announced. I was finally in a position to buy even more AMC shares today, and I did.

As I said, I have great confidence in AMC’s future. So, again today, I put my money where my mouth is.

This brings my holdings up to 12.3 million shares* of AMC common stock. My understanding is that I have been, and now even more so I remain, AMC’s biggest individual retail investor.

I should probably mention that I have not sold even a single share of AMC stock since January of 2022, more than four years ago.

I RIDE WITH YOU !!!

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(*For precision: this includes AMC shares I already own, and those which previously have been granted to me as part of my annual compensation and which will vest based on length of service and at target levels of performance over the next thirty three months, on a pre-tax basis.)

[Michael A. Gayed, CFA @leadlagreport]

ARE YOU READY FOR ME TO BECOME ANNOYING AS FUCK AS JAPAN MOTHER FUCKING PANICS HIDE YOUR HAMSTERS LIKE AND REPOST IF YOU UNDERSTAND THIS FEW

[Edward Dowd @DowdEdward]

After market close Friday headline: DOJ investigating BlackRock Private Credit fund valuation practices!

Oops!

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

Today, AMC Entertainment announced our best first quarter results since 2019. In just 3 months, our Adjusted EBITDA was up a breathtaking $96 million year over year.

And we reaffirmed how optimistic we are about a growing industry-wide box office for the remainder of 2026.

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is the fourth huge hit movie in just the last seven weeks! Some 4.4 million guests saw movies at AMC and Odeon this past weekend, Thursday to Sunday.

And so many more blockbusters are in the works for May, June and July.

Let the good times roll !!!!!!!

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

It is a massive development that Netflix has authorized the wide release on February 12, 2027 in movie theatres globally — so very importantly with a traditional 49-day exclusive theatrical window — of acclaimed director Greta Gerwig’s newest film Narnia.

Narnia will also receive some prominent advance screenings only in IMAX auditoriums, of which we have some 225.

At AMC, our cooperative efforts with Netflix picked up steam in the back half of 2025, and have been immensely successful.

Both AMC in the U.S. and Odeon across Europe will throw everything we have into the mix to support Netflix on this effort. We are in their corner fully. We are and will be all in.

It should not be lost on anyone the significance of Netflix trying a real global release of a major film title.

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

Moonwalking our way to success.

With the global debut of MICHAEL, along with strong holdover titles, more than 4.0 million moviegoers attended AMC locations in the U.S., and Odeon Cinemas internationally from Wednesday, April 22, through Sunday, April 26.

That’s a thriller!

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

Enormous congratulations to Graham King, producer of the new smash hit Michael Jackson biopic movie MICHAEL, and to its distributors Lionsgate (domestically) and Universal (internationally).

Graham believes moviemakers should give audiences what they want; namely, movies that entertain, amuse and delight… movies that are meant to be seen in theatres on giant screens.

Michael so very much fills that bill. It is an important and successful movie that has moviegoers singing and dancing with their praise.

Graham is a prolific producer with about twenty movies under his belt, including the multiple Oscar winning films of such consequence: Bohemian Rhapsody, The Aviator and The Departed.

[Adam Aron @CEOAdam]

Three of my highest innovation priorities for AMC in the year 2026:

— More PLF’s (premium large format screens)

— Up our use of AI and technology to become a more efficient company, and to dazzle our guests in theatres.

— After years of fits and starts, secure the rights to show professional and college sporting events.