Itâs HAPPENING!!!
HISTORIC weekend ahead for #ChristopherNolan thanks to INSANELY POSITIVE WOM!
R-rated Epic #TheOdyssey EXPLODED with 25.9M on BIGGEST 2nd FRI in Nolanâs career (in phenomenon territory now, see stats below)!
GIANT Legs, -49.1% drop from FRI Opening Day (vs #TopGunMaverickâs 25M, -51,9%), meaning -22.2% drop(!!!) from last PURE FRI!
Crushes #ToyStory5âs 21.4M, -69.8% as the BIGGEST 2nd FRI of 2026 - and TS5 was rated PG.
It hits a 225.3M cume in just 8 days!
BIGGEST 2nd FRI in Nolanâs career
#TheOdyssey 25.9M, -49.1%
#TheDarkKnight 23.2M, -65.4%
#TheDarkKnightRisesâ 17.7M, -76.6%
#Oppenheimer 13.4M, -59.3%
#Inception 13M, -39.9%
BIGGEST 2nd FRI EVER for R-rated films:
#DeadpoolAndWolverineâs 28M, -70.9%
#TheOdyssey 25.9M, -49.1%
#IT 19.2M, -62%
#AmericanSniper 18.2M, -40%
#Joker 16.9M, -57%
BIGGEST 2nd FRI OF ALL TIME for JUL releases!
#Barbie 29M, -58.8%
#DeadpoolAndWolverineâs 28M, -70.9%
#TheOdyssey 25.9M, -49.1%
#TheDarkKnight 23.2M, -65.4%
#TheLionKing 22.4M, -71.2%
By the way, the way #TheOdyssey keeps following #TopGunMaverickâs footsteps is just fascinating.
#TheOdyssey is poised to gross, on its 2nd weekend, what industryâs projections believed its opening weekend would gross, and more than what #Oppenheimer grossed on its OPENING!
Thatâs the level of insanity here!
With positive WOM through the roof & PLF mostly sold out, Eyeing a 85M-95M 2nd 3-day weekend & a 31%-23% drop, what would challenge #TopGunMaverick for the title of strongest hold of ALL TIME for a 100M+ opener at US #BoxOffice.
THE ODYSSEY overperformed again yesterday and recorded the biggest non-holiday Monday of 2026 with nearly $19M, surpassing TOY STORY 5 first Monday ($17.3M).
THE DAY AFTER. It was such a distinct pleasure, so immensely satisfying, to be able to report to you yesterday that our second quarter of 2026 with $321.4 million of Adjusted EBITDA was the single best quarterly result in AMCâs entire 106-year history.
With 71 million guests in our theatres, we also had the highest revenues in AMC history, and managed our costs well.
We have generated $228 million more EBITDA in the first half of 2026 than we did in the first half last year.
We finished the quarter with $778 million of cash on hand.
The best way to silence the critics and make the naysayers irrelevant is to produce undeniably good results, in this case for Q2 record results, and that is precisely what AMC has been doing throughout 2026.
To those Apes who stood by us along the way, and especially to those who are with us still, I am not exaggerating in saluting the role you all played in saving moviegoing and saving movie theatres and saving AMC.
Because of your support, your children and grandchildren should be able to continue to enjoy⊠in theatres⊠seeing dazzling images on our huge silver screens, just as people have done to their great delight for more than a century.
Of course @John_Hempton is telling us to buy more shares. He knows a ton of $AMC trading happens through dark pools. Heâll never tell you to go watch a movie, buy concessions, and load up on merch. None of them will. Theyâll say things like, âGO FIND A BUY BUTTON.â
They canât short fundamentals, so they donât want you actually supporting the companyâs business.
But buying shares in the secondary market doesnât directly fund the companyâs fundamentals unless itâs a primary offering, where AMC actually receives the cash (through dilution). Those are just shares changing hands between investors. If everything wasnât going through dark pools, weâd actually see real price discovery, but thatâs not the case.
We did not have the highest quarterly revenue and adjusted EBITDA in 106 years because we were all buying AMC shares. It happened because we fundamentally supported the company we are invested in. So when you come across the group of people who are constantly trying to snuff out the loudest voices in this community (the ones promoting fundamentals) while theyâre yelling âgo find a buy button,â make sure you understand what their real narratives may be.
I do continue to buy $AMC shares, because how can you not add to your baskets at these prices? I want to be ready for when real price discovery happens. I will also continue to fundamentally support the company Iâm invested in so I can actually get that price discovery.
We canât have AMC shares if we donât have @AMCTheatres, and you canât have AMC theaters unless people are actually supporting the company fundamentally. I know itâs a wild concept for certain pea-brained individuals around here to grasp, but hopefully they finally understand how wrong, wrong, wrong they were.
Walking out of The Odyssey, all I could think was... this is why I still love movie theaters.
For a few hours, the outside world disappeared. No distractions, no phones, just an incredible story on a giant screen with a room full of people experiencing it together.
Christopher Nolan knows how to make movies that stay with you long after the credits.
If you get the chance, see it in IMAX. I'll be seeing it again with my son on the largest screen.
#TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #AMC #IMAX #Movies
Fresh out of seeing #TheOdyssey and that was craziest shit Iâve seen on a theater in a decade. I didnât read the book and watched 1 trailer. I was not ready for the terror that Nolan created.
10/10 THAT LAST 20 MINUTES YOU COULD HEAR A ANT COUGH OMFG
THE ODYSSEY. Eerie. Really Eerie. Sinister. Insane spectacle. Boy, this one is dark! I LOVED IT! Nolan in full master craft flex. Damon is fantastic. Holland too. WOW!!!
A long story, but in the summer of 2007, I guest conducted the world renowned NY Philharmonic at a public performance before an audience of more than 1500 people. I conducted Dvorakâs Slavonic Dance #8 in G Minor.
This AI variation is more fitting for the summer of 2026.
The Domestic Box Office: ticket grosses for all U.S. & Canadian theatres.
Q2 2026: $2.974 billion. Thatâs the biggest quarter since Q2 2019, and the 5th biggest of the 200 quarters of the past 50 years.
How many times have I heard some idiot say that movie theatres are dead?
I was delighted by the NBA & NHL playoffs today, but it doesnât change how FURIOUS I still am that âallegedlyâ Robinhood posted today that AMC filed for bankruptcy. We didnât !!!! There arenât enough words to describe the incomprehensible incompetence. I vote we should sue. You?
Today is the day! Minions & Monsters opens at AMC Theatres. I have seen it. This homage to old Hollywood is nothing less than a masterpiece of animation. Congratulations to Chris Meledandri, Illumination and Universal. https://t.co/2pqZ6iYcjk
All aboard the $AMC train! We are about to leave the station and be on our way with huge profits for Q2. Q3 is gonna feel very little resistance with all the success and momentum weâve been building on!
You are the owners of this company, shareholders! Now get this company back to profitability long term! All ya gotta do is give the train a little push!