AMC Burbank stands tall as the country's most profitable theater

Maybe it’s the leather seats oregon the escaped parking. But retired of each movie theatre successful the U.S. and Canada, AMC Burbank 30 had the astir lucrative container bureau successful 2025.

The combined efforts of the 3 theatre locations, little than a mile isolated (AMC Burbank 16 and Town Centers 6 and 8), brought successful the highest container bureau numbers, according to Comscore. The AMC successful New York’s Lincoln Square came successful 2nd place. Overall, the theatre concatenation holds 7 of the apical 10 highest-grossing container offices successful the U.S. and Canada, with 4 locations successful L.A., 2 successful New York and 1 successful Florida.

The L.A. AMC locations astatine The Grove, Century City and CityWalk ranked astatine numbers five, six and eight, respectively.

“AMC’s longstanding occurrence successful Los Angeles is driven by respective factors, including the size of the market, the enthusiasm of the Hollywood assemblage and section audiences for seeing films connected the large screen, and AMC’s absorption connected delivering a high-quality moviegoing experience,” said a spokesperson for the theatre concatenation successful a connection to The Times.

“Across the region, AMC locations regularly connection a divers movie slate that spans large workplace releases, autarkic titles, and AMC Artisan Films.”

AMC has had a beingness successful Southern California since 1969, erstwhile it opened its archetypal West Coast determination successful La Habra. By the mid-1980s, the theatre concatenation grew significantly, opening multiplexes successful Burbank and Century City. There are present 36 locations successful the greater Los Angeles market.

Daniel Loria, the elder vice president astatine the Box Office Company, a cinema information analytics firm, said Los Angeles and New York being the astir profitable cities isn’t shocking. Many studios and theaters typically usage the 2 largest metros to gauge which markets to grow to and however agelong a movie volition beryllium playing successful theaters.

“This manufacture truly relies connected the powerfulness of those 2 cities for the full satellite to function,” Loria said, referring to the movie business.

“These are the capitals of cinema. You spot this attraction wrong that apical 10 due to the fact that of the indexing show they have, not lone connected a section level, but connected a planetary level arsenic well.”

The fig of movies showing successful larger cities besides plays a cardinal relation successful container bureau gross. Loria said that successful immoderate regions of the country, section theaters volition lone get 3 oregon 4 movies showing astatine a time. Whereas successful bigger markets, determination is much diverseness successful showings and much opportunities to spell spot a movie, arsenic the theaters are usually bigger and person much screens. Beyond the fig of screens, a film‘s ocular format is besides a large origin successful nett and summons pricing.

When seeing a movie successful a premium format, similar IMAX oregon Dolby Cinema 3D, astatine an AMC, an big summons tin scope betwixt $25 and $30 connected a weekend, whereas a modular format would outgo astir $18. Many movie theaters successful Los Angeles person these high-quality screens, which tin boost container bureau gross income much than different theaters that bash not connection a premium viewing experience.

Paul Dergarabedian, the caput of marketplace trends astatine Comscore, said large theatre chains usually person much drafting powerfulness erstwhile their locations person high-quality screenings available.

“What’s striking is however premium formats are driving awesome container bureau [sales] adjacent successful an property of terms sensitivity among consumers,” said Dergarabedian. “Savvy moviegoers recognize that the upcharge is worthy the investment, peculiarly with films that are epic successful scope and are champion viewed successful the grandest format connected connection astatine their section cinema.”

In caller years, movie rank passes person helped bring audiences into theaters much consistently . AMC’s A-list rank allows subscribers to spot up to 4 movies a week, for the monthly terms of $27.99. There are astir 1 cardinal A-listers.

“The greater Los Angeles country is besides location to a highly engaged AMC Stubs A-List rank basal that makes theatrical moviegoing a priority,” wrote an AMC spokesperson. “The transportation betwixt AMC, Hollywood, and Los Angeles moviegoers continues to payment our workplace partners, filmmakers, and audiences.”