AMC Entertainment welcomed more than 4.2 million moviegoers to its U.S. AMC Theatres and internationally at its ODEON Cinemas this past weekend, from Thursday through Sunday. Combined with totals from prior weeks, AMC saw 25.5 million guests at their domestic and global locations in the month of May, making the month the highest-attended month of May since 2019.
This weekend, Backrooms opened to a media-reported $81 million domestically, becoming the sixth film in the past ten weeks to debut above $75 million domestically. Other films since March 20 that opened to more than $75 million domestically in 2026 include: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Michael, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and Project Hail Mary.
Also contributing to the weekend’s strong results, Obsession increased its domestic box office gross from the previous weekend, as it also did the weekend before, an extremely rare accomplishment for a wide theatrical release.
AMC Chairman and CEO Adam Aron commented: “Week after week in 2026, it’s been clear that as Hollywood has been releasing well-made and well-marketed movies, moviegoers have been pouring out in droves to enjoy the incomparable magic of the big screen experience that we offer in our theaters. The results that AMC saw in May were particularly encouraging. With our welcoming 25.5 million guests to our theaters in May of 2026, we posted our most highly attended May since 2019, both domestically and globally. These immensely satisfying results reflect the strength of a diverse film slate, one that was driven both by established blockbusters with their well-known characters along with entirely new IP. This current measure of success, combined with the many compelling movies coming to our screens in the weeks and months ahead, gives us great confidence as we look to the rest of 2026.”
Aron continued, “Undoubtedly, you will understand and appreciate our enthusiasm when you look at the line up of just some of the films coming to our theaters over the next five weekends: Scary Movie (June 5); Masters of the Universe (June 5); Disclosure Day (June 12); Toy Story 5 (June 19); Supergirl (June 26); and Minions & Monsters (July 1) along with many other interesting titles that will be gracing our screens.”
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