Still from Disney's latest live action remake “Lilo & Stitch”.
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The shares of cinema companies rose on Tuesday after a record winch of the Memorial Day at the domestic box office.
AMC His shares jumped by more than 23%, while shares of the parent company of Marcus Theater Marcus Corporation rose 10% and cinema A share jumped almost 4%.
The tandem published by Disney Live action “Lilo & Stitch” and Paramount's “Mission Impossible – The Last Billing” In addition to Holdovers Disney and Marvels “Thunderbolts*”, Warner Bros. ' According to Comscore, “Siners” and “Final Destination Bloodlines” led to an estimated 326 million US dollar, the highest box office of the commemoration day ever.
It is also more than twice the ticket sales collected over the same period of $ 132 million.
“Everything came together at the right time, with two eagerly awaited, positively checked tentpoles, which surrounded a diverse spectrum of public,” said Shawn Robbins, director of Analytics at Fandango and founder of Box Office Theory. “This record vacation frame continues a cash register winner series that started in spring and, thanks to a number of promising blockbusters on the board, has now become a damn dynamic for a summer of more than $ 4 billion in domestic cinemas.”
The AMC, Cinemark and Marcus Theater each have released their best income from the Memorial Day Weekend Ticket of all time, and accommodate food and beverage sales for vacation.
“After all, it seems that our industry shot a corner,” said Adam Aron, CEO of AMC, in an explanation. “Since the beginning of April, weekend for the weekend, cinema goers have demonstrated their preference for theater film approaches. A record holiday for the Memorial Day is another sign of the continuing strength and relevance of the film in 2025.”
“Lilo & Stitch” achieved $ 183 million during the four-day framework and directed the package, while the eighth part of the mission collected impossible franchise $ 77 million. “Final Destination Bloodlines” took up 23.9 million US dollars, added Thunderbolts*”, 11.8 million US dollars and” sinners “11 million dollars, reported Comscore.
The combination of a new product and strong transmission of previously published films fueled the weekend, Chad Paris, Chief Financial Officer at Marcus Corp, told CNBC.
“This is the first time this year I would say that we had a fulsoms product quantity for the weekend,” he said. “And we are now in the calendar in the route in which we have a constant cadence of product publications and about genres that can see many different products for people.”
During the summer time the Labor Day weekend ends, the domestic box office is published Universal's Live action version of “How to Train Your Dragon”, a new Disney and Pixar feature “Elio”, the “Jurassic World Rebirth,” Warner Bros. “” Superman “and Disney and Marvels” The Fantastic Four: First Steps “.
In between there are a number of budget films with low and mid -budget in genres such as horror, drama, comedy and sport.
“Every other studio and any other film on the horizon in the next few weeks will drive a wave and benefit from the performance of the past few months,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Senior Media Analyst at Comscore. “We will have a damn big summer and if the Memorial weekend is a hint, we will surely see a summer of 4 billion US dollars for potentially 4.2 billion US dollars and these are great news after a summer of 2024 that did not reach this milestone.”
Disclosure: Comcast is the parent company of Fandango, NBCuniversal and CNBC.
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