Movie Theaters Near Me: AMC to Close More Locations After Attendance Falls and Shares Drop to $1.16
MASSACHUSETTS — AMC Theatres said it will close more locations as attendance slipped nearly 10 percent in the final quarter of 2025, a shift that will affect people searching for movie theaters near me who expect broad local access. The move follows a cascade of financial signals this week that pushed AMC shares to a multi-year low of $1. 16 on Monday.
Attendance decline of nearly 10 percent and market reaction
Executives outlined the attendance fall on the company’s Tuesday earnings call, linking the box-office weakness to the strategic decision to pare the chain’s footprint. That decline in patronage directly preceded the share-price decline to $1. 16 on Monday, a measurable market response that underscores pressure on the chain’s revenue streams.
Sean Goodman on 85 lease renewals this year
Chief Financial Officer Sean Goodman said leases at around 85 locations are up for renewal this year and that AMC will analyze each site to decide whether to renew or walk away and shutter specific locations. "We will continue to take actions to close theaters, to reduce leases as we go forward, " Goodman said, signalling a concrete operational step with immediate financial implications: fewer leases renewed will reduce fixed costs but also shrink the chain’s footprint.
Impact on Movie Theaters Near Me in Massachusetts
The chain now lists about 850 locations nationwide and has closed 213 locations over the past five years. In Massachusetts the company operates at least 10 venues, in Boston, Braintree, Burlington, Danvers, Dorchester, Framingham, Methuen, North Dartmouth, Somerville and Tyngsboro. Local patrons searching for movie theaters near me should expect that more closures are planned, though AMC has not revealed which specific locations will be shuttered.
Balancing closures with 25 new openings and profitability focus
Goodman emphasized that closures are only part of AMC’s strategy: while the company has closed more than 200 theaters in recent years, it has also opened 25 new ones. He framed that mix as a profitability play, saying the new openings are "generating significantly more profit than the ones that we close, " and that the company intends to continue closing more theaters than it opens while concentrating investment where returns are higher.
The Grove example highlighted by Adam Aron
CEO Adam Aron pointed to AMC’s intervention at The Grove in Los Angeles as an illustration of the company’s approach. That location had been operated by Pacific Theatres, which did not reopen it after the pandemic; AMC bought and reopened the site in 2021. Aron noted the box-office impact: the theater went from No. 28 in the county in annual receipts to No. 5 in the country after AMC’s changes, demonstrating a case where targeted investment produced a measurable revenue uplift.
Digital friction: 'Are you a robot?' prompt encountered by readers
Separately, some readers attempting to access related market coverage encountered a prompt asking them to click a box to confirm they are not a robot. The notice instructed users to ensure their browsers support JavaScript and cookies and that those elements are not being blocked. It directed readers to review the site’s Terms of Service and Cookie Policy for more information and advised that inquiries about the message should include the provided reference ID when contacting the support team. The prompt also encouraged subscriptions to obtain global markets news a subscription offering.
What makes this notable is that while AMC reshapes its physical footprint to chase profitability, readers and customers are experiencing friction accessing the digital information and market context that often accompanies such corporate moves.
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