AMC Entertainment Creates Leawood Films with the Aim of Having More Movies Distributed to the Big Screen
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AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and in the world, today announced the creation of Leawood Films, a new film distribution company headquartered both in Los Angeles and AMC Theatres home base of Leawood, Kansas. It will focus on bringing additional movies to theatrical audiences in the U.S. and across the globe, leveraging its acclaimed marketing ability and the prominence of its exhibition network, and further expanding the range of content available to moviegoers.
Leawood Films is buoyed by the substantial screen count achieved for AMC’s highly successful theatrical distribution efforts industry-wide for TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR, and RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ in 2023, followed by TAYLOR SWIFT | THE OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY OF A SHOWGIRL in 2025. In addition to AMC’s ability to commit a significant number of its own available screens, Leawood Films expects to partner and collaborate with a wide array of other leading movie theatre circuits domestically and internationally.
AMC expects to be aided in this Leawood Films venture by experienced firms with significant distribution expertise and credentials, with whom AMC has worked extremely well previously. Notably, they are headlined by Variance Films in North America and Piece of Magic Entertainment internationally, among others.
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