One Of PA's Largest Movie Theater Chains To Shutter Locations

PENNSYLVANIA — Grappling with ongoing post-pandemic money problems, a theater chain with more than a dozen multiplexes across the state is warning it plans to close locations as it attempts to navigate through difficult financial waters.

AMC, the world's largest movie theater chain, reported on the company's Tuesday earnings call that attendance dropped nearly 10 percent in the final quarter of 2025 compared to the same period the year before. The report prompted shares in AMC to drop to a multi-year low of $1.16 on Monday, Deadline reported.

It also prompted a dire warning from the company that has shuttered 213 locations over the past five years and now has about 850 locations.

"We will continue to take actions to close theaters, to reduce leases as we go forward," Chief Financial Officer Sean Goodman said.

Goodman said the leases at around 85 locations are up for renewal this year. Executives will analyze those locations to determine whether it makes the most financial sense to renew them or walk away and shutter any given location.

But while AMC has closed over 200 theaters in recent years, it's also opened 25 new ones. Goodman said that reflects a desire to focus on the most profitable opportunities.

"You're going to see the similar sort of pace going forward, we'll be closing more theaters than we open, but the new ones that we open are generating significantly more profit than the ones that we close," Goodman said.

AMC has not revealed which locations it plans to close.

According to the AMC website, the company has these theaters in Pennsylvania:

• AMC Neshaminy 24, Bensalem
• AMC Woodhaven 10, Bensalem
• AMC Tilghman Square 8, Allentown
• AMC Dine-in Fashion District 8, Philadelphia
• AMC Marple 10, Springfield
• AMC Broadstreet 7, Philadelphia
• AMC Dine-in Painters Crossing 9, West Chester
• AMC Dine-in Berkshire 8, Wyomissing
• AMC 309 Cinema 9, North Wales
• AMC Altoona 12, Duncansville
• AMC Camp Hill 12, Camp Hill
• AMC 309 Cinema 9, North Wales
• AMC Classic Hampden 8, Mechanicsburg
• AMC Waterfront 22, Pittsburgh
• AMC Westmoreland 15, Greensburg
• AMC CLASSIC Mount Lebanon 6, Pittsburgh
• AMC CLASSIC South Hills Village 10, Pittsburgh
• AMC Plymouth Meeting Mall 12, Plymouth Meeting