Talk:AMC Theatres

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[edit] Stock Symbol

According the AMC homepage, their AMEX symbol is AEN. I went to a few online quote places and typed in AEN. I got Australia Pacific Energy LTD. I don't know what the deal is, but it appears that AEN is not AMC Theatres. Kainaw 13:54, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

This is because AMC is now a privately-held company. The AEN symbol must have been reused or something. --Typobox43 July 7, 2005 06:42 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

I've done quite a bit of cleanup on this article, although it could probably use a bit more. I suggest that we standardize on the CE spelling of "theatre" throughout this article, as it is the spelling used in the company's name. Also, I deleted the chunk with the bulleted stats for AMC and Loews, as it seemed to be floating in the middle of nowhere and not very useful to the rest of the article's content. This is my first large edit of any sort to a wiki article, so bear with me if I screwed something up. :) --Typobox43 July 7, 2005 06:39 (UTC)

[edit] Logo

Uhh...why is the Wal-mart logo used here? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 7 July 2005 07:13 (UTC)

Nvm. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 7 July 2005 07:14 (UTC)
Minor mistake on my part when I was making the infobox. Sorry about that. :) --Typobox43

[edit] Merge?

I hardly know anything about the movie theatre industry. I just want to inform you guys there is AMC Entertainment Incorporated (I think it is the new AMC/Loew's company) article that is lonely/stub and I think it needs to merge/redirect with the more development article of this. --Krystyn Dominik 7 July 2005 16:54 (UTC)

Tough one to call there. AEI is the new merged company - however, this deal hasn't gone through yet. For now, it would probably be best to move that info into this article (most of it seems duplicated anyway), but be prepared for a move when the merger does go through. --Typobox43 July 7, 2005 22:04 (UTC)
The merger has taken place and the new company is called "AMC Entertainment Inc." according to information in this article. Perhaps this article should be moved to "AMC Entertainment" or "AMC Entertainment Incorporated" now? User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:26, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Accuracy

I've always heard that Canadian Nat Taylor is generally credited with the invention of the multiplex, and he seems to have a better claim than Durwood. Taylor's Elgin Theatre was doubled in 1957 and he also built the world's first triple, quadruple, and quintuple theaters. In 1979 his 18 screen cinema is often considered the first megaplex. [1][2]. You can also see a short film about Taylor at [3]. - SimonP 20:19, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cellphone ads section

Is this section really necessary? It wouldn't be so bad if the article was larger, but as it stands right now, we have an article that's 80% general history and the rest is very specific details on one relatively insignificant point. I'm not going to remove it just yet, but I personally don't see a reason for its inclusion. Typobox43 15:38, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some suggestions

Coming across this article, there were some things that might be moved or pruned to tighten it up a bit.

1) Some of the info on multiplex working (staggered shifts, etc), might be moved to the movie theatre article (which should probably have the megaplex article merged into it).

2) The paragraph listing the "busiest and most popular" AMC theatres seems unnecessary - it is unsourced, and likely to change over time in any case.

3) Some of the wording could use some sourcing or tweaking - I'm rather fond of "disatrous flops" and "fishy smell", but too much of things like that and "stumbled", etc., tend to get readers looking for possible slanted writing even when perfectly innocent.

If there aren't any horrible objections I'll try and revise some of this when I get a chance this week. David Oberst 08:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good. tregoweth 20:24, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I'd recommend sorting the theaters by state and then by region. As it is, it's fairly difficult to find what you're looking for in that long list. JPG-GR 18:31, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Employment

As a new AMC associate, I have all of the employment brochures. I could write about the corporate philosophy and so forth. There is apparently a theater-wide training program called GuestFirst.

-T.H.R.

Interesting. That program wasn't around when I worked for AMC (before I went to law school). Just be careful and make sure you don't put any confidential company information online, or they will be understandably pissed. --Coolcaesar 23:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


I think writing about it on Wikipedia might violate policy. It's probably something just the employees of AMC should know about. I work there as well. Electricbassguy 20:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


Truthfully it seem that AMC wants it guests to know about GuestFirst. They do have posters referencing How "Your the Star". By the way I am also a "Seasonal" (I am using quotes because they have no offical recognition of Seasonal Employees) AMC Employee 70.17.0.103 (aka TCPWIKI)

[edit] Theatre Locations

I've added all known theatre locations. If there are more please add them. Dave2005x

I added two in Canada (one current; one under construction) but there are others listed on the corporate site, as well. I also gave NA Locations its own section. Shawn in Montreal 18:31, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just caught vandalism

On 15 September someone at 24.85.209.252 made several subtle alterations in the page, such as changing every instance of "American Multi-Cinema" to "American Multi Cinemas," which is blatantly incorrect. Also, the company rarely uses American Multi-Cinema except in historical discussions and prefers to be called AMC Theatres, which is what most people call it anyway. I fixed as much of the damage as I could but I'm not sure I caught all of it. We need to be more proactive in catching such vandals and blocking them if necessary. --Coolcaesar 01:44, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

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