“As soon as theaters reopen, we expect to release movies on both formats.”

“The results for ‘Trolls World Tour’ have exceeded our expectations and demonstrated the viability of PVOD,” Shell said. The film was initially planned for theatrical release but was moved to day-and-date with digital release in March as thousands of theaters were forced to shut down during the coronavirus pandemic.Īlso Read: AMC Theatres Plans to Raise $500 Million in Private Debt Offering Shell made the comments in a Wall Street Journal story Thursday morning that reported the animated film “Trolls World Tour” made $95 million in digital rentals in the 19 days since its release. This policy affects any and all Universal movies per se, goes into effect today and as our theatres reopen, and is not some hollow or ill-considered threat.” “Therefore, effectively immediately AMC will no longer play any Universal movies in any of our theatres in the United States, Europe or the Middle East. “It is disappointing to us, but Jeff’s comments as to Universal’s unilateral actions and intentions have left us with no choice,” Aron wrote.

AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron announced in an open letter to Universal Pictures Chairman Donna Langley that the nationwide theater chain will no longer screen Universal’s films following comments by NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell that the studio plans to release more films day-and-date both theatrically and on video-on-demand.

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