{"id":586363,"date":"2026-04-15T20:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586363\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T20:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:22:11","slug":"amc-stubs-a-list-cost-increases-by-two-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586363\/","title":{"rendered":"AMC Stubs A-List Cost Increases by Two Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAMC Theatres<\/a>\u00a0is again raising the price of Stubs A-List, citing the rising costs of operating its venues.<\/p>\n

\n\tStarting July 15, the cinema chain\u2019s movie subscription membership will cost $29.99 per month, a $2 increase from the last price hike in May 2025<\/a>. Perks remain the same: Patrons can see up to four movies every week in every format, including Imax and Dolby. They also get free upgrades on popcorn and fountain drinks, as well as a $5 reward for every $50 spent. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEven with this necessary price adjustment, A-List continues to offer you exceptional\u202fvalue,\u202foften costing only the price of seeing about one to two movies per month, especially when you enjoy premium formats or reserve tickets online,\u201d AMC\u2019s CEO Adam Aron wrote in an email to subscribers. \u202f\u201dIt really is now \u2014 and will continue to be \u2014 a terrific\u00a0bargain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen AMC launched Stubs A-List in 2018, customers were charged $19.95 per month to see up to three movies a week. The subscription plan began as a rival to MoviePass, which offered the unsustainable model of one movie a day for $9.95 a month. (MoviePass sputtered in spectacular fashion and filed for bankruptcy before\u00a0reemerging in 2023<\/a>\u00a0with new ownership and a very different pricing plan.)<\/p>\n

\n\tAMC\u2019s latest price increase was announced while the movie theater industry is gathering for CinemaCon<\/a>, the annual trade show where studios pitch exhibitors on their upcoming slates. Everyone seems to be enthusiastic about 2026 because there\u2019s more volume: Hollywood is releasing 113 films, the most of the post-pandemic era. Potential blockbusters include Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d and \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day,\u201d as well as original properties such as Tom Cruise\u2019s \u201cDigger\u201d and Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cDisclosure Day.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMovie theaters are going to be very busy,\u201d Aron recently predicted to Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the meantime, AMC has been laboring to lift its share price while struggling under a nearly $4 billion debt. AMC, the world\u2019s largest circuit, isn\u2019t alone in trying to scrape by with fewer films (compared to pre-COVID years) and shorter windows. To make matters worse, attendance has been stagnant as inflation has increased the price of everything from food and beverages to rent. <\/p>\n

\n\tAmid shrinking margins, AMC has been testing all kinds of initiatives to lure customers in greater numbers. Those efforts include blocking and reserving<\/a> the \u201cbest seats\u201d for A-List and Stubs Premiere members, and offering\u00a050% off movie tickets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays<\/a>. They\u2019ve also been putting more advertisements before screenings <\/a>as a way to passively increase revenue.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this week, Sony\u2019s chairman Tom Rothman criticized major theater chains<\/a>, saying they need to cut back on the nearly 30 minutes of trailers and commercials that air before the feature presentation. He noted that frequent moviegoers now show up a half hour late to avoid all the spots, meaning that patrons \u201cdon\u2019t even see the trailers,\u201d which results in \u201centicements gone to waste.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGet rid of the endless advertising and substantially shorten the long pre-shows,\u201d Rothman said on stage at the Colosseum at Caesar\u2019s Palace while teasing the studio\u2019s upcoming slate. \u201cGet off the ad crack.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AMC Theatres\u00a0is again raising the price of Stubs A-List, citing the rising costs of operating its venues. Starting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[54847,232746,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-586363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-amc-theatres","9":"tag-cinemacon","10":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}