Your $13 Movie Ticket vs Your $9 Popcorn: Who Really Gets the Money? #shorts

The average AMC ticket in the U.S. cost $12.78 in 2025. About half of it (≈$6.55) goes to the movie studio, so AMC keeps ≈$6.23.
The average moviegoer spent $8.57 on popcorn and drinks. The food itself cost AMC only ≈$1.55, so AMC keeps ≈$7.02. More than it keeps from your ticket.
And AMC still reported a $632.4 million net loss in 2025.
Would you still buy the popcorn? Comment yes or no 👇

Source: AMC Entertainment Holdings, Q4 & Full Year 2025 results (U.S. markets), filed with the SEC on Feb 23, 2026. Per-patron splits are calculated from AMC's U.S. film exhibition costs and food & beverage costs and rounded. What AMC keeps still has to pay rent, staff and everything else.
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