AMC Entertainment Creates “Leawood Films” With the Aim of Having More Movies Distributed on to the Big Screen

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AMC Entertainment Creates “Leawood Films” With the Aim of Having More Movies Distributed on to the Big Screen

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New distribution venture will focus solely on films fully financed by their filmmakers, or already completed films, leveraging AMC’s exhibition, marketing, and distribution expertise to expand the supply of movies for a broad array of movie theatre operators across the U.S. and internationally

Distinguished Hollywood veterans Toby Emmerich, Ricky Strauss and Kyle Davies to advise on new venture, which will be represented by Craig Jacobson of Hansen Jacobson

Leawood Films is designed to be additive and not expected to compete with AMC’s longstanding studio and distribution relationships

LEAWOOD, Kan., August 31, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and in the world, today announced the creation of Leawood Films, a new film distribution company headquartered both in Los Angeles and AMC Theatres home base of Leawood, Kansas. It will focus on bringing additional movies to theatrical audiences in the U.S. and across the globe, leveraging its acclaimed marketing ability and the prominence of its exhibition network, and further expanding the range of content available to moviegoers.

Leawood Films is buoyed by the substantial screen count achieved for AMC’s highly successful theatrical distribution efforts industry-wide for TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR, and RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ in 2023, followed by TAYLOR SWIFT | THE OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY OF A SHOWGIRL in 2025. In addition to AMC’s ability to commit a significant number of its own available screens, Leawood Films expects to partner and collaborate with a wide array of other leading movie theatre circuits domestically and internationally.

Rather than financing productions, developing scripts, or assuming the traditional risks associated with film production, Leawood Films is intentionally conceived as a disciplined low-risk opportunity for AMC, as it intends to work only with established and emerging filmmakers who are able to secure full financing for their own films, or who already have completed films in hand. This Leawood Films initiative will then take advantage of AMC’s ability to guarantee significant placement in theatres the world over, combined with AMC’s world class marketing prowess and exhibition expertise.

Not surprisingly for AMC, Leawood Films of course will respect a 45-day or greater PVOD window and a 90-day or more SVOD window.

Having said that about windows, AMC intends that the vast majority of its movies’ downstream revenues after they leave theatres, and the ownership of their IP, will remain with their film makers. Accordingly, certain economic benefits enjoyed by film makers working with Leawood Films often may differ markedly from traditional studio distribution arrangements.