AMC soars on report Amazon weighs offer for theatre chain

Interesting enough for sure.

Amazon has investment advisers looking at a possible takeover of the chain, which has a market value of about US$4 billion, the site reported.

AMC isn’t the only ailing chain. Cineworld Group, another major theatre operator, is expected to emerge from bankruptcy in June. It operates the Regal cinemas in the US.
“Amazon would be better off buying a piece of Cineworld,” Wedbush Securities analyst Alicia Reese wrote in a research note, saying that would be a lower-risk strategy. “We do not think that AMC is a likely acquisition target in general, given its massive debt and inflated valuation.”

AMC theatres could serve as a platform for the 12 to 15 movies Amazon plans to release in cinemas annually, the website said. Bloomberg News reported last year that Amazon is planning an ambitious slate of films. Apple is also ramping up output.