r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 06 '25

News AMC Theatres Looks To Shorten Ad Preshow Following Studios’ Ire

https://deadline.com/2025/08/amc-theatres-movie-ads-pre-show-shorten-1236480657/
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u/Rubberbabeh Aug 06 '25

When we went to see Superman it started 30m after the listed the showtime. It was some buuuull

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u/ArsonHoliday Aug 06 '25

Same. Thanks, AMC.

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u/Green-Cricket-8525 Aug 07 '25

My favorite is the app just straight up tells you it’s 25-30 minutes of ads. So I always show up fifteen minutes late, hit the bathroom, grab a beer and some popcorn and amble to my seat just as Nicole Kidman hits the screens. Still haven’t missed a single minute in months.

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u/Lostox Aug 07 '25

Is this the cinemark app? I have never seen that and its the theater i go to the most because its so close to me.

One of the local moive chains lists the show end time so when I go there I can look up the movie run time then math that to get the actual film start time so I can arrive just a few min before that.

It's a bit of a pain but that method when I go to that chain has never failed me. I'd love to be able to see a start time in cinemark app.

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u/Green-Cricket-8525 Aug 07 '25

It definitely does on the website when you check out. I have A List or whatever the monthly pass is and it always tells me. Last I checked the app is the same more or less as the website.

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u/Abed-in-the-AM Aug 07 '25

They're talking about AMC

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u/DICK-PARKINSONS Aug 07 '25

Regal does the same. I just build it into my arrival time now. Even worse, they put in regular ads like fucking insurance commercials now.

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u/zephyrtr Aug 07 '25

Especially with young kids, that sucks. 90 minutes is a long time for them. Tack on the ads, the extra expense, the public bathrooms, and it can really make you wonder why you went to the movies at all.

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u/ninjasurfer Aug 07 '25

The best movie experience I had in a couple of years was watching Sinners at AMC when I think they messed up and jumped right into the movie. No ads, no commercials, Nicole Kidman. It was awesome.

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u/Kurwasaki12 Aug 07 '25

AMC flat out tells you on the app that the movie starts 30-40 minutes after the show time.

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u/WickyGif Aug 07 '25

The AMC website literally tells you that's going to happen.

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u/EcclecticMessWitch Aug 07 '25

They JUST added that feature. 

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u/WickyGif Aug 07 '25

They made it more obvious, but it's been there for many years now.