Video: Curtain rises on ‘lucrative opportunity’ for AMC in Saudi Arabia


On the day the first new movie theater opened in Saudi Arabia, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. CEO Adam Aron said he feels good about the future for that nation's moviegoers and his company's shareholders.

In an interview Wednesday on CNBC, Aron said Saudis are movie fans but have had to watch them at home. He said AMC officials think there is pent-up demand "to watch movies the way they're supposed to be seen — on the big screen." That could translate into the Leawood-based theater operator opening…

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