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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Anousha Sakoui

AMC Theatres offers cheaper tickets for worse seats, while raising prices for the middle

AMC Theatres has introduced a new pricing program, offering cheaper seats for movie fans who don’t mind sitting in the front row, in the latest attempt to increase attendance and profits after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The nation's biggest cinema circuit on Monday said its new pricing initiative, called “Sightline,” will be expanded to all its domestic locations by year's end, including dine-in cinemas, after having already rolled out at some AMC theaters.

The price of a “standard” seat in the auditorium isn’t changing.

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