AMC is the biggest movie theater chain in the world. As such, it is an enormously important part of the overall ecosystem that supports the movie business as we know it. That's why it might come as a surprise that they didn't play "KPop Demon Hunters," which recently made $19.2 million at the box office in just two days , topping the charts on one of the final weekends of the summer in a major surprise. The animated smash hit originated on Netflix though and that, for AMC, is a sticking point ... at least as things currently exist.
On a recent episode of "The Town" podcast, AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron discussed the chain's decision to not play "KPop Demon Hunters," in addition to other Netflix movies that occasionally arrive in theaters for a brief time. In this case, it was a two-day-