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By the end of the year, the company had completely made the switch, being one of the first major movie chains to utilize digital projectors instead of the traditional film projectors. Incredible stuff!Īnother major change occurred in 2009 when AMC began switching to digital projectors. The largest megaplexes owned by AMC today, house between 25 to 30 screens under the same roof.

By 1995 AMC opened the first megaplex theater that could hold thousands of guests watching multiple movies at the same time. This concept continued to evolve in the 1980s when AMC became the first to open ten-screen multiplexes. It only had two screens but proved Stanley’s theory to be correct. The first multiplex was the AMC Theatre at the Kansas City’s Ward Parkway. To fix this, he purchased several buildings and added one more screen, thereby creating the very first multiplex cinema. If the movie wasn’t a hit then they’d be at a financial loss until the next movie was available. His next innovation changed weekends at the movies for the rest of human history – he figured that having just one screen in the building was quite limiting. His first move was to rename the chain as the American Multi-Cinema Inc., or AMC Theaters, which it still uses today. Stanley was a World War II veteran and he employed a militaristic approach in managing the theaters. AMC officially began its rich history when Stanley Durwood, son of one of three original founders, took over the family business in 1961.

It was founded by the three Dubinsky brothers, who later changed their names to the Durwood brothers.

AMC Theaters started out in 1920 and was originally known as Durwood Theaters.