amc entertainment holdings regal entertainment group and cinema mark holdings have each dedicated hundreds of millions of dollars to the receding efforts saying that between forty and fifty five percent of their auditoriums will eventually be renovated and see the world's largest exhibitor said that two hundred forty seven of its six hundred forty locations were out that it was recliner seats at the end of last year although ticket sales haven't exactly been booming in recent years that hasn't slowed the development of these luxury movie theaters or the efforts in creating memorable experiences for their customers reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. . if that doesn't want you to go see a movie boy i don't know what will i want to go that's all the time we have thanks for watching sure to catch bill bastone you tube you tube dot com boom bust r.t. will catch you next. see people has swept through taking poems in the immortal regiment march numbering relatives who died fighting in the great country of. the biggest. perhaps on the calendar this country is making cheer and cry at the sam

announcing plans to expand to saudi arabia and they aren't the only ones on april eighteenth amc entertainment holdings opened the first theater in the kingdom in thirty five years in the capital of riyadh and this is just the beginning we expect to open about forty seven miles across fifteen cities in saudi arabia. just in the next few years meanwhile other theaters are experimenting with innovative concepts of their own take a look at this london based hot tub rooftop that doubles as a cinema or at the a limpia theater in greece i mean what could be more comfortable than lying in bed watching your favorite movie but according to a recent report sales aren't what they used to be since the rise of streaming in two thousand and seventeen movie theater attendance fell to its lowest levels since one thousand nine hundred ninety five industry experts say movie theaters each alert customers who have plenty of options to watch at home with a special reason to come out and in an effort to do so the nation's three largest movie chains amc entertainment holdings regal entertainment group and cinemark h

earnings alert on amc entertainment this afternoon, leslie picker has the results. >> kelly, amc up infter hours trading. you can see there 5.5% on an earnings beat on both the top and baottom line on the earnings side, company reported .14 per share, street expected .09 revenue a beat slightly, 1.3 billion in revenue compared with estimates of 1.35 billion for the quarter. now, the company says they reported record revenue in all categories, admissions, food and beverage, and others, aided by an acquisition during the quarter, back over to you. >> leslie, thank you very much, amc holding on to a 5% gain, make >> yeah, not bad it's a cheap looking stock, high dividend yield, and considered to be secular decline, so there's a big short position that's why every quarter, things look okay, stocks look fine, it rallies. >> big reaction, 5% gain now for amc. hawaii's volcano destroyed homes already and showing no signs of slowing down, nbc's steve patterson is in hawaii with the latest for us, steve >> reporter: kelly, a state of emergency remains in place and for good reason. overnight, mo

. >>> amc entertainment posting higher than expected first quarter numbers, they credit box office suckrities o "black panther" and jumangi. >>> mosaic first quarter numbers, sales dropped due to shipping bottlenecks up in canada there's a later start to the spring growing season. north american farmers if you're watching us, let us know if that's true. >>> leslie picker has the top trending stories >> last night was the met gala a-list celebrities coming out in full force for the annual fund-raising event at the metropolitan museum of art this year's theme, heavenly bodies, fashion and the catholic imaginati imagination. elon musk was there with his new girlfriend spotted on the red carpet, george and amal clooney, migos, katy perry and rihanna i don't know i thought grimes' tesla necklace was a big thing in the business world. brian? >> yeah. that's -- we're watching a video behind you of a -- some kind of a dog? so you're talking about elon musk and this necklace, but i see a dog. i'm trying to see if the dog is wearing a necklace and driving a tesla. why is the dog driving i have a

announcing plans to expand to saudi arabia and they aren't the only ones on april eighteenth amc entertainment holdings opened the first theater in the kingdom in thirty five years in the capital of riyadh and this is just the beginning we expect to open about forty seven miles across fifteen cities in saudi arabia. just in the next two years meanwhile other theaters are experimenting with innovative concepts of their own take a look at this london based hot tub rooftop that doubles as a cinema or at the a limpia theater in greece i mean what could be more comfortable than lying in bed watching your favorite movie but according to a recent report sales aren't what they used to be since the rise of streaming in two thousand and seventeen movie theater attendance fell to its lowest levels since one thousand nine hundred ninety five industry experts say movie theaters each alert customers who have plenty of options to watch at home with a special reason to come out and in an effort to do so the nation's three largest movie chains amc entertainment holdings regal entertainment group and cinemark h