AMC Theaters Drop Universal Films as ‘Trolls’ Fight Explodes
- Actions follow studio comments about future online releases
- Studios reassess film strategy with theaters shut by Covid-19
It’s a fight worthy of the big screen.
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., the largest U.S. cinema chain and a subsidiary of Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group Co., will no longer show movies from Universal Pictures, arguing that the studio is “breaking the business model” that has sustained the companies for decades.