AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. said Monday it earned $12.2 million, or 12 cents a share, in the third quarter, compared with $7.4 million, or 8 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $689 million in the quarter, compared with $634 million a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected AMC, which owns and operates movie theaters across the U.S., to report earnings of 15 cents a share on sales of $691 million. Shares of AMC were flat in late trading Monday after ending the day up 0.5%.
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