AMC and Regal Break With Their Own Lobby, Backing the Merger for 30 Films and 45 Days

– The world’s two largest chains take the opposite position from Cinema United, which has opposed the Paramount-Warner deal

– Three years of guaranteed annual output, 45-day theatrical exclusivity and 90-day streaming holds — with penalties whose bite is in question

AMC Entertainment and Cineworld Group’s Regal Cinemas, the world’s two largest exhibition chains, have come out in favor of Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Bloomberg reported. That puts them directly at odds with Cinema United, the main exhibitors’ trade body, which has said the merger would be bad for business.