Disney is, in fact, in a bit of a bind. The Force Awakens has sold over 100M tickets. Endgame about 95M. (source: ultimatemovierankings.com) AMC represents abou

Disney is, in fact, in a bit of a bind. The Force Awakens has sold over 100M tickets. Endgame about 95M. (source: ultimatemovierankings.com) AMC represents about half of the total, perhaps a bit less. AList has fewer than 1 million subscribers. Therefore, even though it knows AMC is likely to lowball its reimbursements on the AListers, it is not in Disney's best interest to refuse to release its next blockbuster at AMC theaters, and risk losing even a small percentage of the many, many millions of normal, traditional ticket sales.