Regardless of the sturdy field workplace efficiency of “Zootopia 2” and “Avatar: Hearth and Ash,” a sluggish October has led to a 5% year-over-year drop in quarterly income for Cinemark in its fourth quarter earnings report.
Income for the fourth quarter of 2025 reached $776 million in comparison with $814 million in 2024, an all-time fourth quarter report for Cinemark. That’s in line with the $2.18 billion home complete for the quarterly field workplace, which marked a 7% year-over-year lower from a 2024 by which “Depraved,” “Moana 2,” “Mufasa” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” carried the field workplace.
EPS: Cinemark’s quarterly earnings got here in at 16 cents per share, in need of Wall Avenue analyst forecasts.
Attendance: Regardless of sturdy turnout throughout the holidays, attendance slipped 13% yr over yr from 51 million to 44.3 million, with 29.6 million from the U.S. Admissions income hit $383.8 million for the quarter, down 6% from This fall 2024.
Concessions: Concessions income was $302.4 million, down from an all-time firm excessive of $314 million the prior yr quarter. The corporate hit an all-time excessive meals and beverage per cap of $5.96.
“Cinemark delivered distinctive leads to 2025 with field workplace efficiency that surpassed trade benchmarks, incremental market share beneficial properties, record-level proceeds from enhanced codecs and non-traditional content material, and all-time excessive concession gross sales and per caps.
Regardless of a softer-than-anticipated movie slate, we generated our highest income because the pandemic and delivered stable Adjusted EBITDA with a strong Adjusted EBITDA margin,” said Sean Gamble, Cinemark’s President and CEO. “Our accomplishments mirror our crew’s constant means to execute, innovate, and elevate the moviegoing expertise we create for our visitors, and they’re indicative of the sturdy working agility, buyer loyalty, and advantaged market place we’ve got developed.”
The October field workplace for 2025 was a sluggish one, primarily pushed by the Disney flop “Tron: Ares” with $73.1 million. Enterprise picked up in November with the arrives of sequels to “Depraved” and “Zootopia,” however within the case of “Depraved: For Good,” much less enthusiastic word-of-mouth led to a home run that was $132 million much less for its predecessor whereas “Avatar: Hearth and Ash” contributed $150 million much less to the quarterly complete than “Avatar: The Manner of Water” did in December 2022.
Regardless of the year-to-year drop, the sturdy holds for “Zootopia 2,” “Avatar 3” and Lionsgate’s “The Housemaid” have given the 2026 field workplace a greater begin than 2025, which is presently 3.5% forward of final yr’s tempo and may proceed with a powerful March that features Pixar’s “Hoppers,” Amazon MGM’s “Undertaking Hail Mary” and Common’s “Reminders of Him,” all resulting in the anticipated $1 billion-plus hit “The Tremendous Mario Galaxy Film” on April 1.
