AMC in Talks to Leverage European Assets for Another Lifeline Movie-theater giant is in discussions for a potential financing package backed by its U.K.-based Odeon subsidiary published : 8 Jan 2021 at 04:00 People take their seats inside the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square cinema in August last year. AMC acquired the movie-theater chain in 2016. (Photo: Reuters) AMC Entertainment Inc. is in talks with Apollo Global Management Inc. and other top creditors over a potential financing deal backed by the cinema chain's European assets, according to people familiar with the matter. AMC, the world's largest movie-theater company, is negotiating with lenders including Apollo, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, and Ares Management Corp. to expand the line of credit available to the company's U.K.-based Odeon Cinemas Group subsidiary, these people said.