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<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
The schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Financial Statements of AMC Entertainment Inc. as of and for the
thirty-nine weeks ended December 26, 1996, submitted in response to the
requirements to Form 10-Q and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
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<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-26-1996
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