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<LEGEND>
The schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Financial Statements of AMC Entertainment Inc. as of and for the
twenty-six weeks ended October 2, 1997 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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