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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C.  20549

FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  December 14, 2001


AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


DELAWARE	                   1-8747         43-1304369
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission     (IRS Employer
  of incorporation)	     File Number)  Identification No.)




106 W. 14TH  STREET
P.O. Box 219615
Kansas City,  Missouri	     64121-9615
(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(816) 221-4000









Item 5. Other Events.

	Attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 5 by
reference is a press release dated December 14, 2001, which was
issued by AMC Entertainment Inc., announcing it has filed a
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
relating to an offering of common stock.

	The registration statement discloses that we also intend to
make an offering of approximately $150 million of senior
subordinated notes to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A
under the Securities Act and to persons outside the United States
pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.  The issuance of
the senior subordinated notes has not been and will not be
registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any
other jurisdiction and the notes may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements.


Item 7. Financial Statement and Exhibits.

Exhibits:


99.1	December 14, 2001 Press Release


SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


		AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.



Date:	December 19, 2001

By: 	______________________
Craig R. Ramsey
Senior Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer





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EXHIBIT 99.1

Richard J. King
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
AMC Entertainment Inc.
(816) 221-4000





AMC Entertainment Files Registration Statement for Nine Million
Shares of Common Stock

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-December 14, 2001-AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMEX:
AEN) announced today that it has filed a registration statement for
the sale of up to nine million shares of its common stock.

The nine million shares of AMC Entertainment Inc. common stock
covered by the registration statement filed today do not include
1.35 million shares subject to the underwriters' right to purchase
to cover over-allotments.

Salomon Smith Barney Inc. is acting as the sole bookrunning manager
of this offering.

A copy of the prospectus relating to the share offering may be
obtained when available from Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Brooklyn
Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 11220.

A registration statement relating to the shares of AMC
Entertainment Inc. has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission but has not become effective.  These shares may not be
sold nor may offers to buy them be accepted prior to the time the
registration statement becomes effective.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy the shares nor shall there be any
sale of the shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such state.

AMC Entertainment Inc. is a leader in the theatrical exhibition
industry.  Through its circuit of AMC Theatres, the Company
operates 177 theatres with 2,836 screens in the United States,
Canada, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.  Its
Common Stock trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol
AEN.  The Company is headquartered in Kansas City, Mo.


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