تراجعت الأسهم على نطاق واسع بسبب الاضطرابات الاقتصادية حيث تكافح AMC Entertainment و Paramount للبقاء في المنطقة الخضراء في وقت متأخر من التعاملات الصباحية بعد افتتاح أكبر فيلم في يوم الذكرى على الإطلاق في Top Gun: Maverick.
Things change fast lately on a Wall Street buffeted by the latest news on war, inflation and interest rates, so this is not the last word for today’s session — the first since Friday and the blowout performance of the Tom Cruise action film that’s great news for movie theaters and for Paramount.
The Joseph Kosinski-directed sequel to Cruise’s 1986 turn as Navy fighter pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, took in more than $153 million over the four-day weekend, topping the previous record holder for the frame, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, from 2007. It also blew past forecasts in a theatrical sector that’s still struggling to recover from Covid induced closures, a shifting release schedules and consumer reluctance, especially among older demos. Extra good new is that a big chunk of the Top Gun audience was over 35.
Shares of giant chain AMC are changing hands at about $14.75, up about 2%. The stock had surged 10% in premarket trade but fell at the open, dipping briefly into the red.
Paramount Global shares are up about 0.5% at $34. They were also in the red earlier. Top Gun 2 is the studio’s 5th No. 1 opening of 2022 after Scream, Jackass Forever, The Lost City and Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a slate built on robust diversity of winning product.
The broader markets were all lower, although also off session lows. The S&P 500 is off by 0.73%; the Nasdaq by 0.76%; the DJIA down is down 225 points or 0.68%.
حقق السهم طعنة في ارتفاع في أواخر الأسبوع الماضي (ارتداد قطع أطول سلسلة خسائر لمؤشر S&P 500 في أكثر من 20 عامًا) لكنه تعرض لضربة جديدة مع ارتفاع أسعار النفط بعد أن صوت الاتحاد الأوروبي لصالح حظر جزئي على واردات النفط الروسية ردًا على ذلك. لغزو فلاديمير بوتين لأوكرانيا والحرب المستمرة هناك. يتعرض المستهلكون والشركات على حد سواء للضغط بسبب ارتفاع أسعار المواد الغذائية والطاقة واضطرابات سلسلة التوريد المرتبطة بفيروس كوفيد والحرب.