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    <periodOfReport>2020-02-24</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>Six Flags Entertainment Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SIX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Russ Leonard A</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>924 AVENUE J EAST</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GRAND PRAIRIE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75050</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Interim CFO</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">One-fourth of the options will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of August 24, 2014, if the reporting person has been continuously employed with the Issuer through such date, subject to accelerated vesting in certain events, including certain terminations or upon a change of control, or as provided for by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">One-fourth of the options will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of August 24, 2015, if the reporting person has been continuously employed with the Issuer through such date, subject to accelerated vesting in certain events, including certain terminations or upon a change of control, or as provided for by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">One-fourth of the options will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of August 24, 2016, if the reporting person has been continuously employed with the Issuer through such date, subject to accelerated vesting in certain events, including certain terminations or upon a change of control, or as provided for by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">One-fourth of the options will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of February 8, 2017, if the reporting person has been continuously employed with the Issuer through such date, subject to accelerated vesting in certain events, including certain terminations or upon a change of control, or as provided for by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">One-fourth of the options will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of August 30, 2017, if the reporting person has been continuously employed with the Issuer through such date, subject to accelerated vesting in certain events, including certain terminations or upon a change of control, or as provided for by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">One-fourth of the options will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of August 30, 2018, if the reporting person has been continuously employed with the Issuer through such date, subject to accelerated vesting in certain events, including certain terminations or upon a change of control, or as provided for by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">One-fourth of the options will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of August 30, 2019, if the reporting person has been continuously employed with the Issuer through such date, subject to accelerated vesting in certain events, including certain terminations or upon a change of control, or as provided for by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">One-fourth of the options will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of July 2, 2018, if the reporting person has been continuously employed with the Issuer through such date, subject to accelerated vesting in certain events, including certain terminations or upon a change of control, or as provided for by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">One-fourth of the options will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of February 19, 2016, if the reporting person has been continuously employed with the Issuer through such date, subject to accelerated vesting in certain events, including certain terminations or upon a change of control, or as provided for by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Leonard A. Russ</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-02-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
