EXHIBIT 99.1

Richard J. King
January 11, 2002
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
AMC Entertainment Inc.
(816) 221-4000



AMC Entertainment to Issue $175 Million of Senior Subordinated Notes

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMEX: AEN) announced that it
has agreed to sell $175 million principal amount of 9 7/8 percent Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2012 through an institutional private placement.
Net proceeds from the offering will be used to reduce the Company's
outstanding bank indebtedness, to pursue the Company's current business
strategy, including acquisitions, and for
general corporate purposes.  The offering is expected to close on
Wednesday, January 16, 2002.

The Notes will be sold to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on
Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance
on Regulation S.  The Notes will not be registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and unless so
registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws.  This press release shall not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale
of the Notes 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.



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