AMC Entertainment has agreed to buy four theaters owned by Rave Reviews Cinemas. Financial terms weren’t announced. Two of the theaters are located in Baton Rouge, La. while one is in Montgomery, Ala. and another is in Montgomery, Ala. Rave Reviews is backed by BV Investment Partners.

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., a Kansas City-based cinema chain operator, has filed for a $450 million IPO. J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs are serving as co-lead underwriters. The company had filed for a $500 million IPO in September 2007, but withdrew the offering a year later. Shareholders include JPMorgan Partners (38.98%), Apollo Management (38.98%), Bain [...]

Providence Equity Partners has agreed to sell movie theater chain Kerasotes Showplace Theatres to AMC Entertainment Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Kerasotes owns 96 theaters and 973 screens, primarily in the Midwest. AMC is a portfolio company of JPMorgan Partners, Apollo Management, Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group and Spectrum Equity Investors.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – AMC Entertaintment Holdings Inc on Friday withdrew its plans for an initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing. A spokeswoman for the company said the company’s board of directors had decided “it was best to suspend” the offering under current conditions, but would not say whether the company intended to [...]