content: 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 23, 1997
  
  
                            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, KANSAS CITY, MO                 64105-1977
   (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code      (816) 221-4000
  
  
  
  
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  Item 5.  Other Events
  
        On  December 23, 1997, certain subsidiaries of AMC Entertainment Inc.
  (the  "Company")  sold the following 3 megaplex theatres  to  Entertainment
  Properties Trust ("EPT"), a real estate investment trust, for an  aggregate
  purchase price of $51.6 million:
  
            Theatre Name             Metropolitan Area
  
            First Colony 24          Houston, TX
            Oak View 24              Omaha, NE
            Leawood Town Center      Kansas City, MO/KS
  
  
       The sale of theatres was pursuant to an Agreement of Sale and Purchase
  between EPT and American Multi-Cinema, Inc. ("AMC"), a subsidiary of the  
  Company, which  was  previously filed with the Company's  Form  8-K  dated
  November  24,  1997.  Proceeds from the sale were applied  to  indebtedness
  under the Company's existing credit facility.
  
       Concurrent with the sale of the theatres, AMC leased the theatres from
  EPT  pursuant to non-cancelable operating leases with terms of 15 years and
  options  to  extend  for  up to an additional 20 years.   The  Company  has
  guaranteed  AMC's obligations under the leases.  The leases are triple  net
  leases  that require AMC to pay substantially all expenses associated  with
  the  operation  of  the  theatres, such as  taxes  and  other  governmental
  charges,  insurance, utilities, service, maintenance and any  ground  lease
  payments.   The  leases  and guarantees of leases respecting  the  theatres
  referred  to above are substantially identical in all material respects  to
  those filed with the Company's Form 8-K dated November 24, 1997.
  
  
  
  
  
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                                  SIGNATURES
  
  
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of  1994,
  the  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its  behalf  by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
  
  
  
  Date:  January 9, 1998             By:    /s/ Richard L. Obert
                                            Richard L. Obert
                                            Senior Vice President and
                                            Chief Accounting and
                                            Information Officer
                                       
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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text: 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 23, 1997
  
                            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, KANSAS CITY, MO                 64105-1977
   (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code      (816) 221-4000
  
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  Item 5.  Other Events
  
        On  December 23, 1997, certain subsidiaries of AMC Entertainment Inc.
  (the  "Company")  sold the following 3 megaplex theatres  to  Entertainment
  Properties Trust ("EPT"), a real estate investment trust, for an  aggregate
  purchase price of $51.6 million:
  
            Theatre Name             Metropolitan Area
  
            First Colony 24          Houston, TX
            Oak View 24              Omaha, NE
            Leawood Town Center      Kansas City, MO/KS
  
       The sale of theatres was pursuant to an Agreement of Sale and Purchase
  between EPT and American Multi-Cinema, Inc. ("AMC"), a subsidiary of the  
  Company, which  was  previously filed with the Company's  Form  8-K  dated
  November  24,  1997.  Proceeds from the sale were applied  to  indebtedness
  under the Company's existing credit facility.
  
       Concurrent with the sale of the theatres, AMC leased the theatres from
  EPT  pursuant to non-cancelable operating leases with terms of 15 years and
  options  to  extend  for  up to an additional 20 years.   The  Company  has
  guaranteed  AMC's obligations under the leases.  The leases are triple  net
  leases  that require AMC to pay substantially all expenses associated  with
  the  operation  of  the  theatres, such as  taxes  and  other  governmental
  charges,  insurance, utilities, service, maintenance and any  ground  lease
  payments.   The  leases  and guarantees of leases respecting  the  theatres
  referred  to above are substantially identical in all material respects  to
  those filed with the Company's Form 8-K dated November 24, 1997.
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of  1994,
  the  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its  behalf  by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
  
  Date:  January 9, 1998             By:    /s/ Richard L. Obert
                                            Richard L. Obert
                                            Senior Vice President and
                                            Chief Accounting and
                                            Information Officer
                                       
  
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