In a historic New Year’s collaboration between Netflix and major exhibitors, the series finale of Stranger Things generates a impressive income ranging from 25 to 30 million across the 620 North American theaters. According to Deadline, the success of the Stranger Things finale outperformed some of December’s succeeded films during the two-day stretch, including Avatar: Fire and Ash . The number one theater that generated most of the income with an outstanding 1.5 million is AMC Theaters, which had an astonishing 753,000 attendees. Other major chains benefited as well, but AMC’s scale and marketing muscle positioned it as the clear winner.

Stated by Deadline, admission to see the final season is free, with the purchase of a voucher which cost 20 dollar per person.

Reported by Deadline, the chairman and ceo of AMC Entertainment, Adam Aron speaks about this surprising turn of event,” A few months ago, we announced that in September of 2025, a high-level dialogue between AMC and Netflix led to both companies pledging to explore ways to visibly begin working together.” A similar situation occurrence happened back in October during Halloween in which the notorious animated film, K-Pop Demon Hunters spread quickly and with a 35% increase.

This clearly raises important questions about the numbers and opens up new possibilities for future events and collaborations. Deadline states, AMC is ready to improve their connection with the streaming platform, and bring more films and tv series to the big screen. By leaning into exclusive screenings, collectible merchandise, and marathon recap events leading into the finale, the exhibitor transformed a streaming property into a must-see theatrical moment.

While the series has concluded, this is not the end of the franchise as numerous spin-offs are currently in the works, which includes Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 and not only in expand the interesting world building. but also the narrative storyline. All seasons of Netflix’s Stranger Things are available to stream on Netflix.