The AMC Theaters app now allows you to purchase tickets and discounts with Dogecoin and Shiba Inu This was announced by company boss Adam Aron via Twitter on Friday. The company added support for the cryptocurrencies through a Bitpay integration after saying in November that it was “exploring” how to accept the coins.
Paying for popcorn and tickets with Doge is relatively easy – you go through the normal process of choosing your seat and adding any discounts you want, then choosing Bitpay as your payment method. From there you can connect your crypto wallet (it supports a ton of them, including Coinbase) or get an address to send your chosen cryptocurrency to to complete the purchase. (As of this writing, a matinee screening of Sonic 2 and a large combination of popcorn and drinks cost 213.539627 DOGE or 1,204,739.704740 SHIB.)
Just as promised, the AMC mobile app for AMC US theaters now accepts online payments with Doge Coin, Shiba Inu, and other cryptocurrencies thanks to Bitpay. Also Apple Pay, Google Pay and Paypal. To do this, you must first update to the latest version of our app. pic.twitter.com/MMy7SIxYbl
— Adam Aron (@CEOAdam) April 15, 2022
Bitpay also supports cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, but AMC has been letting moviegoers use it to purchase tickets through PayPal for a few months. Given what other organizations (like Wikipedia) have said about how many people actually pay with crypto, it seems unlikely that this integration will be a goldmine for AMC. It’s always possible the meme-stock crowd is really into it, but even Tesla stopped selling cars with bitcoin in just over a month (citing environmental concerns), so I wouldn’t hold my breath. But hey, maybe it works better than investing in a literal gold mine — something AMC actually did in a move one analyst called “embarrassingly stupid.”