Marcus Corporation Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results

Associated Press

01-08-2025

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 1, 2025--
The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) today reported results for the second quarter fiscal 2025 ended June 30, 2025.
'It was a strong quarter for Marcus Corporation, with significant growth in revenue, operating income, net earnings and Adjusted EBITDA,' said Gregory S. Marcus, chief executive officer of Marcus Corporation. 'Marcus Theatres led the way, as significant improvements in both the quality and quantity of new films drove marked increases in attendance throughout the quarter. Marcus Hotels & Resorts also performed well as group business continued to grow, particularly at our newly renovated hotels. As we look ahead, we remain confident in the operating strength of both businesses and remain focused on driving performance at every level.'
Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Highlights
First Half Fiscal 2025 Highlights
Marcus Theatres ®
Revenues, operating income and Adjusted EBITDA improved significantly in the second quarter of fiscal 2025. Total revenues were $131.7 million, a 29.8% increase compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2024. Operating income was $15.7 million, a $12.9 million increase compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2024. Adjusted EBITDA was $26.5 million, a 76.2% increase from the second quarter of fiscal 2024.
Same store admission revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 increased 29.3%. Same store attendance increased 26.7% in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 with average ticket prices up 2.0% compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to stronger mix of films playing to premium large format screens. Average concession revenues per person increased 3.1% during the second quarter compared to the prior year quarter. During the second quarter of fiscal 2025, Marcus Theatres' top five highest-performing films were A Minecraft Movie, Lilo & Stitch, Sinners, How To Train Your Dragon, and Thunderbolts*.
'The steady cadence of broadly appealing new movies during the second quarter of fiscal 2025 are making it a summer to remember at Marcus Theatres,' said Mark A. Gramz, president of Marcus Theatres. 'The second quarter got off to a great start with the blockbuster successes of A Minecraft Movie, Sinners and Thunderbolts*, followed closely by hit films like Lilo & Stitch and Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning, which led to a record Memorial Day weekend for Marcus Theatres. June was similarly upbeat, with the rhythm of appealing new releases continuing to bring moviegoers back to the theatre to enjoy more great films. Momentum continued into the start of the third quarter fiscal 2025 with strong performances from Jurassic World Rebirth and Superman, with more exciting film releases planned throughout the rest of summer and remainder of the year.'
Several films have contributed to early fiscal 2025 third quarter results, including: Superman, Jurassic World Rebirth, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, with a strong film slate scheduled for the remainder of the year, including TheNaked Gun, The Bad Guys 2, Freakier Friday, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Tron: Ares, The Black Phone 2, Mortal Kombat 2, Now You See Me: Now You Don't, Wicked: For Good, Zootopia 2, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants and Avatar: Fire and Ash.
During the second quarter, Marcus Theatres completed renovations at the Marcus Syracuse Cinema (formerly Movie Tavern Syracuse) in New York and Movie Tavern Trexlertown in Pennsylvania including fully remodeled lobbies, new concession stands and self-serve drink stations, enhanced bar areas with additional screens for sports and special event viewing, and refreshed decor with improved guest flow throughout the buildings. Similar investments in revenue-enhancing amenities were completed in July at Marcus Brannon Crossing Cinema (formerly Movie Tavern Brannon Crossing) in Kentucky.
Marcus ® Hotels & Resorts
During the second quarter of fiscal 2025, Marcus Hotels & Resorts reported total revenues before cost reimbursements of $64.6 million, a 1.2% increase over the prior year quarter. Operating income of $4.2 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2025 decreased $1.9 million and was impacted by an increase in depreciation expense of $1.7 million following hotel renovations completed in 2024. Adjusted EBITDA was $11.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, a 1.8% decrease compared to the prior year quarter. Revenues, operating income and Adjusted EBITDA during the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2025 were negatively impacted by the Hilton Milwaukee renovation.
Revenue per available room, or RevPAR, decreased 2.9% at company-owned hotels during the second quarter of fiscal 2025 compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2024. RevPAR growth was unfavorably impacted by the Hilton Milwaukee renovation, which resulted in some rooms displacement during seasonally higher demand periods due to reduced capacity of available rooms. The renovation of the guest rooms was completed at the end of June 2025, with all guest rooms returned to service at the beginning of the fiscal third quarter.
'We are pleased with our results during the second quarter of fiscal 2025, with total revenues on par with the same period last year despite a large number of rooms out of service during the Hilton Milwaukee renovation,' said Michael R. Evans, president of Marcus Hotels & Resorts. 'All 554 guest rooms are now fully renovated and available as the busy summer and convention seasons continue. While leisure travel is seeing some industry-wide softening, group demand at Marcus Hotels & Resorts remains strong.'
The last phase of extensive renovations at Hilton Milwaukee is underway. The transformation of the hotel's 34,000 square feet of meeting and event spaces as well as its exquisite lobby and bar will be completed by the end of the year.
Fiscal Year Change
Beginning December 27, 2024, the Company's fiscal year changed from a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the last Thursday of each year to a fiscal year ending on December 31 of each year. Accordingly, beginning in the current year, the Company's quarterly results will be for three-month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
Conference Call and Webcast
Marcus Corporation management will hold a conference call today, Friday, August 1, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Central/11:00 a.m. Eastern time. Interested parties may listen to the call live on the internet through the investor relations section of the company's website: investors.marcuscorp.com, or by dialing 1-404-975-4839 and entering the passcode 862370. Listeners should dial in to the call at least 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the call or should go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to download and install any necessary audio software.
A telephone replay of the conference call will be available through Friday, August 8, 2025, by dialing 1-866-813-9403 and entering passcode 658050. The webcast will be archived on the company's website until its next earnings release.
Non-GAAP Financial Measure
Adjusted EBITDA has been presented in this press release as a supplemental measure of financial performance that is not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. The company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net earnings (loss) attributable to The Marcus Corporation before investment income or loss, interest expense, other expense, gain or loss on disposition of property, equipment and other assets, equity earnings or losses from unconsolidated joint ventures, net earnings or losses attributable to noncontrolling interests, income taxes, depreciation and amortization and non-cash share-based compensation expense, adjusted to eliminate the impact of certain items that the company does not consider indicative of its core operating performance. A reconciliation of this measure to the equivalent measure under GAAP, along with reconciliations of this measure for each of our operating segments, are set forth in the attached table.
Adjusted EBITDA is a key measure used by management and the company's board of directors to assess the company's financial performance and enterprise value. The company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful measure, as it eliminates certain expenses and gains that are not indicative of the company's core operating performance and facilitates a comparison of the company's core operating performance on a consistent basis from period to period. The company also uses Adjusted EBITDA as a basis to determine certain annual cash bonuses and long-term incentive awards, to supplement GAAP measures of performance to evaluate the effectiveness of its business strategies, to make budgeting decisions, and to compare its performance against that of other peer companies using similar measures. Adjusted EBITDA is also used by analysts, investors and other interested parties as a performance measure to evaluate industry competitors.
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure of the company's financial performance and should not be considered as an alternative to net earnings (loss) as a measure of financial performance, or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP and it should not be construed as an inference that the company's future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of liquidity or free cash flow for management's discretionary use. In addition, this non-GAAP measure excludes certain non-recurring and other charges and has its limitations as an analytical tool. You should not consider Adjusted EBITDA in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the company's results as reported under GAAP. In evaluating Adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future the company will incur expenses that are the same as or similar to some of the items eliminated in the adjustments made to determine Adjusted EBITDA, such as acquisition expenses, preopening expenses, accelerated depreciation, impairment charges and other adjustments. The company's presentation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed to imply that the company's future results will be unaffected by any such adjustments. Definitions and calculations of Adjusted EBITDA differ among companies in our industries, and therefore Adjusted EBITDA disclosed by the company may not be comparable to the measures disclosed by other companies.
About The Marcus Corporation
Headquartered in Milwaukee, Marcus Corporation is a leader in the lodging and entertainment industries, with significant company-owned real estate assets. Marcus Corporation's theatre division, Marcus Theatres ®, is the fourth largest theatre circuit in the U.S. and currently owns or operates 985 screens at 78 locations in 17 states under the Marcus Theatres, Movie Tavern ® by Marcus and Bistro Plex® brands. The company's lodging division, Marcus ® Hotels & Resorts, owns and/or manages 16 hotels, resorts and other properties in eight states. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.marcuscorp.com.
Certain matters discussed in this press release are 'forward-looking statements' intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may generally be identified as such because the context of such statements include words such as we 'believe,' 'anticipate,' 'expect' or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe our future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which may cause results to differ materially from those expected, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) the adverse effects future pandemics or epidemics may have on our theatre and hotels and resorts businesses, results of operations, liquidity, cash flows, financial condition, access to credit markets and ability to service our existing and future indebtedness; (2) the availability, in terms of both quantity and audience appeal, of motion pictures for our theatre division (including disruptions in the production of films due to events such as tariffs or a strike by actors, writers or directors or future pandemics); (3) the effects of theatre industry dynamics such as the maintenance of a suitable window between the date such motion pictures are released in theatres and the date they are released to other distribution channels; (4) the effects of adverse economic conditions in our markets; (5) the effects of adverse economic conditions on our ability to obtain financing on reasonable and acceptable terms, if at all; (6) the effects on our occupancy and room rates caused by the relative industry supply of available rooms at comparable lodging facilities in our markets; (7) the effects of competitive conditions in our markets; (8) our ability to achieve expected benefits and performance from our strategic initiatives and acquisitions; (9) the effects of increasing depreciation expenses, reduced operating profits during major property renovations, impairment losses, and preopening and start-up costs due to the capital intensive nature of our business; (10) the effects of changes in the availability of and cost of labor and other supplies essential to the operation of our business; (11) the effects of tariffs that are implemented or merely threatened on our costs; (12) the effects of weather conditions, particularly during the winter in the Midwest and in our other markets; (13) our ability to identify properties to acquire, develop and/or manage and the continuing availability of funds for such development; (14) the adverse impact on business and consumer spending on travel, leisure and entertainment resulting from terrorist attacks in the United States or other incidents of violence in public venues such as hotels and movie theatres; and (15) a disruption in our business and reputational and economic risks associated with civil securities claims brought by shareholders. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control and difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements are based upon our assumptions, which are based upon currently available information. Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made herein are made only as of the date of this press release and we undertake no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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