AMC Classic Lee Branch 15 closes: What’s next?

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AMC Classic at Lee Branch closed on March 23, 2025. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

AMC Classic Lee Branch 15 closed its doors Sunday evening after 21 years in operation, according to multiple sources.

The Shelby County Reporter has reported that a gym is slated to replace the theater.

AMC Classic Lee Branch will be missed

Avid moviegoers in the area were saddened to hear the news about the shuttering of the popular multiplex.

“[I am] absolutely heartbroken to hear Lee Branch is closing. [When I lived] on U.S. 280, it was my ‘go to’ theater so I didn’t have to fight Summit traffic. And their Big D theater had the best picture and audio quality in town.”

Ben Johnson, Bham Now/Hville Blast videographer and movie buff

The departure of the theater does leave a void for North Shelby County, one of the fastest-growing communities in the state of Alabama.

The nearest theater for residents on U.S. 280 is now the AMC Summit 16. In 2023, the multiplex completed a $5.1 million facelift which included new seats and a refresh of the 16-auditorium theater.

What’s next for the AMC Classic Lee Branch site? Stay tuned to Bham Now for updates on this developing story.

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Pat Byington
Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.

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