2011 Article -All those individual tickets -- the Empire's top regular adult price is $13, and Imax tickets go for as much as $18 -- quickly add up. In 2009, the Empire generated a stunning $26.1 million in revenue, and $24.4 million last year. AMC, the country's second-largest theater chain, also operates the next two top-grossing U.S. theaters: Lincoln Square 13, on New York's Upper West Side, grossed $22.6 million in 2009 and $23 million last year, and AMC Burbank 16 north of Los Angeles took in $21.1 million in 2010.Looks like Lincoln Square is #2 in the USA.