AMC Cinema will officially leave Manchester on Friday after 15 years in the city centre as it turns into an Odeon.

The new owners will offer £4.99 tickets for a limited time in a promotion which they say will run at least until the end of the year.

An adult ticket at Odeon’s Trafford Centre chain currently costs £11.75 for a single adult.

The chain will also offer an exclusive range of offers for families with £2.50 tickets available to both kids and adults during some screenings during weekends and the summer holidays.

Cinema bosses have also promised to honour the site’s current £2 car parking deal with NCP.

An Odeon spokesperson said: “We’re very proud to bring the Great Northern cinema into the Odeon family – offering our great range of offers and deals for our guests.

“This includes an introductory low price point of all standard 2D tickets being available from just £4.99 every day, and we’ve introduced this to ensure film fans in Manchester city centre can enjoy the very best entertainment at Odeon for less.”

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The Odeon moved out of its former 23-screen home at the Printworks site, on Withy Grove, earlier this year to make way for Vue Entertainment.

All 113 employees are understood to have kept their jobs at the city centre complex.

The multiplex changed hands after a ruling by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

The changes come after US chain AMC Entertainment bought up the Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group last year, creating the largest movie exhibition company in the world.

Customers at Odeon Great Northern will still be able to use Limitless membership cards and the chain’s Odeon Silver Cinema screenings will also be available.

Carol Welch, managing director at Odeon Cinemas UK and Ireland, said: “We’re delighted to bring the AMC Great Northern into the Odeon family - bringing a host of great deals and the best entertainment to ‘wow’ film fans in Manchester city centre for years to come.

“Our team of colleagues are getting everything prepped and ready to go, and we look forward to welcoming guests through our doors from September 1st.”