Why Are Movie Theatres Showing One Movie After the 6th Jan?

originally posted by: interupt42
a reply to: SeaWorthy

well I just checked my theater and on the 7th only that movie is showing as stated.

imo its likely some gorilla viral marketing campaign for paid for promotion type deal?

I am starting to think a planned lock down to be attributed to Omni.

Going to keep looking but we don't have long to find out. Interesting though that that day, the last day of other movies is

666 days since the official pandemic and also
Trump to give a press conference that day
the 1 year anniversary of the "insurrection".

a reply to: SeaWorthy

no doubt its odd but my money is on some viral marketing campaign. many people are cutting themselves off from traditional media and im sure movie marketing has been impacted.

i know i have never heard of the movie before until you posted this and likely wouldnt have as i have given up on Hollywood, traditional media and getting excited about any new release, so i say its working in getting the movie promoted

a reply to: interupt42

It's a screen management thing.

They know that this movie will be released on this day, and how many screens they plan on having the first weekend.

They also know they need screens available for other movies, specifically the 800 pound gorilla that is Spider-Man, but also smaller nods to Sing 2 and The King's Man. They need to get those in the screens to, as they're making money still. Probably some markets will still have a fair amount of screenings of The Matrix as well.

But aside from concerns of Covid lockdowns, we're also coming out of the holidays. People are back to work and school and have less time for entertainment. Also worth a mention that historically, pre-pandemic anyway, January was a garbage month for movie releases, and that was mostly due to the Golden Globes and awards season (likewise for February and Academy Awards).

This has as much to do with getting butts in seats for screenings as it does fulfilling contractual obligations to the studios and distribution companies.

Still say by Wednesday, at the latest, the rest of the theaters will have screenings listed and tickets for sale.

a reply to: cmdrkeenkid

So this is just coincidental to it?

originally posted by: cmdrkeenkid
a reply to: interupt42



Still say by Wednesday, at the latest, the rest of the theaters will have screenings listed and tickets for sale.

yeah i was thinking the same that is likely to happen .

like i said i dont keep up to date or care about new releases anylonger due to epic disappointment and freakin overdose of super hero crap. is spiderman part 300 release date on the 7th? if so you are likely right about movie management.

a reply to: SeaWorthy

That's for Ontario, Canada. Why would the lockdown there, in Canada, affect theater operations in the United States?

originally posted by: SeaWorthy
a reply to: cmdrkeenkid

So this is just coincidental to it?

no coincidence just Canada going full tard with covid

a reply to: carewemust

a reply to: interupt42

no doubt its odd but my money is on some viral marketing campaign.

Pretty heavy advertising to a low quality movie. I see Japan and many other countries are saying they have the same thing showing no movies after the 6th.

a reply to: interupt42

Spider-Man released over the holidays, but has been making nearly pre-pandemic levels of sales. So far over US$600M domestically and an additional US$750M foreign. That's in 17 days.

We should really be thanking Tom Holland. He clearly cured Covid in his Spider-Lab.

originally posted by: SeaWorthy
a reply to: cmdrkeenkid

So this is just coincidental to it?

pretty much yes, since they are going into another quasi so called "lockdown". with theaters being closed as well as things like inside dining not being allowed.

GATHERING LIMITS SLASHED Social gathering limits will be reduced to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors. Capacity will be limited at organized public events to five people indoors. Businesses and organizations will need to ensure employees work remotely unless the nature of their work requires them to be on-site.

REDUCED CAPACITY LIMITS Capacity at indoor weddings, funerals, and religious services, rites and ceremonies will be limited to 50 per cent capacity of a particular room. Outdoor services are limited to the number of people that can maintain two metres of physical distance.Social gatherings associated with these services must adhere to the social gathering limits. Retail settings, including shopping malls, will be permitted at 50 per cent capacity. For shopping malls, physical distancing will be required in line-ups and food courts will be required to close. Personal care services will be permitted to operate at 50 per cent capacity. Saunas, steam rooms, and oxygen bars will be closed. Public libraries limited to 50 per cent capacity.

CLOSURES Indoor meeting and event spaces are required to close with limited exceptions, but outdoor spaces can remain open with restrictions.
Indoor dining at restaurants, bars and other food or drink establishments will no longer be permited. Outdoor dining with restrictions, takeout, drive through and delivery is permitted.
Indoor concert venues, theatres and cinemas will be closed, but rehearsals and recorded performances are permitted with restrictions.
Museums, galleries, zoos, science centres, landmarks, historic sites, botanical gardens and similar attractions, amusement parks and waterparks, tour and guide services and fairs, rural exhibitions, and festivals will all close.
Outdoor establishments will be permitted to open with restrictions and with spectator occupancy, where applicable, limited to 50 per cent capacity. Indoor horse racing tracks, car racing tracks and other similar venues will close.
Outdoor establishments will be permitted to open with restrictions and with spectator occupancy limited to 50 per cent capacity.
Boat tours will be permitted at 50 per cent capacity. Indoor sport and recreational fitness facilities, including gyms, will be closed, except for athletes training for the Olympics and Paralympics and select professional and elite amateur sport leagues.
Outdoor facilities will be permitted to operate but with the number of spectators not to exceed 50 per cent occupancy and other requirements.

SCHOOL CLOSURES All publicly funded and private schools will move to remote learning starting January 5 until at least January 17, subject to public health trends and operational considerations. School buildings would be permitted to open for child care operations and to provide in-person instruction for students with special education needs who cannot be accommodated remotely.

SURGERIES On Jan. 5, the Chief Medical Officer of Health will reinstate Directive 2 for hospitals and regulated health professionals, instructing hospitals to pause all non-emergent and non-urgent surgeries and procedures in order to "preserve critical care and human resource capacity."

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originally posted by: SeaWorthy
a reply to: interupt42

no doubt its odd but my money is on some viral marketing campaign.

Pretty heavy advertising to a low quality movie. I see Japan and many other countries are saying they have the same thing showing no movies after the 6th.

like cmdrkeenkid said you will likely see other movies pop up by mid week in those slots.


it makes no sense to use movie theaters to send a message when movie numbers are declining and everyone including dogs have their own social mefia account and cellphones.

also i would think you would see more hints of a pre planned lockdown coming from other things like food deliveries stocking up, staffing increasing in er, etc

plus in desantis country here i don't see him playing along with a pre planned lockdown


however you are right its odd imo, but i have never really paid attention to know if its not uncommon practice?

the good news its a quicky type of doom porn and will find out by Friday

a reply to: SeaWorthy

Yeah, not all theatres in my city have ONLY this movie but quite a few do.

I don't get it. Why would so many theatres have only this for viewing that week?

Same here in FL. Just the 355 movie from the 6th till the 14th. And from the 14th only some other movie "Scream", till the end of the month.
very strange. Now I haven't seen a movie in years, this certainly doesn't help the idiots trying to save the movie industry.

a reply to: SeaWorthy

I just checked ours and a full roster of shows are going to play.

originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: SeaWorthy

I just checked ours and a full roster of shows are going to play.

I thought so to until I select just the 7th, have you done that?

I usually think op’s like this are off the wall, but this is really strange. In Wisconsin on the 7th, 355.

I am one that doesn’t believe in coincidence. What are the odds? Something is up.

I've checked several in my area (north of Tampa Florida), and almost all only listed The 355 on the 7th.

One theater's website didn't even offer any schedule from the 6th to the 13th.

www.gtcmovies.com...

originally posted by: SeaWorthy

originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: SeaWorthy

I just checked ours and a full roster of shows are going to play.

I thought so to until I select just the 7th, have you done that?

Welp, I was wrong, I looked at the 10th, appears the 7th only has 355…👀

Also is this connected?….
Are they going to try to make a targeted group into zombies?

IGN: Scientists Develop New Tool That Achieves Mind Control Using the Power of Light.

HERE

I don't get it.

I looked at all our local movie theaters, and they're all showing a bunch of movies after Jan 5th. I looked at the 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th, 12th, 13th and it looks like a normal movie schedule to me. I mostly looked at AMC theaters (just because that one was the easiest to search), and I didn't see anyting weird at all on the 5th and beyond.

What am I missing here? Did I not get the memo or something????

ETA - I even went as far as to log in and attempt to buy tickets to Ghost Busters Afterlife, and it showed me all of the available times and prices, when shows were sold out and everything. All I had to do form there was fill in our names, put in my card and I would have been good to go.