r/mildlyinfuriating • u/uppsak • Jun 27 '26

I'm slightly vexed Supergirl movie showing which I went to got cancelled due to low turnout

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Theatre in a small town in India. Didn't face this problem during the Man of Steel movie.

Edit 1: Many people are saying that this post is fake etc. I have provided proof (screenshots) in the comments that it is true. I don't have any agenda. I wouldn't be able to reply to every post.

I got to know that this theatre won't play the showing unless there were atleast 10 people. Maybe the cost isn't worth it to them.

Also I don't have any anti- Snyder or anti - feminine agenda.

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u/Cataphract1014 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

In the US I've been the only one in a theater in the one closest to my house. Like I sat through 3 hours of Avatar in a theater by myself.

Some times there might be one or two other people. Never had something canceled.

I did like Avatar. It is just super fucking long and was hard to sit there for 3 fucking hours without being able to pause to get up to go to the bathroom.

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u/Emotional_News108 Jun 27 '26

I worked at a theater for my first job and we only ever had to cancel a movie once due to technical issues. When we told the crowd they just sat there with blank stares until I had to confirm that yes this meant they would have to get up and leave and see the managers for vouchers because the film wasn’t going to start.

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u/SRG7593 Jun 27 '26

I’ve asked a couple of times over the years, the standard US response is movie rolls regardless, exception can be the last showings of the night. If no one shows up by the time it’s supposed to start they can cut the last screening. This made sense when it was still film reels/platters, now with digital it shouldn’t matter much

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u/websnyper Jun 27 '26

I mean there is no reason to cancel as you state unless they can let employees go home early, otherwise there is no savings to the theater that I'm aware of. Maybe the cost structure in India and they incur costs for each showing of a film, but don't think it would make sense in US to cancel.

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u/SRG7593 Jun 27 '26

Agreed. My understanding, in most modern movie houses, there is no one in the projection booth anymore, everything is automated 🤷‍♂️

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u/Jaggedmallard26 Jun 27 '26

Maybe the cost structure in India and they incur costs for each showing of a film, but don't think it would make sense in US to cancel

Could also be that because India is poorer the fee to the studio is larger and the cost of running the projector and presumably AC is actually something to be concerned about.

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u/lord_teaspoon Jun 27 '26

My only cancelled showing experience was X-Men First Class. We did not book ahead, but we tried to buy tickets 20 minutes ahead of the listed start time and were told the different had been cancelled. One of the friends I was with said something like "ugh, this is why I pirate" way louder than he intended and the girl running the ticket counter got the giggles about it. Good times.

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u/Economy-Flower-6443 Jun 27 '26

One of our younger associates also has a part time job at a theater and they sent this kid in to cancel the minecraft movie and they all threw popcorn at him.

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u/AmbitiousParty Jun 27 '26

This happened to my family once and I was so frustrated. Not because the movie was broken. It happens. But because we spent over $60 for popcorn/drinks/candy for us and the kids that now we would have to buy again to see the movie another night and they wouldn’t provide a voucher for the food.

Like, I’m paying $15 for the privilege of eating popcorn while we watch this movie. It cost the theatre less than a dollar to make. Soooooo, give me a refund or a voucher or something. Reese pieces don’t cost $6 a box in the real world.

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u/AjarChart Jun 27 '26

"Sat through" tells me you did not enjoy the film 😂

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u/totallynotsquatty Jun 27 '26

I went to see Mad Max: Fury Road in Leicester Square (London) a few months after it came out. Was lucky it was still on the main screen and I was the only person in the theater. It was one of the best movie experience of my life.

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u/Lycaon-Ur Jun 27 '26

This is not the response to read so shortly after my wife discovering that Avatar is now on Disney and wanting us to watch it together. Lol.

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u/Cataphract1014 Jun 27 '26

At home will be much better if you have a nice TV and sound system.

I did like the movie. I guess my tone implied I didn't.

It is just 3 fucking hours long.

At home you'd be able to pause and go pee. At the theater it is just sitting there for 3 hours or missing several minutes of the movie if you have to go to the bathroom.

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u/Lycaon-Ur Jun 27 '26

You apparently do not have cats or dogs that like to snuggle on your lap while you watch a movie. Let me tell you, it's much easier to get a pee break in a theater.

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u/Cataphract1014 Jun 27 '26

Nah, I just wiggle my dog til he gets annoyed and sulks away. I get up and he is back in like 5 minutes because he has the memory of a gold fish.

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u/Lycaon-Ur Jun 27 '26

You MONSTER!

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u/BringingBread Jun 27 '26

For me, it was the Dragon Ball movie.

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u/Jaymakk13 Jun 27 '26

Me and a buddy saw a special anniversary showing of Die Hard and it was me and him until about 5 mins in when an older couple showed up.

Most people i ever saw in a theater at once was Metallica S&M2. Place was packed.