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Gosh, maybe The Running Man? That was when I was in grade school so I don't remember the wait so much as I do the shoulder-to-shoulder lobby area where everyone was in a winding line for concessions. Those lines bled into the other few lines forming to enter the theaters proper, for all the soon to start movies along the corridor.
Used to be, here, they blocked off the hallway entrance with velvet rope until everyone safely exited the theater and crew could clean up after. I can also remember catching Batman (1989) in theater a few weeks after release and that was still so full that my mom and I had to be escorted in the dark to our seats by staff with a red cone flashlight. We were placed into the right wing column of seats because he couldn't find two that were open next to each other. I remember that theater was ....warm, and that MIGHT have been my first self awareness of my developing OCD. I had troubles sitting still that movie. I was nervous, too, because I had the impression that Batman was going to be more like a horror movie.
Now that I'm all grown up, I rarely go for an opening weekend viewing. In fact, I usually give most movies a two-week window (longer for blockbusters) before I even bother. Even then, I take in a Tuesday night flick if it's just me.
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Last edited by ynwtf; 08-11-22 at 06:48 PM.