A young man who was loudly cheering and applauding on-screen murders sent some people heading toward exits in a crowded theater in Manhattan's Times Square on Friday night.
Extra layers of security, intense on-screen action and a frightening incident inside a New York theater combined to create an unsettling experience for some moviegoers who went to see"Joker" on its opening weekend.
Social media users posted photos of police, security sweeps and safety notices at theaters in California and Florida. And in Tennessee, a drive-in theater banned moviegoers from wearing costumes to a screening of the R-rated"Joker," which scored an October box-office record with $13.3 million in earnings.
Hood, who attended an afternoon viewing of"Joker" at AMC Empire 25 in Times Square, said a disruption began in the seats when the action on the screen grew intense. "Finally security came and got him. He was still being interrogated outside the theater when we came out," said Hood. Plenty of police were around the theater, he said.
A spokesman for the Kansas-based AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., which operates AMC Theatres, did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
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