From left: 'Trolls World Tour,' 'Bloodshot' and 'I Still Believe' were among the films that played at Santikos Entertainment.Hollywood and theater owners received welcome news over the weekend as 3,000 moviegoers showed up at a trio of San Antonio-area theaters that have reopened early with strict social distancing measures in place.
The three locations are operated by Santikos Entertainment, a mainstay of the sprawling Texan city. The upscale Palladium Imax, which boasts 19 auditoriums, generated $7,019 in ticket sales, according to those with access to Comscore theater grosses.Tickets were also discounted to $5.41 at Santikos' nearby Cibolo and Casa Blanca locations, which generated $3,374 and $5,496 in sales, respectively, bringing the total attendance for the three cinemas to just under 3,000 people.
While those numbers wouldn't normally impress, studio executives were heartened, particularly since there are no new releases. The Santikos marquee instead boasts such titles as
Why? All of these movies are on DVD now anyway. You really think seeing Bloodshot is worth dying over?
People are dumb huh? Meanwhile the police are beating the shit out of anyone breaking quarantine here in my country..
Who wants to risk their life for “Trolls World Tour, Bloodshot, I Still Believe, The Hunt and Bad Boys for Life.” ! 🙈😅🤣
Good. Open up more stuff. This virus is seriously a joke. H1n1 all over again 😂😂😂
Did they get their names and addresses?
Natural selection
Like we haven't been watching enough movies the past weeks. Last place I'd want to go.
Woww Awesome news for Theatre Film Lovers 😍
'Face masks for customers aren't yet mandatory.' God.
.... Making Covid-19 very happy.
What are people going to see? Theres nothing out. Just sounds like they wasted money and could have went in any other building for that same amount of time and sat.
A poll was conducted and that is COMPLETE bullshit.
A poll was conducted and almost half the country is okay with going back to the theater.
Santikos Entertainment better prepare for wrongful death lawsuits.