You have likely heard that movie theaters around the country are having to deal with wild crowds trashing theaters at the showings of “A Minecraft Movie,” which is based on the best-selling video game.
A TikTok trend has caused people to become wild during the movie. People thrown popcorn and drinks at the screen.
My family and I went to see the movie on April 12 at a local theater. I was not ready for what was about to happen.
After getting our tickets, we got some popcorn and other snacks and went to our seats.
At first it was peaceful.
When a character in the movie yelled “chicken jockey,” the place went wild.
Popcorn started flying, and snacks and drinks ended up on the floor.
The term is from the Minecraft game. It refers to a zombie riding a chicken.
The worst part was that everyone was yelling.
It even got to a point where someone’s mom and a teen got in a fight in front of us.
The mom was mad because kids were throwing popcorn, and some of it hit a little girl near them.
After the movie, they went to the parking lot and started yelling even louder.
I thought this was just happening to us, but I found out that it is happening at lots of theaters.
Jack Black plays Steve, the character who yells “chicken jockey” in the movie.
He made a surprise visit to a Los Angeles theater to ask fans to stop throwing popcorn.
Social media videos show people being taken out of theaters. There are also reports of police being called.
Because of all this, theaters are now sending strong warnings to movie fans to behave.