Fact Check: Straight out of Final Destination? Viral photo of theatre roof collapse is old
Life imitated art during a screening of the latest in the "Final Destination" franchise — a series of films about people dying in unlikely, horrible ways. On May 19, an Argentine woman's 29th birthday celebrations turned into a nightmare when the ceiling of the theatre collapsed during a "Final Destination Bloodlines" screening, causing more than just jump scares.The incident took place at Cinema Ocho in La Plata, the capital city of Argentina's Buenos Aires, possibly due to recent heavy rains. The woman, Fiamma Villaverde, escaped with a few injuries to her legs, back, and shoulder.advertisementA photo, allegedly from this incident, has now gone viral on social media with even a few news outlets using it while reporting the incident. The photo showed the movie still rolling as a firefighter looks at the broken ceiling, debris from which lies in front of the big screen. Many shared the photo on social media with the caption: "The ceiling collapsed in a theatre during screening of new 'Final Destination' movie".
India Today Fact Check found that the viral photo is from Washington in the US, when the ceiling of a theatre collapsed during the screening of "Captain America: Brave New World" on February 25.OUR PROBEReverse searching the photo led us to an NBC News report dated February 27, which stated that the viral photo was from the Liberty Cinema in Wenatchee, Washington. The ceiling of the theatre collapsed on February 25, when just two people were watching "Captain America: Brave New World", Marvel's latest addition to the "Captain America" franchise. No injuries were reported from the incident.advertisementWe also found a video report about this incident, showing the movie still being projected on the screen as debris from the broken ceiling lies in the theatre. This incident was widely reported at the time, with news reports using the photo in question.It's also noteworthy that the two collapses were of wildly different scales. According to the Argentine news outlet Infobae, only a small part of the ceiling came down during the "Final Destination" screening. But the collapse during the "Captain America" show was much bigger. Per reports, rafter beams, tiles, and other ceiling material fell on the front row and apron of the theatre.Thus, it is clear that an old photo was falsely linked to the recent Argentina theatre ceiling collapse.
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