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Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ceiling Collapses at Movie Theater During Captain America Screening
The post Ceiling Collapses at Movie Theater During Captain America Screening appeared first on Consequence. The ceiling of a movie theater in Wenatchee, Washington collapsed this week during a screening of Captain America: Brave New World. The freak incident occurred on Tuesday night at Wenatchee's Liberty Cinema when two moviegoers were catching an 8 p.m. screening of the film. Thankfully, both attendees made it out okay with no reported injuries. Photos and video shared by Wenatchee Valley Fire Department, though, show just how scary the collapse was, with the first three rows of the theater destroyed in a mess of rubble, wood beams, and insulation. Funnily, the movie itself is still playing in the background of the video (because, as one Instagram commenter said, 'The movie must go on!'). According to an interview with Wenatchee Valley Fire Battalion Chief Cam Phillips, the moviegoers — a couple — 'heard some pops and cracking,' before one of them stood up to investigate the source of the sounds. Looking up at the ceiling in front of the screen, the individual evidently realized what was about to happen, and told his girlfriend to 'Run!' She didn't have time to react though, and found herself covered in debris moments later. The collapse was reportedly 'unexpected,' and both the theater and first responders have commented on how lucky it was that the attendees were unharmed and that the theater wasn't more crowded at the time. Captain America: Brave New World premiered in February, and has already earned nearly $300 million at the box office, making it the third-highest grossing film of the year so far. Ceiling Collapses at Movie Theater During Captain America Screening Jo Vito Popular Posts Tony Hawk Wishes Kurt Cobain Could Meet Their Shared Grandson Michelle Trachtenberg Dead at 39 Gene Hackman and Wife's Deaths Ruled "Suspicious" as Investigators Find No Signs of Gas Leak Wu-Tang Clan Announce Final Tour with Run the Jewels as Special Guest Classic MTV Unplugged Episodes Now Streaming on Paramount+ Pink Floyd to Release 4K Remaster of Live At Pompeii in Theaters and IMAX Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
New York Times
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Theater Ceiling Collapses During ‘Captain America' Screening in Washington State
Two people watching 'Captain America: Brave New World' alone in a movie theater in Wenatchee, Wash., on Tuesday night began hearing strange creaking and moaning. In a film where an absurd amount of furniture is smashed, dramatic final breaths abound and fighters grunt through mortal combat, the sounds fit right in. But at some point, perhaps during a quieter scene like when [redacted for spoilers], the moviegoers looked up and watched as part of the ceiling toward the front of the theater began to shift, according to Brian Brett, the chief of the Wenatchee Valley Fire Department, which responded to a collapse at Liberty Cinema a little after 8 p.m. local time. 'They started to move away from what was falling from the ceiling,' Chief Brett said in a phone call on Thursday. 'A very large section of framed-in area underneath the roof came loose and dropped into about the first three rows of seats in the old historic theater.' One of the viewers was 'struck by some debris' but was not injured, and the other person avoided the debris altogether, Chief Brett said. The two viewers declined to be interviewed or identified. Photographs from the scene showed plaster, drywall and pink insulation blanketing the front rows of the theater. Wires hung from the roof like streamers. The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear. The building is old, and asbestos might have been exposed by the collapse, Chief Brett said. Emergency responders wore full-face masks connected to air tanks to avoid breathing the air inside the theater, he added. Liberty Cinema was closed indefinitely for inspections. It is managed by Sun Basin Theatres in Wenatchee, a city of about 35,000 people nestled between the foothills of the Cascade Range and the Columbia River, about 90 miles east of Seattle. 'This location is very near and dear to our hearts and it's been a pleasure serving up popcorn to you all from this location over the decades,' Sun Basin Theatres said on Facebook. 'That's why we're taking the time to properly sort this out.' Chief Brett said he had not experienced something like this in the town's history. He was glad the two moviegoers were OK and worried about what would have happened had the theater been more crowded.
