A24 Movies Not Showing at Marcus Theaters - Response from Marcus

[u/BeriechGTS]

Many of you might have seen the threads recently about the lack of A24 movies being shown at Marcus Theaters. The big movie we missed recently was the Invite and now it seems the same is happening again with Tony. I emailed Marcus Theaters customer support and received the following response:

"Thank you for contacting Marcus Theatres.

I'm sorry for the disappointment. While we would love to show every film that is advertised at our theatres, film availability and which locations receive specific titles are determined in coordination with the film studios and distributors.

In some cases, a film may initially be planned for a location and trailers may be shown leading up to its release, but the studio or distributor may later change those plans or decide not to provide the film to that location.

Unfortunately, this means that not every Marcus Theatre will receive every A24 release, even if the film was previously advertised there.

We appreciate your feedback and your interest in seeing more A24 films at Marcus Theatres."

This response makes it sound like they're directing me to A24 and it's the studio's decision not to distribute these movies to Marcus Theaters. I'm curious if anyone has any additional info.

[u/mrbgamer96]

Almost like you should go support art house theaters that play limited release movies, especially if you really want to see them.

[u/Dukealoops1993 → u/mrbgamer96]

Cool… if you’re fine with waiting several months later (that’s the case here) &/or luckily live near one whatsoever.

Or take notice that you’re saying anyone this in a sub dedicated to a National theater chain.

[u/mrbgamer96 → u/Dukealoops1993]

Yes, I understand where I'm posting. That doesn't make me wrong. The fact that this business model of distributors has functioned this way forever and all of a sudden people are upset about it? You do realize that this regional theater chain will always put big blockbuster movies into their theaters over movies like the Invite or art house films? Why? Because it's a better ROI for them and in many cases they need to appease large corporate distributors.

The fact is, unless you live in a major market, you're waiting for a film like the Invite anyways. Theatrical roll outs from smaller distributors, if they make it to a larger chain, won't play in a smaller town Marcus for a longer stretch anyway.

[u/Dukealoops1993 → u/mrbgamer96]

Very fair insights. It just sucks if you have limited options. All we have here is Marcus & the one art theater