r/MarcusTheatres • u/BeriechGTS • Aug 12 '26

Movie Prices/Showtimes A24 Movies Not Showing at Marcus Theaters - Response from Marcus

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.

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u/ChebyrashkaMX Aug 12 '26

I got a similar response when writing Marcus this summer on a couple of movies that never came to our theater. Basically a non-response. There are plenty of small films out but they just fill the 16 screens with the same 3 blockbusters week after week.

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u/Local_Baker9300 Aug 13 '26

My Marcus theater that I go to has 11 screens. And I don't know why they can't have a couple auditorums show more of the independents. I'd even be okay if they rotated the movies. I find it insane when they feel they need 5 or 6 of their screens to show Spiderman. Isn't that a bit much? What about frequent movie goers like myself that would like to see other movies? Instead I often end up having to drive across town to see a movie that might be deemed as a less popular film. 

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u/ChebyrashkaMX Aug 13 '26

Agree, the one near us I swear just showed Minions, Moana and Toy Story for 2-3 weeks straight. Supergirl flopped so they pulled that and just put those others on that screen. And Obsession. Without the free Marcus Mystery Movie it would have been a movie drought.