Unusual: Creed III functions are suspended due to fights inside movie theaters

Apparently the intense boxing scenes of Creed III are catching on with French cinema audiences, as several fights broke out in a series of screenings of the spin-off of rocky of Michael B Jordan during its premiere week, starting March 1.

French media reported a dozen separate riots in theaters across France over the weekend and a handful of independent venues decided to pull the film from their listings.

Police were called to an evening screening at a Mégarama cinema in the central French city of Saint Etienne on Saturday (March 4) after a fight broke out and a security guard suffered a head injury when cans and bottles began to spill. fly.

Later that day, police forced 500 people to evacuate a Kinepolis cinema in the northeastern French city of Thionville after a mass fight broke out, causing the screening to be cancelled. Images of the riot went viral.

In other incidents, a screening at the Metropolis cinema in the northern city of Charleville-Mézières was also called off after two people started fighting. They were arrested and temporarily placed in police custody.

The nine-screen CinéCentre complex in the northern city of Dreux announced on its website Monday that it was deprogramming the film due to “inappropriate behavior” that went against its “values.”

There have also been reports of similar incidents in Germany, with showings canceled in the cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Essen. after the police were called in to defuse the situation when clashes broke out.

German media questioned whether the fights and related anti-social behavior could be due to some kind of campaign or challenge on social media, but this does not appear to be the case, even if footage of some of the incidents has gone viral.