Despicable, us? Cinemas ban suited ‘Gentleminions’ from film screenings
A VIRAL TikTok trend is costing cinemas across the country thousands of pounds in refunds.
The noisy trend sees hordes of teenage boys dressing up in suits to watch Minions: The Rise Of Gru. One manager of a Vue Cinema in Worcester said they had to issue £1,300 worth of refunds in a single day due to complaints from customers.
They said: ‘I had to refund all of the tickets in that theatre because of kids shouting and mimicking the Minions while the film was playing. It was a group of about eight kids.
‘Now, when we see any kids coming in to see the film dressed up we give them a warning.’ One sign, reportedly from an Odeon cinema, read: ‘Due to recent disturbances following the #Gentleminions trend, any group of guests in formal attire will be refused entry for showings of Minions: The Rise Of Gru.’
One mum said she ‘walked out after an hour and got a refund’, adding: ‘Pretty much the whole rear half of the cinema was full of teenagers screaming, shouting, chanting and yelling throughout the entire thing.’
Another customer added: ‘Absolute idiots ruined the movie for my two kids. They were upset by all the noise.’
The sequel to the 2015 film Minions is already top of the box office in the US and Australia, making £106million in its opening weekend. An Odeon spokesman said ‘a small number of incidents’ meant they had to ‘restrict access’ to the film.