Moviegoers showed up to Atlantic Station theater in Atlanta expecting to see Black Panther, the record-breaking Marvel film about black superheroes set in the fictional Wakanda.
Instead, they got Fifty Shades Freed.
In a hilarious mishap, the theater apparently accidentally began playing the sexy film (and critical slump) about a married couple instead of Black Panther at a Thursday screening. Twitter user @ChefWaites live-tweeted from the audience.
LMMFNFNDNDNDNDNDN DAWG THEY PLAYING THE WRONG MOVIE
— Big Hollywood (@ChefWaites) February 16, 2018
HOLY FUCK
— Big Hollywood (@ChefWaites) February 16, 2018
Dawgggggg pic.twitter.com/1WxKIgDtXW
— Big Hollywood (@ChefWaites) February 16, 2018
He later posted videos of the mistake. One audience member can be heard yelling in the background, “It’s the opposite movie!”
https://twitter.com/ChefWaites/status/964332670711975937
Luckily, the theater seems to have quickly corrected the snafu for the fans who came to see T’Challa—and definitely not Anastasia Steele.
@blk_tray @AminESPN So they started to play 50 shades instead of Black Panther in my theater today… I’m 5 months removed from ACL surgery and I sprinted through the theater to get that turned off so damn fast
— Slim de la Cruz (@TreDay421) February 16, 2018
“I never laughed so hard. I’m happy i came to the black theatre,” @ChefWaites tweeted.
I never laughed so hard. I’m happy i came to the black theatre pic.twitter.com/pxdTFK4Qt3
— Big Hollywood (@ChefWaites) February 16, 2018
Lesson learned!
H/T Mashable