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
— Hollywood!!!! (@ChefWaites) February 16, 2018
HOLY FUCK
— Hollywood!!!! (@ChefWaites) February 16, 2018
Dawgggggg pic.twitter.com/1WxKIgDtXW
— 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!”
Aiight so this happened at Atlantic Station. They played 50 shades instead of black panther pic.twitter.com/5WhvX270Y5
— Hollywood!!!! (@ChefWaites) February 16, 2018
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
— Melo Byke (@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
— Hollywood!!!! (@ChefWaites) February 16, 2018
Lesson learned!
H/T Mashable