The Only One In The Theater

[Hammock Rider]

  There have been lots of times where I've been the only one in the theater. A few that come to mind are: Day Breakers, The Spy Next Door, Waiting for Superman and City Island.

[Pilgermann]

Having worked at at a theater I've gotten to screen a lot of films on my own, but I don't think I've ever gone to a regular show where absolutely no one else attended, but I've been in nearly empty shows.  There were two occasions involving Ernest films (shocking, I know!).  My mom took my brother and me and a couple of our friends to Ernest Goes to Jauil and I believe there were 2 other people in the auditorium.  My family also went to see Ernest Rides Again and there were only a couple other folks in there.

I was lucky enough to catch Tideland during its brief and super-limited theatrical run and I took some friends to it.  There were maybe 2-3 other people.

[Couchtr26]

Actually, this happens more for me then packed theaters.  Hot Shots: Part Deux saw that and their was 5 people.  Hostel saw that with 3 people.  Remake of The Fog only 10 people there.  Finally, The Simpsons movie was pretty dead when I saw it.  I think there was just me and 1 other person. 

[Raffine]

These days, particularly if you go to a multimegaplex matinee during the week, it's not unusual at all to see a film with only four of five others in the audience.

I saw SKYLINE on the Monday afternoon after it opened and there were only six of us in the theater.

[BoyScoutKevin]

If I've seldom seen a film in a packed theater, I can't remember ever being the only one in the theater to see a film. A couple of times I did come close.

(1) 1971. "Scandalous John"
A Walt Disney Production, at a time they were just starting to do films that were just a little more "adult" than the films in the past. They weren't even going to show the film, as I was the only one in the audience, but then two more people walked in, and they showed it, with just the three of us there. A film that is really unknown by most people, but one I quite enjoyed.

(2) 1984. "The Dungeonmaster"
Which is reviewed at this site, and is perhaps better known under the title "The Ragewar," but I saw it under the first title. It was the era of Dungeons and Dragons, which is why a mother and her two pre-teen sons were in the audience at the start of the film, but they walked out mid-way through the film, so I wound up being the only person to see it all the way to the end. I don't remember too much about it, except Richard Moll was in it, and it being a pretty bad film, and bad not in a good way.