I've read several posts with this message. I don't know anything about the theatre business, but I find it strange that a theatre could sell out two or three screens three or four times a day and only make money if enough people buy popcorn. Do they buy the right to show the movie based on the number of tickets they sell? If the theatre is only half full, but everyone buys lots of popcorn and drinks do they make more than they would with a sell out with paltry snack sales?
I just saw the movie this afternoon. I wasn't very early so I had to sit in the second row. I've seen Jim Caviezel do several interviews but I knew nothing about Maia Morgenstern, who plays Mary. She is great. She was in all the scenes where I got choked up. When I left the theater I turned on the radio just when Barbara Simpson (no relation) was interviewing Maia Morgenstern. She is a Rumanian who started in Jewish theatre and went on to become quite popular in that country. She was pregnant with her third child during the filming.
I'll be going to the movie again with my catechism class (9th and 10th graders).