“Photos showing empty theatre at the screening of Brahmastra movie”
What FACTLY found
The first photo was taken in 2020, amid the Coronavirus pandemic, at the Carnival Cinemas in GIP Mall, Noida. The second photo was taken on 25 August 2009, by a photographer named Beatrice Murch, inside the Teatro Presidente Alvear in Buenous Aires, Argentina. Both the photos are old and have nothing to do with the recently released film Brahmastra
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 September 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 September 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0kM2imfCgGBwqvwGvd7DhbtuCddYBRrP4A…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=485698280233176&set=a.174916951311312
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.