ArcLight Hollywood movie theaters evacuated
On one of the busiest film nights of the year, hundreds of people at a Los Angeles movie theater complex were evacuated after fire alarms interrupted their Christmas movie viewings.
The alarms went off at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard about 5:30 p.m., an employee said. By 6:20, guests were being allowed back into the theaters.
“Looks like it was a false alarm,†said employee Eric Corbin. “We’re still accepting purchases, and more than likely we’ll be up and running in the next half hour.â€
Christmas Day is one of the busiest of the year for the ArcLight, where 14 theaters can seat several thousand movie-goers. Five new films opened there on Wednesday, including “The Wolf of Wall Street†and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.â€
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