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| Author | Zoe Aresti |
Over a dozen cinema sites across the Greater Manchester region showed their support for the victims and families of those affected by the terrorist attack in the city on Monday through a co-ordinated programme of fund-raising screenings including Wonder Woman.
All ticket proceeds from the screenings – which took place during the evening of 5 June – will now go towards the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, set up by the Red Cross in the aftermath of the tragic events.
Cinema companies including ODEON, Cineworld, Vue, Showcase, Empire, The Light, Reel and AMC Cinemas all hosted fund-raising screenings of the new Wonder Woman movie at their respective sites, with the film’s distributor Warner Bros. Pictures also generously agreeing to offer up its share of box office income. In addition, Digital Cinema Media as well as Pearl & Dean, donated the advertising revenue concerened.
Commenting on the arrangement, Paul Lindsay, General Manager of the AMC Manchester, whose team first came up with the idea, said:
“We wanted to show the support of all those working at Manchester cinemas – and of the wider UK cinema industry – for all of those whose lives were touched by last week’s horrific attack.
We are proud to make our contribution to such a worthy cause and are grateful to Warner Bros. colleagues for their generous support.”
Tickets for the screenings were available in the usual way from the relevant company websites, and each site ensured collection boxes were available throughout the day for those who wanted to donate additional funds.
Donations can still be made here.