New policy for US theaters: Children under the age of 6 will be banned from watching R-rated movies after 18:00

In order to allow adults to enjoy a better movie-watching experience, children under the age of 6 are not allowed to enter theaters that show R-rated movies after 6 p.m. At present, most movie theater chains in the United States have taken the initiative to accept or even strengthen this policy.

The Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain, founded in 1997, was once a pioneer in providing high-end catering services for movie viewing in theaters. The theater chain also has a policy that in order to allow adults to enjoy a better movie viewing experience, children under the age of 6 are not allowed to enter theaters that play R-rated movies after 6 p.m. At present, most movie theater chains in the United States have taken the initiative to accept or even strengthen this policy.

Officials of several theater chains said they formulated such policies because they often received complaints from customers, such as the noisy voices of children in movie halls and the thoughts of a child watching pornographic or violent content.

It is reported that Emperor Entertainment, the largest movie chain in the United States, will implement this policy throughout the year, which means that children under the age of 6 cannot enter cinemas that play R-rated movies at any time. AMC Entertainment and Cinemark, the second-largest and third-largest theater chains in the United States, currently temporarily implement a policy of "children under the age of 6 are not allowed to enter after 6 p.m."

"Emperor Entertainment's job is to provide customers with the best movie-watching experience, so when playing R-rated movies, we must try our best to ensure that the audience is not influenced by external factors." "To do this, we need to maximize the number of children in R-rated theaters," Emperor Entertainment CEO Amy Mills told reporters.

The essence of this policy is actually a strengthened version of the film grading system. According to the American film classification system, people under the age of 17 must be accompanied by an adult or guardian when watching R-rated films. The policy implemented by American theater chains is basically to ask children under the age of 6 to bid farewell to R-rated films. No Hollywood film company has yet protested against this policy.

Regarding why the age is set at 6 years old, a spokesperson for the American Theater Alliance said: "We try to determine the age at which children can act independently. We don't want the first thing children of this age to blurt out is a dirty word seen in movies."

The National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have not officially expressed their position on this, which means that this policy is only a business decision made by theater owners. This Celebration! "We know there will be some resistance to this policy, but for now, most of the responses are very positive," said Steve Vanwaggne, deputy director of theaters.

Wen| Pamela McClintock

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