cinematic Cinematic describes anything related to ''cinema''. It may refer to: any movie updates, cinema nights, cinematic review Film-related * Cinematic cutscene, a sequence in a video game that is not interactive * Cinematic music, original music writt ...

parlance, a

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

in its first run has been recently released. In

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, new films attract the majority of their theatrical viewers in the first few weeks after their release. In North America, different

movie theatre A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall (Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, the movies, the pictures, picture theater, the silver screen, the big screen, or simply theater is a ...

s pay different rates to show films depending on how recently they have been released. In 1946, the

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found major film distributors in violation of antitrust laws when they precluded independent theaters from screening first-run films.See

Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ''Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.'', 327 U.S. 251 (1946), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court allowing an action to recover compensatory damages under the antitrust statutes. The jury had returned a verdict for $120,000 in petiti ...

, 327 U.S. 251 (1946) Some older, smaller, or poorly outfitted

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or discount theatres, or those in less desirable locations, specialize in showing films during their

second run A rerun or repeat is a rebroadcast of an episode of a radio or television program. There are two types of reruns – those that occur during a hiatus, and those that occur when a program is syndicated. Variations In the United Kingdom, the wor ...

. These theatres get to keep a larger share of the ticket fees and often charge a lower ticket price.

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