ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – A Malaysian woman bought tickets for all the seats in a cinema hall to avoid a crowd.
Influencer Eriyca Baiduri posted a video of herself in an undisclosed empty cinema hall on video-sharing platform TikTok on January 3. Eriyca, who runs a beauty brand, is seen munching on popcorn, wearing spectacles.
“We are the introverted type! So we bought all the seats,” she said in her caption. She did not name the movie she was watching.
The video shows there are about 10 rows of seats in the hall, with each row consisting of 16 seats. A check shows that ticket prices average between MYR11 and MYR35 for movies, so the exercise could potentially have cost her any amount between MYR1,760 and MYR5,600.
The TikTok video has garnered about 60,000 views and 280 comments so far.
Many users shared their preference for watching movies alone while others suggested that she should have bought tickets of a higher class.
A user said it would have been better if Eriyca had bought a Gold Class or Platinum Class ticket instead. In response, Eriyca said Gold Class tickets for the movie were not available.
Gold Class tickets typically include services such as food and beverage offerings, and seats that offer more comfort, such as reclining chairs made of leather. Checks showed that these tickets cost between MYR58 and MYR80.
