Interesting Star Wars Story

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My son and I arrived at the theater to buy tickets to the new Star Wars movie. The ticket line was pretty long, and we knew everyone was there to see Star Wars. As we waited in line, I was scanning the electronic marquee sign that displayed all the movie times and availability. Every theater and every time slot was listed as "sold out," except for one theater that had seats for the 7:10pm showing. When we finally reached the ticket booth, I asked for two tickets to the 7:10pm Star Wars show. The girl told me it was sold out, but she still had tickets to the 7:40pm show. I told her the sign hanging above her head said the 7:40pm show was sold out, but she replied that she didn't know how to work the electronic controls to change the information. So, I bought my son and I each a ticket. Our tickets were for theater 13. When we entered the building, the usher pointed us in the direction of theater 13 and told us there was a long line we had to wait in. So, as we headed toward #13, I saw the long line and stood in it. I asked the person in front of me if this was the line for #13. He told me it was the line for #16, and that the line I was looking for was the next one down the hallway. So my son and I proceeded to the next line, which was even longer than the first one. We got in the back of the line and waited for a few minutes, and then I decided I needed to use the bathroom. On the way back, I saw a friend of mine at the front of the line for theater 13. I made my way over to him to ask him to let us cut in line with him, I and asked him how long he had been in line for #13. He replied back that this line wasn't for #13, it was for #10! He pointed to theater 13 and told me there was no line for that theater! I grabbed my son and we walked into #13, handing the usher our tickets. There was an usher at each theater entrance, which is unusual, but they wanted to make sure people weren't trying to switch theaters due to every show being sold out. Anyway, after he checked our tickets, we went inside and saw that there were only about five other people in the theater. I was excited, because that meant that my son and I could find the best seats and sit in them before the theater got too crowded. As we sat there talking and watching all the ads and previews, the time went by very quickly and soon the movie was starting. I glanced around and couldn't believe that the theater was still empty, except for my son and I and about five other people! I thought it was weird that a sold out viewing was essentially empty! I then focused my attention back on the movie and enjoyed the rest of the evening. After the movie, I was left wondering why our theater was so empty when every single other theater was sold out. My first thought was that everyone who walked up to the ticket counter looked at the marquee and saw that the 7:40pm show was listed as "sold out," even though it had seats available, and so didn't bother to try and buy tickets for that showing. My second thought was that anybody who did buy tickets for theater 13 probably got in the wrong line and either were allowed into a different theater, or got upset and left once they realized they were not in the right line. Either way, my son and I were able to see the new Star Wars movie on opening weekend in a theater that was practically empty! It made us feel pretty special to essentially have the theater all to ourselves. It was almost like we were getting a private viewing!