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Can a movie showing ever compare to a live event?
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1:06Now PlayingCan a movie showing ever compare to a live event?
Chris Aronson of Paramount Picturew argues that sports fill stadiums because the moment happens only once, while a movie plays the same on a Monday morning as it does on a Saturday night.
Hawk Koch of AMC Theaters counters that moviegoing still out-draws every major pro sport combined, and that watching from your couch was never the same thing as showing up.
With Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" playing in its full format at only 41 theaters worldwide, that line looks blurrier than ever. Which side do you land on?
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