Catching fire? Not at this theater.
Moviegoers who shelled out $12.50 to see “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and several other films at the Pavilion Theater in Park Slope on Sunday said they would have been warmer in an ice-skating rink.
A manager admitted that the heating system was having technical difficulties.
“It felt like the air-conditioner was on,” said Andrea Scott, 29, a Clinton Hill filmmaker who huddled with her friends for warmth while watching “Catching Fire.”
“My nose got cold. I kept my scarf on. I was coming to the movies on a day like today to be warm and cozy. It wasn’t. You’d would expect it to be warmer inside,” she said.
Outside, the temperature struggled to climb above 30 degrees.
“I had my jacket around me the whole time,” said Lauren McCarthy, 35, a counselor from Park Slope, after seeing the same flick. “My hands were under my legs. Tickets are expensive. They can turn the heat up.”
A theater manager said ticket-sellers were instructed to tell customers about the problem before they bought their ducats and offer them free tea and coffee.
But some customers said they weren’t told about the heating snafu before purchasing their tickets.
Real-estate developer Abraham Hidary, whose company Hidrock Realty Inc. owns the Prospect Park West building, said he was unaware of the heating problem.
“They’re responsible for the building, every aspect of it,” Hidary said of the management team, Cinema Holdings Group. “We just happen to own the building.”
Two years ago, the movie house had a bed-bug scare. And customers said they were not happy with the theater’s latest drama.
“I spent a good $50 in there, and they can’t have heat?” said Sammy Widde, 37, who was catching a movie with his 8-year-old daughter.
“I could almost see my breath. It was like an ice box. Everyone was complaining.”