Are the adverts that play before films too long?

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7th March 2025

Do you like the adverts and trailers that play before a film? Sometimes, there are a lot of them.

In India, a man has sued a cinema chain because he thought they went on for too long!

The 30-year-old went to see a war film with his friends at a PVR Inox cinema in Bangalore in December, and was upset that he had to sit through 25 minutes of adverts.

He’d been planning to work after the film finished, but was late for his appointments. The court agreed: “Time is considered as money – each one’s time is very precious.”

PVR Inox was ordered to pay him nearly £500 for wasting his time, causing “mental agony” and to cover his legal fees.

Are the adverts that play before films too long?

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lig · 1 week ago

I don't mind that the adverts are really long sometimes because it allows you extra time to get to your screen.

ultari · 7 days ago

Every time I went to the cinema to watch a movie, it was never longer than 5-6 minutes. Also, it allows you to go to the toilet and get snacks so you don’t miss the movie.