"The 355," a film in which four agents go on a mission to retrieve a top-secret weapon, premiered Jan. 7.
But in the runup to that release, some social media users claimed something was afoot related to the movie and the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
"Something odd is going on in theaters across the nation on Jan 7 and Jan 8," reads the text of a Facebook post shared Jan. 2. "It appears that the only movie that is going to be showing, Jan 7 and Jan 8, is 'The 355.' Wonder if this has something to do with the press conference Pres. Trump has scheduled for Jan 6?"
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The post generated close to 400 interactions and over 400 shares in less than a week. Other versions accumulated hundreds more interactions.
But the claim is false.
Representatives from a number of theater chains told USA TODAY other films are playing Jan. 7 and Jan. 8 as well.
USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook users who shared the post for comment.
Each company has their own way of arranging showtimes, which affect when listings get posted on websites.
Ryan Noonan, spokesperson for AMC Theatres, the largest movie theater chain in the U.S., said in a statement the complete showtime schedules at all AMC locations for the week of Jan. 7-13 were posted Jan. 6.
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