Movie theater is playing a movie early and it says “charity screening”
Feel dumb asf for asking this
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A “screening” is just a fancy way of saying “showing a movie”. “We’re having a screening of the latest Marvel movie” = “We’re showing the latest Marvel movie”
A charity screening means that by showing the movie they will somehow help a charity. They might donate a portion of your ticket price, let the charity sell concessions, or it might be as little as “raising awareness” by mentioning the charity before showing the movie.
You pay money for a ticket, possibly with a premium for the advance nature of the showing. The cinema takes a limited amount or no profit from the tickets and the money goes to an elected charity instead.