A Marathon is a group of two or more Sessions that are linked together so that a patron can buy a single ticket, allowing attendance to more than one session, playing in the same Screen.

For example: To celebrate the release of The Hobbit 3, a cinema wishes to play all three films in the trilogy back-to-back.

• Set up marathons by creating a specific Marathon Film record that automatically creates the component marathon sessions when scheduled.
• You can create marathons in Film Manager and download them to cinemas. Film Manager marathons cannot be edited at the cinema.
• You can edit or unlink marathons in Head Office Manager > Maintenance > Sessions. Create new sessions in Film Manager or Showtime Manager.
• Marathon appear as a single session on POS, and the Alternate Tickets screen lists the included sessions.

Note: Session swap is not available for sessions that are part of a Marathon. A Marathon cannot be created or edited after the start time of the first session.

Reporting

The system setting DriveInMarathonMode affects the reporting figures for marathons.

See also:

• Films and Sessions