Celebrate Friendsgiving properly by watching Friends in the theater Thanksgiving weekend
If you’re looking for a distraction from the fun of spending Thanksgiving with your relatives, this rapidly closing 25th anniversary year of the dawn of Friends (and Fathom Events) is here to provide. When the company previously brought the beloved-by-many sitcom to movie theaters in September, “more than 230,000 fans participated nationwide,” says Entertainment Weekly. The airings across three nights grossed almost $3 million, “making it the second-highest-grossing U.S. event cinema release of 2019.”
So it’s unsurprising that Fathom would go back to that particular well, taking advantage of Friends’ favorite holiday for themed episodes: Thanksgiving. Coming up on the Sunday and Monday post-Thanksgiving will be the series’ turkey holiday chapters (“The One With The List” isn’t expressly Thanksgiving themed, but does have Monica trying to incorporate “Mockolate” into traditional turkey day recipes). No word on whether participating theaters will also be serving Rachel’s trifle or three types of mashed potatoes to mimic the Friends’ holiday menu.