On 19 May 2025, a section of the ceiling at Cinema Ocho in La Plata, Argentina, collapsed during a screening of Final Destination: Bloodlines, injuring 29-year-old Fiamma Villaverde (here, here, and here). Attending with her daughter and a friend, she was hit by debris but escaped serious harm. She later sought medical help, is unable to work, and plans legal action, criticising the theatre’s poor response.
In this context, a photo is going viral on social media (here, here, and here), showing the movie still playing on the big screen as a firefighter examines the broken ceiling, with debris scattered in front. The photo is being shared with the claim that this photo shows the theatre in Argentina where the ceiling collapsed during a screening of Final Destination: Bloodlines. Along with several social media users, media outlet Times Now also shared the photo on their Facebook account, and Free Press Journal used the same photo in its report, linking it to the incident during the film’s screening. Let’s verify the claim made in the post through this article.
Claim: The photo shows a theatre in Argentina where the ceiling collapsed during a screening of Final Destination: Bloodlines on 19 May 2025.
Fact: The viral photo does not show Cinema Ocho in Argentina where the ceiling collapsed on 19 May 2025 during Final Destination: Bloodlines but shows Liberty Cinema in Wenatchee, Washington, where the ceiling collapsed on 25 February 2025 during a screening of Captain America: Brave New World. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
A Google Lens search of the viral photo led us to multiple media reports (here, here, and here) featuring the same photo from February 2025. This confirms that the photo predates the theatre ceiling collapse incident in Argentina on 19 May 2025 during a screening of Final Destination: Bloodlines. According to reports, the viral photo originates from Liberty Cinema in Wenatchee, Washington. The theatre’s ceiling collapsed on 25 February 2025, when only two people were watching Captain America: Brave New World, Marvel’s latest addition to the franchise. Fortunately, no injuries were reported from the incident.
We also found several other media reports covering this incident, which can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum up, this viral photo does not show the May 2025 Argentina theatre ceiling collapse but depicts the February 2025 incident in Washington.
