That sounds like what the production company for the movie _Unsubscribe_ did four months ago to 'top the US box office' [0] by buying out / sponsoring all their showings and then trying to resell the tickets themselves. Because of the way the sales are reported and the limited viewership then and now, they got to claim a headline.
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That sounds like what the production company for the movie _Unsubscribe_ did four months ago to 'top the US box office' [0] by buying out / sponsoring all their showings and then trying to resell the tickets themselves. Because of the way the sales are reported and the limited viewership then and now, they got to claim a headline.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23571858