I feel like the phone use has gotten better. People who insist tend to keep it low instead of shining it right in your face. And I've only witnessed a couple of people attempting to "generate content" by filming themselves in a theater, and they were both loudly shamed into stopping.
Matt Zoller Seitz
Just as studio executives and theater owners are celebrating a Gen Z-fueled box office boom, they’re also grappling with an unintended side effect: Young audiences are bringing full-volume conversations, persistent phone use and the occasional TikTok-inspired disruption.