German cinemas refuse to show "Avengers"

BERLIN;

Several hundred movie theatres  in Germany
have refused  to screen the  new AVENGERS'
film in a dispute over rental fees with Disney


News  agency dpa reported  that 686 theatres
in  193  mostly small towns refused to show
"Avengers :Age of Ultron"which open on
Thursday ,It said the dispute was over a decision
to raise the  rental fee for the movie to 53 percent
of ticket  sale rather than the 47.7per cent ussually
charged to small town theatres

Karl Heinz Meier of I.G. Nord  ,a group representing
cinema operators in northern Germany ,said
it would have  been prepared to go as far as a
50 percent fee.
He added "Disney will have to do without
686 screen on which the film otherwise
would have  been shown.
Meier says  moviegoers have expressed
understanding
AP