Now showing:
- "Sir, Your Pants are on Fire"
- "Red Digital Countdown to Explosion"
- "Pride and Extreme Prejudice"
- "Twins Separated at Birth Never Meet"
- "Bionic Chicken Surprise"
- "Shaq and the Beanstalk"
- "My Family and its Ethnic Cooking"
- "Race Against Genetically-Modified Crops"
- "Terrible Big Snakes"
- "Hamlet vs. Mothra"
- "Driving Dads Bonkers"
- "Mr. Hamburgler Goes To Washington"
First, let us dispense with the ridiculous movie titles and translate them into more manageable letters:
- "Twins Separated at Birth Never Meet"
- "Mr. Hamburgler Goes To Washington"
- "Red Digital Countdown to Explosion"
- "Pride and Extreme Prejudice"
- "Sir, Your Pants are on Fire"
- "Driving Dads Bonkers"
- "Shaq and the Beanstalk"
- "Bionic Chicken Surprise"
- "My Family and its Ethnic Cooking"
- "Terrible Big Snakes"
- "Race Against Genetically-Modified Crops"
- "Hamlet vs. Mothra"
Now we can start looking for restrictions in movie placement, starting with the last clue.
- N should play between P and Q. P and Q should be on the same size screen.
This only occurs in two places on the map: Theaters 3, 4 & 5 and Theaters 8, 9 & 10.
- A and B should play on medium-size screens, but should not be showing on adjacent screens.
Thus, films A and B must be in either Theaters 3, 4, 5 & 12.
Going back to films N, P & Q (clue 5), the option of using Theaters 3, 4 & 5 must be ruled out, since this would not leave enough of the medium size theaters for films A & B (clue 4). While this determines that film N is in Theater 9, clue 5 does not specify the exact placement of films P and Q in either Theaters 8 & 10.
- I and J should show on screens near the concession area, but they should not be adjacent to each other. I should be on a larger screen than J.
Since Theater 8 was used by clue 5, this leaves only one pair of theaters around the concession stand which are not adjacent: Theater 5 (the larger one) for film I, and Theater 7 for film J.
This still leaves two options for clue 4: Theaters 3 & 12, or Theaters 4 & 12 for films A and B. They cannot be showing on Theaters 3 & 4, since clue 4 states that A and B are not showing in adjacent theaters.
Clue 1 specifies three consecutive theaters are still necessary:
- C should play between D and E. D should be on a larger screen than E.
There are only three consecutive theaters left: Theaters 1, 2 & 3 (the largest).
This means that there is only one option left for clue 4: Theaters 4 & 12. However, clue 4 does not specify the exact placement of films A and B in Theaters 4 & 12.
- F should play on a smaller screen than G. F should not be showing on a screen adjacent to either P or A.
There are only two screens left for films F and G: Theaters 6 (the larger one) & 11.
Since film F is in Theater 11, it should not be adjacent to A or P, thus Q is in Theater 10 (leaving Theater 8 for P) and B is in Theater 12 (leaving Theater 4 for A).