[Grammar] The movie is still showing to a packed theater.

[wotcha]

‘The movie is still showing to a packed theater on most evening.

In the above sentdnce, I wonder why ‘to‘ is used before ‘packed theater‘.

Why not ‘in‘ ?


Thank you.

 

[White Hat]

‘The movie is still showing to a packed theater on most evenings.

In the above sentence, I wonder why ‘to‘ is used before ‘packed theater‘.

Why not ‘in‘ ?


Thank you.

By "packed theater" they mean "audience".

 

[mikelynn]

‘The movie is still showing to a packed theater on most evening.

In the above sentdnce, I wonder why ‘to‘ is used before ‘packed theater‘.

Why not ‘in‘ ?

Thank you.

Hi, I'm pretty comfortable with the preposition "to", but what really made me wonder was the part that says "the movie is showing" and, because I would have preferred a passive construction there, I'm a bit curious if "the movie is being shown" is possible instead and how common/idiomatic the active version is. Thank you for your help.
M&L

 

[Rover_KE]

By "packed theater" they mean "audience".

...especially 'capacity audience'.