Some reports have him pulling a variant of the old ‘let your friends into ye theatre for free” trick - open and block one of the emergency/service exits near the screen from closing and locking so your friends can get in. Instead of letting people trying into the theatre for free, he went out to the parking lot, geared up and came back through his rigged door himself.
> ‘let your friends into ye theatre for free” trick
Even when I was a kid, a LOOONG time ago, opening one of these doors would have set an alarm and the ushers would have closed and locked it again.
Of course, that would only have forced him to come in the front door, and he could easily have wrought just as much damage.
I’m still saying something does NOT add up.