‘Minecraft’ movie mayhem raises alarms for America's youth, ‘bad for society’: expert

The Jack Black-starring "Minecraft" movie has generated a social media trend of trashing movie theaters, creating concern about young movie goers' behavior.

"…anytime you get 200 young boys in a room, and they're all yelling and jumping in 20 directions, it's sort of like, you know, a social media ‘Lord of the Flies.'" "I worry that when you let this kind of mayhem just go on and say, ‘Oh let them throw the popcorn, we love it’ …that may be good for the ticket sales, it’s bad for society. Boys need to learn how to control themselves in public settings."

The scene has prompted excited fans to scream, shout, throw popcorn around, jump up out of their seats, and in one instance in Provo, Utah, toss a live chicken in the air during a screening, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

Springs Cinema & Taphouse in Sandy Springs, Georgia, told FOX 5 Atlanta that its staff has had to clean up popcorn, ICEEs, ketchup and shattered glass.