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A movie outing in Jacksonville, Florida turned violent after a huge fight broke out in a movie theater parking lot on Christmas night.

Five teenagers were arrested in connection with the 600-person brawl, also described by police as a “melee,” and were charged with crimes related to fighting.

According to ABC:

The fight occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday outside the Hollywood River City 14 movie theater in Jacksonville when a group tried to storm the theater’s doors without purchasing tickets, police said. Several had rushed an off-duty police officer working as a security guard.

The officer “administered pepper spray to disperse the group, locked the doors and called for backup, following protocol,” said Lauri-Ellen Smith, a spokeswoman for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Soon after the pepper spray was used, “upward of 600 people moving throughout a parking lot about the size of a football field began fighting, disrupting and jumping on cars,” she said.

Only minor injuries and damage to property were reported. Nearly 60 police officers were called to break up the scene.

As for the five arrested, three, including one minor, were charged with felonies. Two other juveniles, who have not been named by police, were charged with misdemeanors.

Tevyn Alonza Davis, 19, was charged with resisting arrest and breach of the peace. Jaquade Marquis Miller, 18, was charged with fighting and resisting arrest. Khalil Ahmad Bradley, 17, the only minor charged with a felony, was arrested for resisting arrest, refusal to disperse and breach of the peace.

Davis and Bradley each “took a fighting stance” when confronted by police and told to leave the area, according to arrest reports. Miller, too, “took an aggressive stance” when told by police to leave the parking lot.

So much for just wanting to watch Anchorman 2 quietly Jesus’ birthday.

SOURCE: ABC | VIDEO SOURCE: News Inc