None. Is this an American thing or something? I have never had this happen, or even heard of it happening except in America. It seems so weird to me to applaud people who can't hear you.

Independence Day

Caught a sneak peek the week before it opened. As soon as Will Smith punched the alien and said, "Welcome to Earth," everyone cheered and it was a nonstop thrill ride that had the entire audience engaged.

When the credits rolled, there was a legit standing ovation. It was the single best crowd I've ever watched movie with.

The Passion of the Christ. I was very confused that people thought it was a good film. And in my specific case, confused about why my school thought it was a good idea to take a bunch of minors to see a very gory R-rated film. That was the most violent movie I had seen up to that point. The whole experience was surreal, and not in a good way.

Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring.

Opening night, midnight screening, it was amazing. When the opening voice over started, a hush fell over the theater so solemn you'd have thought some sacred deity had descended from upon high. At the end everyone clapped and cheered. I think I even high-fived some random theater goer outside we were all so jazzed

Everything everywhere all at once

I think everyone was surprised at how much we all laughed and people were just happy

Endgame was a pretty lively experience when it came out. Felt like the whole theater was enjoying the fuck out of that movie lol. When Captain America picks up Thor’s Hammer people went nuts haha. Hype was enormous and they delivered imo (a little bit fan service for sure but overall great film to see in theaters).

The midnight premiere of Star Wars Episode 1. That was the same year I graduated highschool and I had never seen such an event at a movie theater! There were fat middle aged guys wearing the same Star Wars tshirts they bought in the 80s, now 2 sizes too small. There were people waiving plastic lightsabers. It was glorious...

I saw a free preview screening of Mission to Mars right before it came out. That horrible movie ended and the theater was dead silent, then someone yelled out, "I didn't have to pay to see that pile of crap". Everyone applauded.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

But that's kinda expected when watching it

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Theatre full of Trekkies so it was a target audience only.

The only time I have encountered applause in a movie theater was during the opening night for Snakes on a Plane. It was like a festival atmosphere. There were literally people in costumes, dressed up as planes and snakes and planes covered in snakes. It was kind of awesome, to be honest.

Went to Fahrenheit 9/11 on opening day, and the entire theater clapped at the end.

I'm not sure anyone there necessarily thought it was a good movie, but we were all unified in our disdain of George W. Bush.

Rejected by Don Hertzfeldt.

In fairness, it was a screening with Don Hertzfeldt... or it was supposed to be. He was sick or something, but we didn't find that out until the end.

I recall hearing that there was applause when the aliens in Independence Day blew up the white house, but it didn’t happen when I went to see it.

... Barbie.

Jurassic Park.

Everyone was blown away, like holy shit, that was amazing

Just as a disclaimer: I can count on one hand the number of films I've seen in the theater but the answer is "none".

The ones I can remember...

• The Lion King
• Liar Liar
• Star Trek First Contact
• Muppet From Space
• Every Special Edition Star Wars movie
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• Titanic
• Star Trek (2009)
• The Avengers
• Deadpool

But the biggest one, I mean roaring applause, was an advanced showing of Galaxy Quest. I've never had a theatrical experience like that before or ever again.

The Force Awakens. Not just at the end, though, but also when the opening crawl started and when every returning character showed up.

"I know what that is! I clapped when I saw it!

The only time I've ever witnessed this was opening nite of "Star Wars" in La Puente/West Covina area ~ 45 years ago. Back then that was the title of the movie (not "A New Hope" Episode IV).

For me it was "The Last Samurai" and Return of the King"

The Snakes on a Plane midnight release show was some of the most fun I've had at the theater.

People applauded Titanic when I saw it. Braveheart too.

Wyatt Earp. It was 3 hours long, which was not a normal thing with movies back then (also the movie just wasn't that great). Halfway through people were starting to yell advice to Kevin Costner up on the screen, and when it finally ended, everyone clapped and cheered because it was finally over.

Avengers Endgame.

I was thoroughly impressed with how the Russo brothers managed to amaze us after Infinity War.

Gladiator, I saw it opening weekend

Saving Private Ryan.

It was a subdued clapping out of respect for those the movie represented.

The Devils Rejects

Heaps of festival films and premieres.

But I don't think I've ever seen a New Zealand audience applaud anything that was just a mainstream release playing in a cinema, even on opening weekend.

A View To A Kill got a lot of random yelling though.

Yesterday. Godzilla Minus One. Fantastic movie!

So Americans do really clap over every bullshit? I thought it was just a meme.

Snakes on a Plane. It came out when I was in college, and my college had a movie night at the local cinema, so it was a bunch of college students cheering during the movie, especially at the famous line.