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Sophie Buchan & Kaitlin Easton

Minions TikTok trend sees dozens of Glasgow students descend on cinema for new movie

A group of Scots students have gone viral after descending on a cinema as part of a Tik Tok trend.

The 54 teens, dressed in suits, attended a venue in Glasgow to watch new film Minions: The Rise Of Gru.

Footage of their antics has been viewed over 40,000 times after members of the group were filmed walking in slow motion wearing sunglasses as they made their way to Cineworld on Renfrew Street.

Part of the crowd can be seen clapping inside the venue and later jumping up and down out outside of the Royal Albert Concert Hall.

The emerging trend has forced certain venues to ban anyone taking part due to the rowdy behaviour as participants dub themselves The Gentleminions, Glasgow Live reports.

People are often spotted causing disruption and filming as they buy tickets to see the latest instalment of the Despicable Me franchise.

There have been several trends surrounding cinemas going viral on TikTok lately with people dressing up in minion costumes or as Dr Strange characters.

It will show them asking for a ticket to see a film and after the member of staff asks which movie, they turn to the camera to reveal their suit with a visibly confused face.

It's not known where the trends began however many videos, one of which has almost two million likes, shows people clapping, screaming and cheering thanks to the "five year wait" finally being over.

The disruptive behaviour during the family-friendly film has now led to cinemas across the UK enforcing a ban on suits as well as other banning people going to see the film without an adult present with Odeon also saying it had "restricted some access".

A spokesperson for Odeon cinemas told the PA news agency: "Due to a small number of incidents in our cinemas over the weekend we have had to restrict access in some circumstances."

It's unclear whether or not the Cineworld chain has enforced any bans.

Taking to the comments section of the now viral TikTok people were all for the Glasgow student's attire.

One said: "I went yesterday. I’m not even kidding, the whole cinema cheered and applauded when Gru came on screen."

Another added: "I do not know what this trend is and I am scared."

"People make Glasgow" commented a third.

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