It's expected to be the most fiery annual general meeting in Parramatta's history - and club officials are inviting members to go to the movies instead.

In what might be interpreted as an oversight by some and a diversion by others, Eels members have been sent an offer to "meet and mingle" with players before viewing a screening of the film Broke at Event Cinemas Parramatta on Monday, May 2.

Popcorn or AGM: the Parramatta members movie invite on the night of the AGM.

That just happens to be the same evening as the Parramatta Leagues Club AGM where club chairman Steve Sharp and the rest of the Eels board, if they're still in power, are expected to be grilled from the floor about the salary cap scandal threatening to bring the team's encouraging season to its knees.

By that point it is likely to be abundantly clear just how seriously the NRL is taking the club's series of alleged third-party payment breaches, with a penalty involving a loss of competition points tipped before the end of next week.