Imagine sitting down to your first screening of Guardians of the Galaxy . Picture it? Now imagine that when the movie starts to play, it's DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians.

Someone downloaded the wrong file. They're showing us DreamWorks' Rise of the Guardians.



— Ben (@Peaugh) August 1, 2014

Oh god. They restarted it all, and after a couple repeat previews, it's Rise of the Guardians AGAIN.



— Ben (@Peaugh) August 1, 2014

So. Third time through the previews And it's rise of the guardians AGAIN.



— Ben (@Peaugh) August 1, 2014

This is exactly what happened to surprised moviegoers when they sat down to watch Guardians of the Galaxy at a Regal Cinemas in Virginia last week.According to attendees at the cinema (many of whom live-tweeted the event), an employee announced they were trying to fix the issue. The trailers rolled again.The trailers ran a third time.All was not lost, however. The theater gave the audience a refund, a poster, and tickets into the next IMAX 3D screening. Eventually, Guardians of the Galaxy was seen, and the rest of us got to experience a little schadenfreude out of the whole affair.

Lucy O'Brien is Entertainment Editor at IGN AU. Follow her ramblings on Twitter.