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First of all, let me state that I disagree with the theater's management of this one. I believe that someone might have posted earlier in this thread that possibly the theater viewed her as a potential public safety hazard if she slowed the exodus of people from the end of the film. I would imagine that at this point the film is playing to a packed house, so crowd control might actually be a serious concern. That's really the only legitimate reason I can think of for why she was asked to leave.
Regardless, the theater has the right to ask someone to leave its property for any reason they feel like. The manager may not have been the owner but chances are excellent that he was acting under the owner's orders. I used to run my own small business selling roses at clubs and bars on weekends. I made a little money to help myself get by that way and I didn't have to show up anywhere at any special time and if I made mistakes in giving back change I was accountable only to myself, so it worked for me at the time.
Anyhow, I became very familiar with the policies, owners, and managers of a number of downtown clubs. Some had no problem with my presence, others barred me at the door which was their perfect right. Had I gone into one of these establishments against the manager's express wishes and come out onto the sidewalk again 5 minutes later, I still would have committed the act of trespassing. Even if I put one toe over the thresh hold after I'd been told not to, that still would have been an act of tresspass.
Radar's argument seems to rest on the fact that the woman was not actually trespassing by time the police arrived. So if I go commit a burglery, I get off the charge because I'd climbed back out the window of the house and was standing innocently on a public street by time the police arrived? The jails are filled with people who would adore being letting off on that one.
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