A moviegoer at Friday night's Cinespia screening of “Jennifer's Body” inside Hollywood Forever Cemetery got dinner delivered in the most on-brand way possible: by drone, carried by a costumed ghost that lowered the order straight out of the night sky. The screening featured director Karyn Kusama, and the aerial drop-off turned a few heads among the crowd gathered among the headstones.
A Fittingly Spooky Delivery for a Horror Classic
The moment, first reported by KTLA, showed a drone carrying a ghost figure holding the customer's DoorDash order before it dropped the food off right there in the cemetery. Cinespia had scheduled the “Jennifer's Body” screening for Friday, October 30, at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A TikTok user, @glassbattlesofficial, said DoorDash was promoting a new delivery option, per the station's report.
Not every order qualifies for this kind of sky-high treatment. The store itself has to be drone-eligible, and so does the delivery area, the outlet's report notes. Customers need to confirm their location has a drone delivery zone, select that zone, and then choose “Drone” at checkout, per DoorDash's own Help Center. A drone delivery zone functions as a safe, designated drop-off area that meets the company's operational requirements, and anyone whose address doesn't currently qualify can request one by emailing [email protected].
DoorDash Air Takes Flight After FAA Certification
The cemetery delivery arrives months after DoorDash received Federal Aviation Administration certification to launch DoorDash Air, which authorizes the company to operate as an air carrier. As CNBC reported, DoorDash launched its in-house drone-delivery program after securing that federal clearance, becoming, by its own account, the eighth drone operator to earn the Part 135 air-carrier certificate, according to a DoorDash announcement. DoorDash said the drones can deliver orders in less than five minutes on average during early testing, a figure first reported by the Los Angeles Times.
DoorDash announced in September that pilot drone deliveries would begin in Northern California with national brands and participating local businesses, with Chipotle and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen among the announced pilot partners. The company has also partnered with Wing, Flytrex and Manna to expand its drone-based delivery services, and its broader network combines human couriers, sidewalk robots and other autonomous delivery partners, with drones serving as an additional fulfillment option, per the same CNBC report.
Where Drone Delivery Already Works, and What It Can Carry
For now, DoorDash drone delivery is available in select communities in parts of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, and Charlotte, North Carolina, with availability subject to local regulations, store eligibility, delivery zones, operating conditions and order limitations. Eligible customers can order drone delivery much like a regular DoorDash order, and can identify eligible businesses using banners or the drone filter in the app. Customers are advised to keep drone orders small due to weight and size limits, and alcohol is not currently eligible for drone delivery, according to the DoorDash Help Center.
DoorDash said about 80% of its typical restaurant orders are light and small enough for its aircraft to carry safely. Orders are loaded at a nearby launch site, flown to the delivery zone and lowered by tether, with the package automatically released once it touches the ground, per the company's published process. DoorDash also reported that drones delivered orders in an average of 25 minutes in 2025, and that some locations in its drone partner pilots saw order volume grow by roughly 30%, with that lift sustained across the nine weeks following a pilot's launch.
Whether Hollywood Forever Cemetery itself becomes a regular drone delivery zone remains to be seen, but for one Cinespia attendee catching “Jennifer's Body” among the tombstones, the ghost-costumed drop-off made for a memorable night at the movies.
