Of course theaters make more money with 30% from 170 million (BW's gross in the first four weeks) than with 50% from 20 million (generous estimation of BW's gross after the first four weeks), that's basic math.
No it won't, it will continue to play in theatres.
Of course I have, the weekend box office for F9 was released and the drop was -45%, which is a pretty normal hold. If the digital release had a big impact the drop would have been higher.
Tolstoy will live forever. Some people do. But that's not enough. It's not the length of a life that matters, just the depth of it. The chances we take. The paths we choose. How we go on when our hearts break. Hearts always break and so we bend with our hearts. And we sway. But in the end what matters is that we loved... and lived.
Tolstoy will live forever. Some people do. But that's not enough. It's not the length of a life that matters, just the depth of it. The chances we take. The paths we choose. How we go on when our hearts break. Hearts always break and so we bend with our hearts. And we sway. But in the end what matters is that we loved... and lived.
In my experience, theaters get a lot more upset that they have to play a movie in its 7th week that now only making $1000 a weekend, taking up valuable screen time to new movies where they could make 10x that on the next big movie.
A movie theater is an interesting business model. They want control, but they don't get it. But they complain when the rules change in their favor.
Granted, in the current situation, theaters want to keep big movies as long as possible, but in normal circumstances, they want to get rid of them much sooner than they typically are able to.
Most movie theaters choose ahead of time what movies that they want to show. At least that is what I understood years ago.
Green Goblin is right.
I remember going to see the movie Get Out on opening weekend. I had NOT planned on seeing that early. However it was slated to be yanked from the theater I am closest to and nobody else within a 100 miles radios (about 7-10 theaters) was showing it. When it came in Number One guess what film suddenly had a LOT more showings.
Moonlight-that movie did not show here and when it got Best Picture-folks were asking where did it come from.
Some of those movies-they want out of theaters as soon as possible for another one even if the movie is making money.
NYC is requiring proof of vaccination for indoor businesses, I expect other cities will follow. This means the only way to see a movie in theaters is to get vaccinated or proof of a negative test 72 hour prior, hopefully this will persuade more people to get the shot.
One big advantage streaming has over theaters, streaming is pandemic proof.
Last edited by luprki; 08-03-2021 at 07:22 PM.
Another article on how the studios are moving toward and prioritizing streaming over theaters.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/31/media...son/index.html