Theatrical to VOD window shortening | 17-31 Day theatrical window for Uni

[cax16]

4 minutes ago, cdsacken said:

Sure but major productions no way

For sure, I agree. 

[filmlover]

The High Note is getting mediocre reviews. Seems telling that everything that's gone the VOD route so far is either something that wouldn't have made much in theaters or just plain not very good.

[Eric Atreides]

On 5/25/2020 at 12:09 AM, Eric Atreides said:

Apple

1. Scoob!

2. Jumanji: The Next Level

3. Emma.

4. The Gentlemen

5. Bloodshot

6. Bad Boys for Life

7. Sonic the Hedgehog

8. Birds of Prey

9. Midway

10. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

 

Amazon

1. Scoob!

2. Trolls World Tour

3. Bloodshot

4. Sonic the Hedgehog

5. The Greatest Showman

6. Bad Boys for Life

7. The Gentlemen

8. Knives Out

9. Jumanji: the Next Level

10. Fantasy Island

Apple

1. Scoob!

2. Jumanji: The Next Level

3. The Gentlemen

4. Emma.

5. Midway

6. Bloodshot

7. Sonic the Hedgehog

8. Bad Boys for Life

9. 1917

10. Birds of Prey

 

Amazon

1. Scoob!

2. Trolls World Tour

3. Bloodshot

4. The Hurt Locker

5. Sonic the Hedgehog

6. The Greatest Showman

7. Bad Boys for Life

8. The Gentlemen

9. Knives Out

10. Fantasy Island

[Eric Atreides]

On 5/26/2020 at 12:14 AM, Eric Atreides said:

Apple

1. Scoob!

2. Jumanji: The Next Level

3. The Gentlemen

4. Emma.

5. Midway

6. Bloodshot

7. Sonic the Hedgehog

8. Bad Boys for Life

9. 1917

10. Birds of Prey

 

Amazon

1. Scoob!

2. Trolls World Tour

3. Bloodshot

4. The Hurt Locker

5. Sonic the Hedgehog

6. The Greatest Showman

7. Bad Boys for Life

8. The Gentlemen

9. Knives Out

10. Fantasy Island

Apple

1. The Invisible Man

2. Scoob!

3. Jumanji: The Next Level

4. Knives Out

5. The Gentlemen

6. Midway

7. Bloodshot

8. Sonic the Hedgehog

9. Emma.

10. Fury

 

Amazon

1. Scoob!

2. Trolls World Tour

3. Bloodshot

4. Sonic the Hedeghog

5. The Greatest Showman

6. The Hurt Locker

7. Bad Boys for Life

8. The Gentlemen

9. Megan is Missing

10. Knives Out

[Eric Atreides]

23 hours ago, Eric Atreides said:

Apple

1. The Invisible Man

2. Scoob!

3. Jumanji: The Next Level

4. Knives Out

5. The Gentlemen

6. Midway

7. Bloodshot

8. Sonic the Hedgehog

9. Emma.

10. Fury

 

Amazon

1. Scoob!

2. Trolls World Tour

3. Bloodshot

4. Sonic the Hedeghog

5. The Greatest Showman

6. The Hurt Locker

7. Bad Boys for Life

8. The Gentlemen

9. Megan is Missing

10. Knives Out

Apple

1. The Invisible Man

2. Scoob!

3. Knives Out

4. The Hunt

5. Sonic the Hedgehog

6. The Gentlemen

7. Jumanji: The Next Level

8. Bloodshot

9. Emma.

10. Underworld Ultimate Collection

 

Amazon

1. Scoob!

2. Trolls World Tour

3. Bloodshot

4. The Greatest Showman

5. Bad Boys for Life

6. Sonic the Hedgehog

7. Knives Out

8. Megan is Missing

9. The Gentlemen

10. The Hurt Locker

[Eric Atreides]

23 hours ago, Eric Atreides said:

Apple

1. The Invisible Man

2. Scoob!

3. Knives Out

4. The Hunt

5. Sonic the Hedgehog

6. The Gentlemen

7. Jumanji: The Next Level

8. Bloodshot

9. Emma.

10. Underworld Ultimate Collection

 

Amazon

1. Scoob!

2. Trolls World Tour

3. Bloodshot

4. The Greatest Showman

5. Bad Boys for Life

6. Sonic the Hedgehog

7. Knives Out

8. Megan is Missing

9. The Gentlemen

10. The Hurt Locker

Apple

1. The Invisible Man

2. Scoob!

3. Knives Out

4. The Hunt

5. Underworld Ultimate Collection

6. Sonic the Hedgehog

7. The Gentlemen

8. Bloodshot

9. The Godfather Trilogy

10. The Way Back

 

Amazon

1. Scoob!

2. Trolls World Tour

3. Bloodshot

4. The Greatest Showman

5. Sonic the Hedgehog

6. Bad Boys for Life

7. Megan is Missing

8. Knives Out

9. The Gentlemen

10. Jumanji: The Next Level

[filmlover]

Why is some found footage horror movie from 2011 starring a bunch of nobodies that no one's heard of (Megan is Missing) been so popular on Amazon the last few days? 

 

Curious where The High Note lands this weekend, they've been running ads for it literally non-stop on TV and even the reviews have improved from the initial wave.

[lorddemaxus]

https://deadline.com/2020/05/disney-no-way-to-jam-people-on-theme-park-prices-mulan-theatrical-streaming-1202946549/

 

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Disney is starting to recover from COVID-19, but it won’t be able to “jam people on pricing” at its theme parks anytime soon, hurting revenue, and may opt to “kill” the theatrical run of Mulan, according to Wall Street analyst Michael Nathanson.

 

 

[filmlover]

If Disney were to just to give up on Mulan completely and send it to + after all the marketing money from back in March ended up going down the drain that would basically open the door for other studios to just do the same. A Quiet Place Part II was set to open a week before and was in the final run of its marketing when Paramount delayed it. Not to mention they'll likely find themselves on NATO's shit list after being one of the few studios giving them hope this year.

 

That's all just one person's opinion though. Disney knows their revenue all around is gonna be impacted for the rest of the year and will just accept whatever results they get at this point.

[charlie Jatinder]

5 minutes ago, filmlover said:

NATO's shit list

NATO has nothing on Disney. Remember Disney has ~40% of the theatrical boxoffice, mess with Disney, NATO will be having hard time paying the rents.

 

Coupled with Universal, they will be over half of the pie. 

Edited May 29, 2020 by charlie Jatinder

[lorddemaxus]

14 minutes ago, filmlover said:

That's all just one person's opinion though. Disney knows their revenue all around is gonna be impacted for the rest of the year and will just accept whatever results they get at this point.

MoffettNathanson seems relatively influential compared to most Wall Street companies though (iirc, they caused AT&T do some restructuring after they downgraded their shares and caused AT&T shares to drop late last year). If the founder of the company is saying this, it will be something Disney will consider.

 

I have to say though, they seem very pessemistic about Disney parks. It's very unlikely Disney parks stay at 50% max capacity for the entirety of 2021. Probably 50% when a vaccine is approved this year and then 100% once it's mass distributed early next year.

Edited May 29, 2020 by lorddemaxus

[Barnack]

10 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

NATO has nothing on Disney.

That a bit of an exaggeration at least as long Disney cannot (or is not ready) to buy theater they obviously do in normal time, otherwise why was Disney respecting the theatrical window, why Disney was not asking and getting 65% on all their release ?

 

They are a necessary link between them and billions at the box office.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

MoffettNathanson seems relatively influential compared to most Wall Street companies though (iirc, they caused AT&T do some restructuring after they downgraded their shares and caused AT&T shares to drop late last year). If the founder of the company is saying this, it will be something Disney will consider.

 

I have to say though, they seem very pessemistic about Disney parks. It's very unlikely Disney parks stay at 50% max capacity for the entirety of 2021. Probably 50% when a vaccine is approved this year and then 100% once it's mass distributed early next year.

We'll see what happens. Luckily it wouldn't be too much of a loss if they had to delay it again (which will probably end up happening if Tenet is unable to open in July as well) since everyone knew about the movie before it was pushed. As I said in the Tenet thread, everyone is just gonna take it one day at a time these next few weeks.

[lorddemaxus]

Lol wtf is wrong with California?

[filmlover]

8 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

Lol wtf is wrong with California?

 This can't be real lmao.

[CJohn]

Do it Disney. Unleash the beast on VOD.

[WittyUsername]

It would be pretty funny if Mulan misses out on getting released in theaters. Disney was obviously banking on that to be a big hit in China. 

[Barnack]

37 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

Lol wtf is wrong with California?

Pushed is false map a bit too much with Utah streaming Boogies nights more than any big Disney+/netflix release is a nice thought, I imagine public information and statistics society is made up but sound real enough or Green Lantern.....

 

That said I imagine there is a joke with the title/theme of the movie with the state said here that I just do not get not being american.

[filmlover]

12 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:

It would be pretty funny if Mulan misses out on getting released in theaters. Disney was obviously banking on that to be a big hit in China. 

They'd probably just delay it to next year like most of this year's originally planned releases did if need be, especially with the potentially bad optics of their one remake with an all foreign cast being the one sent straight to VOD.

[lorddemaxus]

37 minutes ago, filmlover said:

 This can't be real lmao.

Yeah seems like it's a joke. North Dakota is A Bugs Life while South Dakota is Antz, North Carolina is Armageddon while South is Deep Impact, Order of the Phoenix for Arizona, Flinstones Vegas for Nevada, Nutty Professor for DC (talking about Trump probably) and Dirty Grandpa for Delaware (talking about Biden) are the jokes I found.