Do quicker digital releases hurt a movie's chances at the box office? ( www.digitalspy.com )

Emperor OP Mod , 7 hours ago

Going to the cinema is expensive and takes effort, so quick home releases will harm a movie's box office take but there's also an audience that, post-Covid, won't go to the cinema and I can see the temptation to milk that source if income too.

Drusas , 4 hours ago

I would be among them and I know a few others as well. We'll rent or buy a movie at home, but we're not going to theaters anymore.

One problem, though, is that when movies are released for rent online at the same time that they are released in theaters, the charge might be something like $30. I could just wait a few months and buy it for cheaper.

TheDeepState , 7 hours ago

No

reddig33 , 6 hours ago

Yes.

Emperor OP Mod , 4 hours ago

Maybe?

Slovene , 4 hours ago

I don't know

Stereotype_Be , 7 hours ago (edited 7 hours ago)

I think it depends on how quick they go to home media. There aren’t many movies these days that I have to absolutely see right away and can’t wait for a home release that’s not a rental, so the time spent in the theater has no relevance to me. I also go to small mom and pop theaters that charge $5-$6 per ticket even with day one releases. I can’t remember the last movie I saw in theaters that was an opening weekend except the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, and that doesn’t count.

Edit: I just looked it up. I’m pretty sure TMNT: Mutant Mayhem was the last movie I saw in theaters besides TPM 25, and it was opening weekend.

cm0002 , 5 hours ago

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The cinema industry is being artificially propped up by wide spread exclusivity agreements to begin with.

If the theater truly offered a superior, worthwhile, experience then people would go regardless of if it's streaming on day 1 or streaming on day 180

Right now most people go because they are essentially forced to go to one because it's the only way to watch the movie they want to watch. (Inb4 someone says ThEYrE nOt foRcEd, ThEY cAn JuSt ChoOsE nOT tO WaTCh IT")

magiccupcake , 5 hours ago

After upgrading to an oled TV theatres picture quality is just inferior. So now I really don't want to watch movies in theatres.

Sure the sounds is still better, but it's usually too loud for me, and lacks subtitles.

Add to that the ludicrous cost of theatre tickets and it's just not worth it.

strawberry , 4 hours ago

ludicrous prices? the nicest Dolby cinema tickets at AMC are like ten bucks

sure you spend more on snacks but you can also just not

Emperor OP Mod , 4 hours ago

I cheapskate the whole cinema-going experience - I have a monthly pass that is paid off by two or three visits a month (I go twice a week - one week last month I went 5 times, but 3 of those was a LotR marathon), plus I bring my own snacks and a bottle of water. Probably works out at the equivalent of three bucks a pop plus petrol, for big, wide reclining seats and iSense where available.

magiccupcake , 4 hours ago

At my local theatre the nice seats are $18 and the slightly cheaper normal seats are $15. That's including fees for times outside of working hours.

A theatre outing for me and my wife costs more than a 4k uhd bluray for the movies we watch.

That's not even including food, which if we go to a theatre we usually bring to avoid the high food prices.

maegul Mod , 2 hours ago

and lacks subtitles.

This I suspect is an underappreciated aspect of the dynamics at the moment. More broadly, it's about the personalisation of the watching experience. Screen size, seating/lying position, noise and brightness, subtitles and their language, audio configuration (where you can optimise your home set up to help with dialogue clarity or "epicness")