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If it's the last Bond movie, we have much bigger problems to deal with, like the world ending.
Wise words.
Completely understand this. Having had a Summer job in a theatre, I can honestly say that it's not worth the risk - if only for the sole reason that the number of staff required to effectively deep clean each screen simply isn't there in most venues.
Statistically speaking,you have a better chance of dying by driving your car to the theater rather than sitting in there with a load of strangers.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/movie-theaters-reopen-covid-19-coronavirus_n_5f3e9757c5b6763e5dc02e1c
I personally think that it's much riskier to go on holiday abroad at the moment than it is to go to the cinema for a few hours.
Not an awful lot of people going on holidays abroad right now, either...
If you drive drunk, and get in a crash, you statistically have a good chance of surviving. The passengers in your car or the vehicle you hit? I guess that's their problem. (?)
In the UK the death rate now isn't far off the daily average of death by road accidents.
I personally think that it's really stupid to consider going abroad for a holiday during a pandemic. That's why I think a cinema trip is far less risky overall.
It is. It absolutely is. But then, people ARE stupid. They embrace censorship in the name of social justice. They preach more "privacy" protection while throwing everything about themselves online. And they travel abroad during the worst pandemic in recent times.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8653405/Cinemas-deserted-owners-pin-hopes-Christopher-Nolan-blockbuster-Tenet-revive-industry.html
Seems to depend on the country. Tenet's ticket sales are also terrible in Australia, but in Germany and South Korea it is looking much better.
To be fair to them, it’s easy to say they missed the opportunity now, but the world was blindsided and we didn’t know how long it was going to last. Cases in the UK were fairly low at the time they pushed it back for example (although probably a lot higher than they seemed to be fair, we weren’t testing enough for a while). They might have thought the lockdowns would get things under control. And a lot of people were annoyed that they even bothered delaying it at the time (“it’s just the flu”).
I agree that they should probably cut their losses and release it to VOD come November though. Charge an expensive amount and hope for the best. Or just sell it to Netflix if they want to make sure they’re not losing any money. They love throwing money around, I’m sure they’d happily pay through the nose for the new Bond film.
If it was coming out now then I think it’d do alright. But November, flu season, with everyone staying inside more and getting ill anyway. I’d like to see it at the cinema but I’m not optimistic personally. If it was out now I’d brave the cinema. But if cases were higher, as they might be soon, I’d definitely sit it out. And the US box office is looking like a complete write off anyway, even if it came out today.
So, you have to wonder if there’s any point bothering, as much of a shame is that is. They could push it back a bit at a time again and again. But they might just be delaying the inevitable, unless they’re willing to sit on it for literally years (which imo seems unlikely, surely they’ll need some sort of return on investment soon).
They’ll need to make a decision soon as well. Time to ramp the marketing up again in a few weeks. And if it is skipping cinemas, then the cinema owners deserve a heads up. Don’t want another Mulan situation where they’re conned into giving the studio free advertising.
[i]But ticket sales for Tenet look promising, with industry experts claiming the rate of sales put it at a similar level to Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, which took £50million.
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Tim Richard, founder of Vue, told The Guardian: 'We have done a staggered opening over three weeks to make sure we are game-ready when Tenet comes out. Pre-bookings now are really strong.[/i]
Here in the US, TV ads for TENET are playing during the NBA playoffs with an “Opens on September 3rd ,Where available” footnote. That “where available” will – naturally (and logically) – exclude New York City, where most of our focus for the next few weeks will be on school re-openings and any possible COVID-19 impacts that result from that.
Fingers crossed, if that goes well, a decision on when to re-open movie houses may be next in line.
Why do people feel the need to make up statistics. A quick look on google suggests 38,000 people die every year in the US in road accidents. In half that time this year 180,000 people have died of covid and it’s currently still around 1,000 a day.
This is audacious.
Because there's nothing to see.
It's still looking good for this film.
Looks like China is daring to believe.
Shame, I was just reading about their two day previews of the film netting $737,000 or so.
Yeah, the South Korean box office dropped 73% this past weekend compared to the previous two weekends. And sadly for Tenet (and all other movies) moving forward, the South Korean government has severely tightened their social distancing rules (no more than 50 people per showing in Seoul).
I'm starting to think Tenet may struggle to pass $350 million world wide. Which, on a $200 + million budget, is a disaster. All hopes are on Europe and China now.
I genuinely think Bond would do better if they released it, because it’s an established franchise. Speaking from the UK, I’ve seen no hype at all for Tenet. Not sure it would’ve done especially well anyway (although obviously it would’ve done better). But people always go to see the new Bond film.
I think we can take this to be the final nail in the coffin of a November cinema release though. No way will they risk it now.
Personally I’m hoping they just release it to VOD or sell it to a streaming service if that’s the case, rather than delay again. We don’t know how long this will last. And they won’t want to sit on it for more than another year imo, there will come a time where they’ll have to bite the bullet to see some sort of return on investment. So, depending on what things are like this time next year, they could just be delaying the inevitable.
With enough of a marketing push I think they could make decent money off it with a home release over Christmas. Not as much as at the cinema in normal times, but like I said, I dunno if delaying it until we’re back to normal will really be an option. Surely they’ll need to see some money back from it soon. They’ve spent all that money on it, and all the brands and sponsors will doubtless be waiting impatiently for it to come out.
So, it might just be down to them analysing which would be the smaller loss for them. I don’t think they’ll delay it over and over until we’re back to normal. That could potentially be too far away. I think this time next year is the latest we’ll possibly see it. They won’t wait any longer after that.