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In Germany "Tenet" is also the No. 2 movie of the year behind "Bad Boys For Life".
It's on its way to reach "Interstellar"-numbers.
Audience numbers go up every week in Germany. More and more german distributors pull releases forward now. A big german movie that had a 2021 release date now gets released next month. So many local productions fill in the blank spots that were left behind by american productions.
And even US productions, that go direct to VOD in the US, get a theatrical release only in Germany, like Robert Zemeckes' "The Witches".
That shows: people are willing to go to the movies if there are enough big films.
Joker is a very adult oriented movie and made a billion dollars.The idea that adult movies cannot be blockbusters is a myth.Pretty much all Christopher Nolans films are adult oriented ( Even his Batman movies that naturally appealed to younger people treated their audience like they were adults ) and most of them made plenty of money.
And iv said it before and il say it again,Tenet,no matter how good or how popular it was,was never going to save cinema by itself.It should have been the beginning of a slew of blockbusters to entice people back to the cinema.The rival studios are at fault for not joining in and pushing their movies back and THAT is what is going to kill cinema.Without new movies,there is no reason for people to go to the cinema and the studios will pay the price for this next year when there are a LOT LESS theaters to show them in.
Yes, performance of one movie that opened with major theatrical markets being closed is perfectly fine indicator of people's attitude towards safety of the cinema, you are right
You're still missing the point.
Apparently he knows better than the studios.
If I do then explaining what point I am missing would probably be better for the discussion, don't you think ?
No I don't, I consider that a common knowledge that all studios have as well. The difference is that they are responsible for what they do and no one wants to lose their job. Everybody delays their movie because they know they will make less money then they would before Covid and they hope that they will be able to wait it out and still get the same or very similar money. It still doesnt mean that it's completely impossible to make money during Covid, we do not have enough evidence to make statements like that.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4377117-disneys-mulan-estimates-crash-back-down-to-earth-losses-may-150-million
This explains why I now see it available at other online retailers like iTunes. The streaming option will not be feasible for Bond or any other major blockbuster unless the studios just want to throw their hands up and lose money.
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/pixar-soul-disney-plus-1234773525/
Except it’s not going to be the $30 premium like Mulan was but rather just the regular Disney+ subscription.
Fair point, I didn't realize that. I figured they might take the same avenue, I should've read it in full.
It made $100 million. But no movie after that did that much money on VOD.
And it only worked, because at came out at the beginnng of the worldwide lockdown, when literally EVERYONE in the world was sitting at home.
But in the end $100 million might work for "Trolls World Tour", but not for $250-million movies like Bond.
Good point.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-no-time-to-die-for-hedge-fund-manager-ulrichs-big-james-bond-bet-11602408601
TL;DR - the effective head honcho thinks that with NTTD unreleased, this could be an attractive asset (along with their other high profile prestige film projects under studio head Michael De Luca such as Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, Ridley Scott/Lady Gaga Gucci project, a new Ryan Gosling sci fi and more) to a potential acquisition.
The whole idea of NTTD going to streaming (as opposed to PVOD) is kinda nought because on its own, a Netflix or an Apple would need to pay half a billion at least for the film alone. But as part of a larger acquisition this could be a potential game changer - if a deal (which MGM's shareholders have been pushing for it seems) happens sooner rather than later.
As do I.
Same.
I feel sorry for cinemas in general and the many who will lose their jobs but this was inevitable.
You're going to the wrong cinemas.
I know places like that, too.
But I also know nice cinemas with a well behaved audience.
Surely thats impossible to predict? You can go to the nicest cinema in the world but it only takes one idiot with his phone to ruin the experience.Iv had some really good experiences in cinemas over the last couple of years but also some truly awful ones.