The rise of the huge home theatres may dim those who need the big screen experience. In the past the quality of the video and audio far surpassed anything that could reasonably be installed at home so you went to the movies. Today for a few thousand you can have the same Dolby sound, atmospheric lighting, comfortable furniture with a 100" screen plus the bonus of your own refrigerator, toilet and a PAUSE button.
Well the customers agree with you…because wakanda is 3+ weeks out…which means it’s gonna drop off the box office Cliff…well below industry estimates and half what the “everyone loves everything Disney everytime” movie pundits around here confidently insisted.
That’s 2 underperforming MCU “heavy hitters” in 6 months.
We still got avatar and layoffs at corporate, right?
I foresee them moving out the D+/VOD releases for movies to 4-5 months instead of 45/90 days. That's the difference between now and the previous 50+ years. And it would cut into the people waiting for the release and not seeing it in theaters.
The worst financial-meets-creative decision they could have made was killing Steve and Tony in the same movie. Endgame very clearly told audiences "you've been with us all along, but you have permission to abandon ship now because this story is over."
TWDC warned in the 10K about reorg charges that will be significant in the coming year. $80 may be a good buy
But just about EVERYONE knows who Mario is.
Both rides at Galaxy's Edge are better than both rides at SNW Tokyo. Not even a debate.
COVID. They have never said "we collapsed the window to 30 days and we're keeping it the forever."
It seems all but painfully clear at this point that there no money in that.
D+ is costing them a fortune and escalating…you sure?
Sonic, who while popular, doesn't have the same cache as Mario. Mario games are routinely the highest grossing on Nintendo platforms, and some of the best-selling of all time. I bring this up because the Sonic films have done quite well, the last one grossing twice what Lightyear made. I think this is going to be massively popular - kids love it, and old Gen X'ers like me will also eat it up.
Accept that Disney used to be the Rolls Royce of themed entertainment. Being the Cadillac makes them on par with Universal. Cadillac, in my mind, is like cheap luxury.
You know who are big Nintendo fans? Kids, and thanks to the Switch’s amazing sales numbers a whole lot of them are Mario Fans. You know who are also big Nintendo Fans? Their parents, who were kids during Mario Mania of the late 80s/early 90s. Look at how well Sonic did a few years ago, Mario is far more popular and sells a whole lot more games. This is the Lego Movie all over again (an animated non Disney movie that most wrote off as a cheap toy commercial that because it was made with love and affection towards the source material and a good movie cleaned up at the box office, oh and it’s going to be released during an unpopular time of year so will completely dominate pop culture for a few weeks.)
So its interesting because this movie is under 20th, and under a previous deal with HBO to release there (the last movie in that deal). Its going to be on both platforms, but Disney gets to set the day it releases. They might drag it out just so HBO doesn't get any benefit.
People are watching the wrong game.
Interesting, I knew it was on that deal but I thought Disney had bought their way out of all those legacy agreements.
No, but it's something the studios have been pushing for for awhile. And it's typically never broadcast - but you can't deny that it affects viewing habits when you've been trained to just wait it out a few more weeks and you can watch it for "free" on one of your many services.
This will be a blockbuster movie. #1 animated film of the year.
The problem is I don’t know how viable streaming is… no one is profiting yet… plus you continuously have to create new content to keep up with competition…I guess maybe they will end up with commercials and it will be the new cable… but if movie theaters die…I see quality suffering on the streaming service…so far it is not working as well as they thought
