Just saw that Emma is being released to stream this weekend. And my kids pointed out that Frozen 2 went on Disney+ this past weekend (naturally after I bought it on Amazon two weeks ago). If you know of anything else being released early, please share here.

https://instagr.am/p/B90h5XjARvC

Trolls movie on 4/10. Universal is leading the way and other studios may follow until theaters can open back up.

The Invisible Man and The Hunt hit streaming on Friday.

There are rumors that Disney MIGHT release Pixar's Onward to Disney+ as well relatively soon. It was only out for two weeks in theaters, one of which was last weekend, which, due to the virus, was the worst box office weekend since 1981. So they need to do something with it.

That would be awesome. I'd pay to watch it at home if they put it on amazon. Actually bought tickets to see it on Sunday, and then decided to self-quarantine so we skipped it.

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The Invisible Man and The Hunt hit streaming on Friday.

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On Amazon? Or which service?

Available to rent through most EST platforms (iTunes, Amazon, etc.). The Universal films (Emma, The Hunt, Invisible Man, Trolls World Tour) may be rentals only, not purchase or SVOD initially but I expect that to change quickly.

Sounds like the Warner movies (Birds of Prey, The Gentlemen, Just Mercy) will be available to purchase, not rent initially via iTunes & Amazon. Expect rentals by the end of April.

Release the Butthole-cut

March 24

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/vin-diesel-bloodshot-watch-early-1203538379/

Great movie and a great move. March 24.

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/the-way-back-on-demand-ben-affleck-1203539823/

https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/stream-an-indie-and-support-your-local-movie-theater-too.html

https://instagr.am/p/B99NK6GgRZX

Digitally available today and April 3rd on Disney+.

That's a big deal.

Likely dropping in the next few weeks...

https://collider.com/kumail-nanjiani-issa-rae-the-lovebirds-netflix/

Yeah, it's smart. Netflix gets content and studios get to recoup their investment (and maybe even make a bit on the sale). No benefit for theaters, unfortunately. Studios should be doing what they can to help them out, though. If Netflix can afford to setup a $100M fund for unemployed workers across the industry (announced today), the studios can set aside far more than that for theaters during this whole fiasco.

March Pixar releases are usually the B Team. Still good but not the A team greats of Pixar. Onward Director is from the straight to video sequel shop inside Disney animation.

Soul is out this summer from the Pixar A Team. Pete Docter et al. Some of the best storytellers of our time imho. I really hope they dont have to push its release.

I would be shocked if most June releases don't move.

How are people feeling about the $19.99 + tax price point of home premiers?

I get that it is cheaper than a lot of theaters for multiple viewers but it is difficult for me to cough up that price when there is so much media available to consume at lower prices. I will only pay this much to rent something that I have substantial anticipation for.

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How are people feeling about the $19.99 + tax price point of home premiers?

I get that it is cheaper than a lot of theaters for multiple viewers but it is difficult for me to cough up that price when there is so much media available to consume at lower prices. I will only pay this much to rent something that I have substantial anticipation for.

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Eh, here in SF where tickets are between $16 and $18, plus parking, plus food and alcohol...a trip for 2 to the theater can easily get between $80 and $100. $20 is a no brainer for me, especially since my home system is good enough for all but the biggest special effects blockbusters that come along. Sign me up.

I pay anywhere from $15 to $25 for a movie ticket, so it feels about on par to me. That said, the $20 price point is basically a discount virus price, considering most of these movies were just in theaters. If and when they ever do this for real, in a normal market, I would expect some of the bigger titles to be $30 or more.

We watched it last night. I'll admit I was half paying attention for the first third of the movie. The characters are not cute, which sounds silly, but it put me off a bit. However, it really did suck me in eventually and the overall message of the movie is just precious. I was weeping at the end. My kiddo loved it.

I don't mind the price. Even if I just took myself to see any of these in a theater, I'd be spending at least $20. If this becomes a regular thing, I feel like $30 would be my threshold for something that only I was going to watch. But for a blockbuster that we'd all enjoy? I'd pay up to $60 to watch it at home.

$20 seems high to me

Then I think about if I had a family of four going to the movies.

And $20 suddenly seems like an absolute steal to me.

I don't spend 20 dollars for tickets for Benny and me.

But being trapped at home, I would come out better making popcorn on the stove and pulling out a couple of packages of fruit snacks

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We got Onward tonight for my brother's kids.

I only made it about 20 minutes into it before I got bored. It really had none of the pixar magic across the board. The story, the art design, even the music.

Not sure how this one got approved to release.

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Couldn't disagree more. Absolute tear jerker and a very exciting fun movie.

"The Call of the Wild" and "Downhill" coming to streaming tomorrow.

https://www.slashfilm.com/downhill-the-call-of-the-wild-on-digital-early/

Dumb question but what happened in 1981 to make the threaters bad? Just bad movies or something else?

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Dumb question but what happened in 1981 to make the threaters bad? Just bad movies or something else?

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What's the context of this?

Theaters were wildly different back in '81 than now. There were a lot of bad movies that year, but that was also the year of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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Sarduakar said:

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Dumb question but what happened in 1981 to make the threaters bad? Just bad movies or something else?

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What's the context of this?

Theaters were wildly different back in '81 than now. There were a lot of bad movies that year, but that was also the year of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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I believe this is in reference to the post above:

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There are rumors that Disney MIGHT release Pixar's Onward to Disney+ as well relatively soon. It was only out for two weeks in theaters, one of which was last weekend, which, due to the virus, was the worst box office weekend since 1981. So they need to do something with it.

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I believe that "worst box office weekend" was in reference to one of the weekends in October '81. It was combination of 1) October is historically the worst month for movies, 2) early 80's was still the infancy of "Blockbuster" movies that would gross in the millions and 3) the timing of the releases put the entire box office for the month at something like $7M. The biggest movie, Halloween, was released on October 30th.

Now you can't have a month go below $700M without analysts freaking out the future of movie theaters. None of them ever thought you'd have the potential of $0 for a full month box office.

Thanks.

1981 wasn't overall a great year for movies, as opposed to, say, 1982. Halloween II came out that October, and I suppose it would have been the biggest moneymaker that month. Raiders may still have been playing in some theaters even that late in the year, but it had likely stopped appearing on any top revenues list by then. The only other movies I can really remember from that year are Superman II, For Your Eyes Only, Caveman, Friday the 13th Part 2, I don't recall any huge releases at Christmas that year.