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In actual film theaters (not VOD) they're forcing theaters to give up a larger % of the ticket revenue, requiring that films be shown in the larger auditoriums
by michaelbuckbee 7y ago
In actual film theaters (not VOD) they're forcing theaters to give up a larger % of the ticket revenue, requiring that films be shown in the larger auditoriums and enforcing multi-week showtimes.
This article describes the requirements for The Last Jedi, but my understanding is that this is pretty close to the requirements for any Marvel/StarWars/Disney film at this point.
https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-requirements-to-show-star-wars-the-last-jedi-in-theaters-2017-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-requirements-to-show-...
- jandrese 7y agoI have no doubt the requirements for Endgame were ridiculous. I waited a week to see it and of the 9 screens in my local Cineplex, 8 of them were still showing Endgame. The theater I was in was mostly empty, although to be fair it was a Sunday matinee. I can kind of see demanding that kind of coverage for the first week, but for a second week you're just robbing from competing films and the theaters themselves.
- mrguyorama 7y ago>for a second week you're just robbing from competing films and the theaters themselves. Which is absolutely the point