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> How are films supposed to get funded if people get them for free? Film "success" is still measured primarily in box office revenues, indicating - to me at le
by yellowapple 5y ago
> How are films supposed to get funded if people get them for free?
Film "success" is still measured primarily in box office revenues, indicating - to me at least - that a successful theatrical release is where the money's at. There are certainly some people out there who would rather watch some shaky camcorder recording of a theater screen for free than actually go to a movie theater, but it doesn't seem like that's had much of an impact on the box office bottom line - even with COVID affecting theater attendance - probably because of the theater experience itself still ostensibly having some dollar value.
- cookie_monsta 5y ago> some shaky camcorder recording of a theater screen Haha. I remember this from... 15 years ago? The pirating industry has moved on substantially since then
- ratww 5y agoThat still happens, especially with tentpole movies. Sometimes it takes a few weeks after release for a non-shaky pirate recording to be widespread.
- cookie_monsta 5y agoAnd sometimes the movie gets leaked from the studio months before it hits the cinemas https://thecinemaholic.com/movies-that-leaked-before-they-were-released/ https://thecinemaholic.com/movies-that-leaked-before-they-we...