My fear is theatric sales will decrease as more people just wait until it's released digitally unless it's a spectacle

Decline in casual, mid tier theatrical attendance and a rise in blockbuster concentration will squeeze the industry

We only reference Oscar contenders and blockbuster hits. What about the rest of mid budget dramas?

the deal isn’t even finalized, they’re allowed to proceed with business as usual, but not actually tender the order until they get through the litigations which will include what you said

Gun in mouth

@Donald_trump The Netflix CEO called you a b****. You’re not gonna let that slide are you???

We badly need a teddy roosevelt

This includes Discovery?

Do you guys think they will end HBO Max eventually and move everything to Netflix?

Netflix want the window to be as short as possible no matter what because they care more about subscribers. The big theatre chains have been boycotting Netflix movies all this time because they don't want the 3 week window

What

They are finishing a fantasy show centered around kids and HBO has an upcoming fantasy show about kids in England

They’d only be leaving millions of dollars on the table to potentially gain billions of dollars in market cap.

they need to be on your phone screen not a theater screen

Rewatch of sopranos where you hear the Netflix ping at the start every episode

Don’t fool yourselves. Netflix is only doing these limited theatrical releases so they qualify for awards not because they care about the theater model or care to get into it

Dog…

I don’t understand why they have to be so anti-theater when they don’t even realize they can potentially make the most amount of money if they focus on both since they basically have the film & TV world in a chokehold now.

Release their movies in theaters with a theatrical window of 45 days MINIMUM, and then release it on Netflix no sooner than 7-8 months later. Will there still be some people that wait for the streaming release? Sure, but majority of people will go see it in a theater if it’s a movie they’re interested in seeing.

And then on the television side, spam as much prestige TV shows with the best talent available as you want since you now have both your in-house stuff and HBO, all of those will be more than enough to keep people streaming year-round.

They can literally make as much money as possible if they focus on both avenues instead of abandoning the theater model altogether

“ Netflix expects to maintain Warner Bros.’ current operations and build on its strengths, including theatrical releases for films.”

about.netflix.com/news/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros

there are some HBO shows on Netflix already, btw

that's why SATC blew up with younger generations

For now

HBO started licensing its shows to other streamers for money a few years ago

how long will the movies be in theatres before hitting streaming

3 hours

They won't be

Anyone who believes that is a complete fool