Subj : Re: Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over hybrid Black Widow release
To   : Blue White
From : Avon
Date : Sat Aug 14 2021 14:01:14

On 07 Aug 2021 at 08:00a, Blue White pondered and said...
 
 BW> Most of the ones here had to close outright last year, as they were not
 BW> on the list of businesses deemed essential, and not all of them have
 BW> reopened yet.  One good thing to come of that is that it saved some
 BW> drive-ins that were struggling before.  When I read about this, I
 BW> actually wondered how much money it could have made in the theatres when
 BW> many are not open, not open to capacity, or are gone.

I find the whole thing really interesting too. I also wondered about theater
occupancy levels during these pandemic times. I mean there's a reason so many
films have had their release dates pushed back and that's mostly due to
distributors being worried about not recouping movie making costs /
maximizing profits with low theater attendance rates.

I noted that Disney has said two upcoming movies would be a theater
first/only release (the next MCU Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
being one of them) for the first 45 days then move to streaming platforms
after that. So it seems to be a moving target at the moment as to what Disney
are doing.

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