Apparently, this coming week historically is one of the four worst weekends for movie theater attendance. There is only one wide release planned, Birds of Prey.
Every year, distributors must navigate four dead-zone weekends: post-New Years, Super Bowl Sunday, Labor Day, and the first in December. Historically, these are the periods with the lowest theater attendance, although studios now have their strategies; some slots have become a good time for horror titles, for example. But early December still resists tactics, with a graveyard of films that braved the date.
With Playmobil Only Wide Release, Welcome to the Box Office Dead Zone | IndieWire
Week #1 of 2020 featured The Grudge⭐️⭐️ and this week should go much better. And next week there are a bunch of new films coming out to celebrate Valentine’s Day which must be one of the better weekends, at least for couples.
Some people complain that going to movies is becoming too expensive. They would rather stay home. The streaming markets are growing and taking down the traditional TV model, which is great to see. It gives movie and TV fans a wide variety of choices at more affordable prices.
But creating movie and TV for streaming isn’t an inexpensive proposition for the streaming channels. Take HBO Max which launches in May 2020, and plans to have 31 original TV shows by the end of 2020:
On top of its Max Originals, AT&T is stepping up the budget for HBO. The content budget will rise to $2.5 billion in 2020, up about $500 million from 2018 and 2019. It’s not clear whether management includes that number in its definition of incremental investments, but considering everything available on HBO will also be on HBO Max, and its plans to get all of its legacy HBO subscribers onto HBO Max, it very well should count.
HBO Max Has Already Cost AT&T $1.2 Billion
Am sure we’ll be checking out HBO Max when it launches. In the meantime, we’re going to keep enjoying the unlimited movie theater plan and existing streaming choices. It’s a great time to be a movie and TV lover!
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I bet it’s mostly based on the film’s being released.
Most fans got their decent dose of Harley Quinn with her new animated series recently.
And for Fantasy Island, does anyone even know what it’s adapting? I do because I watched it on FX in the 90s, but…
Also my homepage is getting a new and improved banner art piece tomorrow. Sorry, no review, am returning again with a look into The Truman Show next week!
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That’s what I’m thinking: just release better films and the moviegoers will come. Instead the thinking seems to be let’s focus on the other 11 of the 12 months. Stupid.
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