Home Forums Movies Is the Box Office Dead?

Is the Box Office Dead?

CREATE A NEW TOPIC
CREATE A NEW POLL
Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 16 total)
Created
2 years ago
Last Reply
2 years ago
15
replies
1993
views
12
users
braydenfitzsi..
3
John Berchmans
2
JackO
1
  • #1203892246

    After the news of Warner Bros. giving their entire 2021 release slate to HBO Max, can the theaters survive this or will they die a slow, painful death?

    Reply

    braydenfitzsimmons
    Joined:
    May 3rd, 2015
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892319

    I blame Tenet

    ReplyCopy URL

    Stank83
    Joined:
    Mar 8th, 2020
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892408

    Warner sucks.
    They just killed cinema.

    ReplyCopy URL

    OneAndOnly
    Joined:
    Mar 21st, 2017
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892427

    No.

    People will still go to cinemas, most foreign cinemas will still get the films exclusively, and there’s no guarantee this will be super successful.

    CinemaCon and next week’s Disney Investor meeting will be interesting.

    I expect Disney to follow suit soon.

    I’m assuming Nolan is up for grabs now…

    Have a great day if you see this!

    ReplyCopy URL

    JackO
    Joined:
    Jun 2nd, 2011
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892462

    till further notice, yes

    ReplyCopy URL

    wolfali
    Joined:
    Apr 8th, 2023
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892640

    It depends on what happens with No Time to Die. If it’s delayed again or does a Wonder Woman then bye bye cinemas.

    Solidarity with the striking writers. Pay them the wages they are owed for bringing us the content we are all on here because of!

    ReplyCopy URL

    Tooner
    Joined:
    Dec 8th, 2019
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892734

    I blame Tenet

    living under a rock what happen with Tenet?

    ReplyCopy URL

    John Berchmans
    Joined:
    Jan 22nd, 2018
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892772

    Short answer, yes.

    Long answer, not entirely. Theaters will continue to exist in some form for people like us who love watching movies in the theater. But they will never be the primary source of revenue for a movie studio, or the way that most people see new movies, ever again.

    I'm back bitches.

    #EverythingEverywhereSweep

    ReplyCopy URL

    William Gillquist
    Joined:
    Jan 1st, 2020
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892796

    I don’t believe Theaters will entirely die. It will still have it’s fans, and many studios will still try to release films in theaters which explains why No Time to Die keeps getting delayed. And WB still releasing films in theaters along side HBO Max I think helps. I do however think it’s going out of style. So many people just don’t have the energy to see films in theaters or frankly care if it’s in theaters. And that was before COVID-19. And more studios are going to crossover to streaming because of that. We’re definitely living in a new era, thats for sure.

    FYC Oscars: Licorice Pizza (Best Picture, Best Director, Original Screenplay), The Mitchells vs The Machines (Best Picture, Animated Feature, Original Screenplay), Wes Anderson (Best Director), Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of MacBeth), Andrew Garfield and Robin de Jesus (Tick, Tick...BOOM!), Jayne Houdyshell (The Humans), Stephen Karam (Adapted Screenplay), Attica and Summer of Soul (Best Documentary)

    FYC Razzies: Dear Evan Hansen (in all eligible categories)

    ReplyCopy URL

    braydenfitzsimmons
    Joined:
    May 3rd, 2015
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892838

    living under a rock what happen with Tenet?

    In a nutshell

    • Nolan demanded it keep its original July 17th date to play in cinemas no matter
    • it was dubbed “the film to save cinema from corona”
    • played in mid-to-late August forcing already closed cinema chains to re-open early
    • playing to half empty theatres caused lack of profit for the chains
    • cause the re-opened majority don’t have covid-related insurance bailouts or their policy were invalid when they reopened for Tenet
    • with impending debts pilling up, most chains will either have to close locations or get purchased by a larger corporation
    • the latter will easier with paramount decrees laws expiring soon (studios can’t own movie theatres)

    ReplyCopy URL

    SN
    Joined:
    Dec 7th, 2014
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892877

    In a nutshell

    • Nolan demanded it keep its original July 17th date to play in cinemas no matter
    • it was dubbed “the film to save cinema from
    • played in mid-to-late August forcing cinema chains to re-open
    • playing to half empty theatres caused lack of profit for the chains
    • cause the re-opened majority don’t have covid-related insurance bailouts.
    • with impending debts pilling up, most chains will either have to close locations or get purchased by a larger corporation
    • the latter will easier with paramount decrees laws expiring soon (studios can’t own movie theatres)

    1) Not entirely right. He wanted to release the film once theaters in the US would reopen. That was not necessarily July.

    2) Agreed.

    3) Cinema chains weren’t forced to reopen. They’d have reopened without Tenet anyway.

    4) Half empty theaters weren’t the main reason (to be honest, most theaters never even reached half capacity during these times lol). The fact that LA and NYC never reopened and low public interest were the main reasons.

    Agree about the rest.

    ReplyCopy URL

    FilmRoyalty
    Joined:
    Oct 5th, 2011
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203892881

    HBO is trying to compete in the streaming market. The Wonder Woman announcement helped but their goal is to get people to keep HBO-Max. WW1984 will definitely get more subscribers but it will not keep people there. They need material to hold people there. HBO-Max is more expensive compared to the other services and none of their current airing shows match The Crown or Mandalorian.

    They will do well when House of the Dragon is released but they will need more material to keep up with the other services.

    ReplyCopy URL

    braydenfitzsimmons
    Joined:
    May 3rd, 2015
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203893117

    HBO Max have the comfort tv options in Friends, Big Bang Theory, Sex and The City, and Fresh Prince. Friends & The Office helped Netflix to retain consumers more than any of their originals. Same with Disney+ and The Simpsons.

    Regarding HBO own original programming, GoT, Chernobyl and True Blood were their only real general audience, watercooler, everybody knows them HITS from the past 15+ years so they’ve never really needed to have a Mandalorian or The Crown.

    ReplyCopy URL

    Brae
    Joined:
    Aug 3rd, 2017
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203893121

    It doesn’t help that’s for sure, the Warner plan is allegedly a one year plan but my problem lies in the fact that no one is naive enough to think that there won’t be some form of it in 2022, with early HBO Max releases after certain windows and such. If they’re pissing money I don’t understand why they don’t just keep some blockbusters for the cinema and fund new high budget franchises for HBO Max.

    On a side note, I do feel like Nolan is partially to blame here with how arrogant and cocky he was. I lost so much respect for him through all this.

    More chaotic than a soderbergh Oscars

    ReplyCopy URL

    John Berchmans
    Joined:
    Jan 22nd, 2018
    Topics:
    Posts:
    #1203893384

    Same with Disney+ and The Simpsons.

    Well I would argue that The Mandalorian is the biggest draw for Disney Plus subscribers, then Clone Wars, the maybe The Simpsons.

    I'm back bitches.

    #EverythingEverywhereSweep

    ReplyCopy URL
    Why are you reporting this post? (optional):
    Not now
Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 16 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.

Similar Topics
Gabarnes43 - May 31, 2023
Movies
Sab227 - May 30, 2023
Movies
RIDLEY ... - May 21, 2023
Movies