Yep!
DC Movies - To Infinity and Beyond
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I have no doubt that the studios will adapt to post covid world and the current market. Thai year we’re still mostly seeing films greenlit before, during or immediately after the most acute impact (socially, in terms of lockdowns etc) of the pandemic. They’ve barely had a chance to adjust course.
Many also went all in on shooting the theatrical window in the foot by having the 90 day theatrical release to streaming release window. And with most streaming services being in the red (more so than the business plans - which all projected a 5+year period from launch to breakeven. The actuality shows that breakeven would be significantly further away than projected, and much less certain), I wouldn’t be surprised to maybe see streaming strategies adjusting to give the theatrical and rental/retail stages more time to take in revenue.
Though I can’t see the analytics and all the things driving the decisions these boards make, so I could be wildly wrong.
It does look like the streaming bubble is bound to burst, and we'll end up with fewer streaming services (with the studios hopefully selling their shows and movies to the surviving ones like Netflix). But it's kind of a shame, since I like the convenience of getting to see movies at home soon after their theatrical release.
I fully agree with that sentiment, not having to wait to long for movies to be available for streaming. But, to make the primary topic of this entire forum a part of my post....
At this moment, I would need at least three services to watch all of Star Trek in the Netherlands, and Discovery is literally nowhere. When Netflix made the deal back when to do Discovery but also have all the other Star Trek shows, I was quite happy. I thought that would be my one trick pony. Than Discovery vanished, with only the 6 prime shows avaiable on Netflix (TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT). Picard is Prime, so is Lower Decks, but the later might change. SNW is on SkyShowtime, which I don't have. Prodigy is nowhere. Sometimes the Kelvin movies are free either on Netflix or Prime, but that changes all the time.
I would really very much like for there to be a limited amount of services that I pay for, with the major studios having contracts with those platforms to create content. And honestly, I'm 95% certain that will happen in the next 5-10 years. It's the only viable way.
What I'm afraid of, though, is that it'll end up costing as much as cable.
Yup, so am I. But I am considering giving up cable and just stream. I don't really watch normal tv.
Oh, I think streaming is here to stay. But I think the first streaming boom has peaked and is now on the way down. There’ll be a second boom along in a few years, I’m sure. We’ve had the “everyone looks at the pioneers and floods the market with wild abandon” boom, the next one will be 10x more informed and strategic.
I also can’t see it going back to the year long window between theatres and rental, they’re long dead and fossilised. But I think the studios have to be leaving revenue out of their coffers having not only such short windows but how much they overlap. You can stream a film these days (paying a premium) while it’s still on in the cinema.
I think too that there’s still less than two full years being open post-pandemic, so they’ll be surveying and focus grouping intensely to see why audiences say they’re not going.
It will be interesting to see what feedback they get, what conclusions they draw and just how little (or not) things eventually change.
I gave up cable years ago because I couldn't afford it anymore. Streaming has been an inexpensive alternative, but the prices have been rising so swiftly lately.
Yes, that's what I mean. Of course streaming will stay, but every studio having its own separate streamer is an unsustainable model. We'll probably end up with something closer to conventional broadcasting, where studios sell their shows to streamers rather than trying to be both producer and distributor at the same time.
According to Box Office Mojo, Blue Beetle has grossed an estimated $10,000,000 (domestic) against its $104 million dollar production budget since its August 18th release. Needless to say, on the domestic front, Blue Beetle is a disaster of a rare kind. The film did not live up to any potential the comic book version had by the boatload, and in some cases, it was trying too hard to capture that very, very tiring "novice becomes the unexpected hero" trope, which has been played to death in the movie superhero genre. It bears no resemblance in tone to the best of the DCEU, and does not give the impression that it would fit with earlier entries.
The upside (if there is one) is that the DCEU's run has reached its end, so the failure of Blue Beetle is not going to hurt some now nonexistent course for that film universe.
Here's a depressing thought; If Warner's had done to 'Blue Beetle' what they did to 'Batgirl' they'd have been better off financially than they're going to be now.
It looks like that 10 million number is just for Friday. Nevertheless, it is a bad start for the Blue Beetle which is expected to earn around 25 million for the weekend.
Yet we're getting headlines like:
‘Blue Beetle’ Ends Barbie’s Month-Long Reign Atop Domestic Box Office
'Barbie’ no longer box office doll as ‘Blue Beetle’ dethrones her
Because it did - it doesn't stop it being a bomb.
Two statements of fact that don't change the other fact that it'll lose Warner's somewhere between 100-150 million.
Despite opening at just $25 million, Blue Beetle was able to knock Barbie off the number one spot
Box Office: ‘Blue Beetle’ Stumbles With $25 Million Debut, Ends ‘Barbie’s’ Four-Week Streak
-Number one at the box office
-Knocked Barbie off the top spot
I wonder that's enough for WB to gloat about?
A very unsuccessful WB movie knocked a very successful WB movie off the top.
I miss the days when movies were allowed time to build an audience, rather than having to be huge smashes on the first three days of release. It's ridiculous how quickly the industry gives up on movies these days. Lower the stakes, people. It only hurts everyone.