Disney Releasing ‘Eternals,’ ‘Encanto’ Exclusively in Theaters
'Eternals,' 'The Last Duel,' 'West Side Story,' 'Ron's Gone Wrong' and 'The King's Man' will play exclusively in theaters for 45 days.
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Disney/20th Century Returns to Theatrical Exclusivity Following Shang-Chi's Success
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I saw KISS last night (FUCKING AMAZING) and in CA where there's an 80+% vaccination rate the place was packed full of people. No masks. People aren't afraid anymore once they're vaccinated. Heard of opening night Shang-Chi screenings in the area being 95-100% full as well.
Little Mac
Member
Fuck ... the theater experience blows with or without the pandemic. Guess I'll wait for releases then.
Cockles & Whelks
Banned
Hotdogs from the couple behind that are so long they bang you on the head. Phone light girl. Teenage yobs. Spoiler guy. Fucking Ai.
dorkimoe
Member
Last couple things that happened to me was that guy who thinks hes funny shouting things out, a lady next to me with the biggest jangly earings ever making noise.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
Dude fell asleep next to me and started snoring ten minutes into Logan. Someone a row ahead started staring, came up and asked if the guy was my grandpa, before nudging him awake and complaining. Guy fell right back asleep.
This is after the man’s only words to me were “sneaking in??” when I first approached and sat down in my assigned seat.
This is after the man’s only words to me were “sneaking in??” when I first approached and sat down in my assigned seat.
sol_bad
Member
Let me guess, you go to the movies 2-3 times a year?
Dr. Claus
Banned
Let me guess, you are ignorant of reality?
Not everyone has that option, in fact most don't. Hundreds of cities/towns have a single theatre available for "modern" movies, if they are lucky enough to even get that.
sol_bad
Member
Not ignorant at all, all the things that people whinge about in here happen maybe 1 in 10 times.
Every major city I’ve ever been to has Atleast one decent theater. Austin has like 6 used to be more pre covid
Dr. Claus
Banned
I repeat. Hundreds of cities/towns have a single theatre available. Not everyone lives in major cities.
Given your history, find it far more likely you are oblivious to these things happening around you. These are all incredibly common across theatres all over the US.
Rockondevil
Member
Couple of years ago before I had a kid my wife and I went to most big release movies at the cinemas.
Love the experience and glad it's going back to that. I'd think it'd be somewhat sad for my son to grow up with cinemas non-existent.
I've never even had a bad experience with dozens of movies a year, unlike apparently so many people above me have had.
Love the experience and glad it's going back to that. I'd think it'd be somewhat sad for my son to grow up with cinemas non-existent.
I've never even had a bad experience with dozens of movies a year, unlike apparently so many people above me have had.
And yet shang chi did 95m during a pandemic. Obviously not as bad as you say then is it.
I collect VHS tapes
Member
The funny thing is marvel fans are the most obnoxious people to share a theater with.
I don’t mind waiting for most of Disney’s crap to come to streaming.
I don’t mind waiting for most of Disney’s crap to come to streaming.
cherry2000
Banned
boring as shit watching movies at home
sol_bad
Member
No, when it does happen and it is annoying. If the person is near me I'll politely ask them to turn their phone off or stop talking. If they don't I'll make a complaint.
Food can't be helped, I remember people eating popcorn loudly behind me during A Quiet Place 2. The retarded idiots wouldn't wait until the loud scenes to chew. Still a better first time experience than at home.
Like I said, when you make very regular trips to the cinema it's not often an issue. If you only go 2-3 times a year and don't go opening weekend I can see this seeming like a bigger issue than it is. This is for cinemas in the Philippines and Australia.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Do you live in the US?
I only ask because I've noticed a lot of people in the US say the same thing.
Cyberpunkd
Member
And in a few days we will get an uptick again.
I like choice between home TV and cinema.
mcjmetroid
Member
If they make a film I want to see I'll go to the cinema again.
Only Pixar movies I like from Disney these days because that's their only studio making original content.
i like seeing new ideas at the cinema.
Only Pixar movies I like from Disney these days because that's their only studio making original content.
i like seeing new ideas at the cinema.
Little Mac
Member
Yes. The whole experience is trash here imo.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
So I've heard. People talking, shouting, screaming or howling like banshees during the film. That would put me off as well.
In the UK it's totally different. No phones allowed and it's totally silent, which with the huge screen and sound system, makes it a truly immersive experience.
FunkMiller
Member
Literally no movie I can’t wait 45 days for (with exception of The Batman). My cinema young days are nearly over.
That's not the thread for this, but that's not what happened in India and England who had the Delta variant. Much like there, cases in CA are plummeting.
The original window before COVID was 90 days. Why the hell would they increase it to 9 months?
Fox Mulder
Member
I got spoiled by home releases and probably won’t go to the theaters again. The last time I did was for Endgame.
Velcro Fly
Member
HBO Max has had a ton of stuff this year that i've watched rather than go see in a theater including a bunch of stuff I wouldn't have watched otherwise. Only thing I wish I would have gone to the theater to see was Godzilla vs Kong but I'm not sure theaters near me were open yet then.
Cleared_Hot
Member
People aren't afraid anymore period. This vaccine is fucking useless remember
Punished Miku
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I'll go see Avatar 2 in the theater. That's probably about it as far as I know.
Ulysses 31
Member
And IMO 4K/8K QLED/OLED tvs have better picture than those big cinema projectors.
Surround sound systems in cinema's though, those are harder to beat in a home cinema.
Hari Seldon
Member
No big deal I didn't go to the theaters before the pandemic and I won't go if they return to their ways. I will wait.
They just go back to their same old routine.. pandemics won’t change that
45 day windows is cutting the original theatrical window in half, and you can be sure the theater owner's mafia won't be happy about that and will be threatening to break some studio legs over it.
The way theater grosses work is the first 3 weekends are best for the studios. They make the most then as the majority of the box office take goes to them. But as the run goes on the balance shifts to the theater's favor. So after about a month and half (45 days) the theater is then making the majority of the take from the box office and not the movie studios. That's why the original theatrical window for everyone was a standard 90 days.
Cutting it down to 45 days looks good from a studio PR angle, it says "hey we're exclusive to theaters for 45 days" but the truth of the matter is you can be sure the theater owners association is pissed about it because the movie really benefits the movie studios more than the theaters with the way the grosses are dished out.
Fbh
Member
As someone who lives 500 miles for the nearest movie theater I was enjoying the VOID released.
But to be honest I'm glad they are going back to the regular release method. I don't think they were making as much money with the day and date format and I'd rather wait a couple of months instead of having the blockbuster industry regress to Netflix original production values to accommodate for lower profits.
But to be honest I'm glad they are going back to the regular release method. I don't think they were making as much money with the day and date format and I'd rather wait a couple of months instead of having the blockbuster industry regress to Netflix original production values to accommodate for lower profits.
Javthusiast
Banned
Fuck the cinema experience. I can easily wait 45 days.