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[MaestroMike]

Usually go to the theaters with my bro sometimes and we could split that cost for a movie. I'd probably be down to do it for Tenet.

 

[godhandiscen]

They're likely designing the $30 price around families watching the movies.

Yeah, they want to pull off a “Trolls 2”, but I am secretly hoping it fails. It has the potential of setting the price for new releases going forward.

 

[oagboghi2]

That’s a lot of MULAn for one movie

Go fuck yourself you beautiful bastard

 

[StreetsofBeige]

$30 to stream a movie. That's ballsy.

 

[Azurro]

Just announced on the Disney Earnings Call.

Mulan hits Disney+ in the US on September 4th for $29.99 - it's like the UFC PPVs on ESPN+ that are a $60 in-app purchase.

They just told movie theaters to go home and die.

Not exactly, they need some revenue as they are bleeding at the moment and digital is an easy answer for COVID times. I'm sure once things die down completely, they'll go back to releasing stuff in the movie theatres.

 

[ManaByte]

Not exactly, they need some revenue as they are bleeding at the moment and digital is an easy answer for COVID times. I'm sure once things die down completely, they'll go back to releasing stuff in the movie theatres.

If movie theaters survive COVID at all.

 

[GloveSlap]

People thought Endgame was the culmination to 10 years of Marvel movies when it was really blockbuster movies in general.

 

[Javthusiast]

Good. I mean I ain‘t paying 30 bucks for any movie on vod, not even 20, but it‘s good cause this means high quality copies on the high seas.

 

[Newly Vacant]

why wouldnt a family do it?

It costs me 35$cad for me and my 2 kids for the entrance. Throw some popcorn and drinks for the kids and it often costs me 50-60$cad

I wouldn’t spend $30 to rent a movie in my home. I don’t have a giant screen and tremendous speakers. Part of the theater is the experience, that’s where the extra cost comes from. Disney isn’t providing anything extra, they’re just letting you pay more to watch it early.

You’re comparing apples to oranges.

 

[It's Jeff]

I wouldn't have seen this movie on an early bird matinee with a coupon. Are we really supposed to feel sorry for Disney? Churning out remakes of their own movies that are barely 20 years old?

Ain't nobody got time for this Return of Jafar caliber junk.

 

[Malakhov]

I wouldn’t spend $30 to rent a movie in my home. I don’t have a giant screen and tremendous speakers. Part of the theater is the experience, that’s where the extra cost comes from. Disney isn’t providing anything extra, they’re just letting you pay more to watch it early.

You’re comparing apples to oranges.

The theater experience? You mean a dirty theater room with kids screaming and people talking and using their phones during the movies?

Yeah, I love paying extra for that!

Ill gladly spend 30$ to watch it at home, sitting in my comfortable and clean couch with my 2 kids while we can drink and eat whatever we want to. I even prefer the drivein theaters now, I just go to theaters for big releases alone (mcu, star wars) so I cant get spoiled.

So for me it's apples with apples, not oranges.

 

[sol_bad]

FUCK
Please come out at the cinemas in Australia.
PLEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE.

This sucks donkey dick!

*EDIT*
God damn it, the movie isn't on the Event Cinemas or Hoyts Cinemas website,
Fuck Disney in the arse.

 

[Kagey K]

30.00 to stream?

 

[Newly Vacant]

The theater experience? You mean a dirty theater room with kids screaming and people talking and using their phones during the movies?

Yeah, I love paying extra for that!

Ill gladly spend 30$ to watch it at home, sitting in my comfortable and clean couch with my 2 kids while we can drink and eat whatever we want to. I even prefer the drivein theaters now, I just go to theaters for big releases alone (mcu, star wars) so I cant get spoiled.

So for me it's apples with apples, not oranges.

I emphatically disagree, but I’m glad you have this option. Enjoy the movie and the family movie night!

 

[Malakhov]

I emphatically disagree, but I’m glad you have this option. Enjoy the movie and the family movie night!

Thanks, it's more for my daughter but she has to endure me and my son watching transformers and other 'guy' stuff so I need to do this

 

[RPS37]

The theaters in my town were generally clean and had reserved seating in comfy reclining seats and stuff.

 

[Malakhov]

The theaters in my town were generally clean and had reserved seating in comfy reclining seats and stuff.

I went to theaters in Florida and compared to what we have here it's like night and day.

Big individual chairs, food brought to you etc...

Our theaters are stuck in the 90s here

 

[mcjmetroid]

Sorry 30 quid on top of Disney plus subscription?

Say again?

 

[dorkimoe]

Lol not paying 30 to rent any movie. piracy here we come

 

[MrS]

$30 dollars for this shit? Nah I'm good.

 

[MaestroMike]

FUCK
Please come out at the cinemas in Australia.
PLEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE.

This sucks donkey dick!

*EDIT*
God damn it, the movie isn't on the Event Cinemas or Hoyts Cinemas website,
Fuck Disney in the arse.

U really wanna see Mulan in theatres that badly ?

 

[sol_bad]

All these people saying they won't pay $30 and will pirate the film instead.
Let's not kid ourselves, you were never going to see it at the movies to begin with or pay for a blu ray.
Stop trying to justify your shitty actions.

 

[brap]

All these people saying they won't pay $30 and will pirate the film instead.
Let's not kid ourselves, you were never going to see it at the movies to begin with or pay for a blu ray.
Stop trying to justify your shitty actions.

Makes sense. A real disney fan would pay any amount to watch the live action remake of mulan.

 

[20cent]

Torrenters and streamers are laughing right now, though

You know, even though some of you probably think screw Disney they're a rich corporation, they were hit very badly by covid.

Their parks didnt bring any revenue, they spent a fortune on a bunch of movies and now they are just trying to recoup some of that loss. They basicly lost everything on onward early this year, they have to find a way to get back up

Not sure about how it works anywhere else, but where I live, the Disney park gets any loss from earning previsions covered by government every year... Probably similar case with the park in France.

 

[Malakhov]

Not sure about how it works anywhere else, but where I live, the Disney park gets any loss from earning previsions covered by government every year... Probably similar case with the park in France.

Well seeing as they lost 5 billions so far due to the pandemic i doubt they get much help. Their biggest revenues are from the parks.

 

[sol_bad]

U really wanna see Mulan in theatres that badly ?

I watch anything and everything I can at the cinemas. I get equally annoyed when an A23 film doesn't get a theatrical release locally too.

Makes sense. A real disney fan would pay any amount to watch the live action remake of mulan.

It's not about paying a high price. I don't like spending $30aud on a blu ray and I don't want to spend $30aud+ on a rental but I'm not going to go out of my way to pirate the film just because. I'll happily wait it out until a blu ray release hits a lower price at retail or until the film is a part of standard Disney+.

 

[MaestroMike]

I watch anything and everything I can at the cinemas. I get equally annoyed when an A23 film doesn't get a theatrical release locally too.



It's not about paying a high price. I don't like spending $30aud on a blu ray and I don't want to spend $30aud+ on a rental but I'm not going to go out of my way to pirate the film just because. I'll happily wait it out until a blu ray release hits a lower price at retail or until the film is a part of standard Disney+.

What's ur annual theatre going budget ??

 

[sol_bad]

What's ur annual theatre going budget ??

Before the pandemic I would see 1 or 2 movies a week at the cinema with my wife. It's about $20-$30 aud for 2 tickets.

 

[RPS37]

I went to theaters in Florida and compared to what we have here it's like night and day.

Big individual chairs, food brought to you etc...

Our theaters are stuck in the 90s here

They also sell beer and wine

 

[mcjmetroid]

How is Disney plus doing anyway? I got a deal on it for the year but.. ya it's really really bad.

Netflix release new movies day and date on the service


If Disney aren't taking it seriously it'll never take off.

 

[Malakhov]

They also sell beer and wine

I know, a totally awesome experience, wish we had this here

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

I wanted to see Mulan since the first trailer. That price though. No thank you.

Remake the remakes but in CGI!

Live action Lion King remake, but this time CGI!

Live action Aladdin remake, but CGI!

And then after that they can remake the remake of the remake in traditional animation and then restart the process.

All though Disney keeping song of the south on the ready.

All remakes of remakes will be done with sock puppets.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Imagine paying $30 to watch a commie-propaganda film.

 

[sol_bad]

How is Disney plus doing anyway? I got a deal on it for the year but.. ya it's really really bad.

Netflix release new movies day and date on the service


If Disney aren't taking it seriously it'll never take off.

This is not true.
The movies that Netflix get deals on, like Uncut Gems and Marriage Story, don't get theatrical releases at all in most countries. In America they get limited runs.
Also, Netflix are not making profit. Disney don't work based on not making profit, they are smarter than that.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Just a reminder that the actress playing Mulan is a CCP shill so you'll be actively contributing to the 21st century holocaust if you watch this trash.

On the one hand, yeah, that's kinda true. But on the other hand, I feel it's kinda shitty to hold that against the cast and crew who aren't her. It's kinda like the Ren & Stimpy situation; I'm not gonna stop rewatching it just because John K is an asshole pedo, there were WAY many other people working on that show who helped make it good, not just him.

Granted I haven't cared much for this Mulan remake at all so it's a lot easier to give it a pass, especially at $30. At that price, I might as well own it in a digital collection.

 

[ManaByte]

With ‘Mulan,’ Disney Tests Out Entirely New Early VOD Model

Disney will debut "Mulan" on Disney Plus for a premium price.

variety.com

It’s yet another stark indication of studios’ dwindling faith that movie theaters will be able to safely reopen in the near future, especially at the scale necessary to support mega-budgeted tentpole movies.

 

[oagboghi2]

Makes sense. A real disney fan would pay any amount to watch the live action remake of mulan.

Real Disney fans are real dumb

 

[Ememee]

They don’t have to report how it does IIRC, but yeah ima bet this doesn’t do too well.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

It's probably $30 cuz Disney are losing absolute mega money on a daily basis and they need some returns.

 

[oagboghi2]

Well seeing as they lost 5 billions so far due to the pandemic i doubt they get much help. Their biggest revenues are from the parks.

Which is weird. I always assumed the parks were revenue killers. It must be a huge expense, paying taxes on all that land, paying for all the individual labor costs, insurance, maintenance, etc etc

 

[Malakhov]

Which is weird. I always assumed the parks were revenue killers. It must be a huge expense, paying taxes on all that land, paying for all the individual labor costs, insurance, maintenance, etc etc

I knew they were making a lot with parks but not that it was their biggest revenues, read that in an article concerning covid

it's crazy

 

[MayauMiao]

$30 dollars wouldn't fly in most countries. I think most will just pirate it just for rewatch or share among friends or families.

 

[Malakhov]

Real Disney fans are real dumb

Yeah we're so dumb for being a fan of something that gives our kids so much joy and entertainment.

One of the best days in my life was christmas day a few years ago at magic kingdom. I got there at the park opening and my daughter ended up falling asleep on my shoulders at midnight after the mindblowing fireworks and christmas show, of pure joy.

So fucking dumb I tell you

 

[BluRayHiDef]

Why don't they just wait until next summer? Why the rush? Quarterly earnings are low?

 

[DeafTourette]

I understand why they're doing it this way... I'll pay the fee and be watching it

 

[Shantae]

I wonder if this'll be around the same price Bill & Ted Face the Music will be. That's what I'm more interested in seeing, and that's supposed to be VOD and select theaters on Sep 2.

I'll be likely just watching it by my lonesome, so a hefty price like $30 might bum me out.

 

[Brian Fellows]

I wouldn’t pay that to see any movie. It’s more than twice what I pay at the theater now. Even with a drink and popcorn included it only like 12-13 bucks per movie.

 

[nush]

With ‘Mulan,’ Disney Tests Out Entirely New Early VOD Model

Disney will debut "Mulan" on Disney Plus for a premium price.

variety.com

It's certainly not going to stay priced at $30. That will just be for the equivalent theatrical release window before a home version. Don't want to pay $30 for a rental? Then just wait the same time you would have if you were going to skip seeing it in the theaters.

 

[EverydayBeast]

People have 85in TVs these days

 

[Tesseract]

Imagine paying $30 to watch a commie-propaganda film.