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Disney Tells Movie Theaters It's Over - Mulan Going to Disney+ For $30 in the US

RoboFu

RoboFu

One of the green rats
I don’t think they will Stop movie theater releases. They are just working with what they got right now.
and its Mulan not exactly top tier.
 
Malakhov

Malakhov

Banned
RCU005 said:
But by the time Mulan is released on Disney + with your subscription, that purchase gets invalidated.
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Reformat that, it doesn't make any sense.

Once you 'rent' the movie, you have access to it anytime your Disney+ subscription is active.
 
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gatti-man

Member
ManaByte said:
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.
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They just decided to lose a hundred million is what they did. It’s going to prove (again) that straight to home is a financial disaster.


Malakhov said:
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.
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Been going to movie theaters for 30 years and comments like these always crack me up. Probably had like 5 bad experiences out of a thousand times. There are great theaters out there and I have a extremely high end home theater, still no replacement for a legit movie theater experience.
 
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Kenpachii

Kenpachii

Member
Funny was mentioning this the other day in topic that this was what has to be done.

Obviously nobody will pay 30 bucks and direct to stream service will be a thing from that point on.
 
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cryptoadam

cryptoadam

Banned
Consider that its a Disney family movie which means the target audience is probably paying for 2 kids and 1 or 2 adults its not a bad deal.

Of course if your just gonna watch it alone its expensive.
 
BigAssBoy

BigAssBoy

Member
sol_bad said:
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.
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I have a Regal Unlimited subscription so I would 100% see it in theaters, but will download it on the High Seas instead
 
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slugbahr

Unconfirmed Member
"But I have an awesome home theatre - it's even better than going to the cinema"

1. Why the rush to see it ASAP at home for a premium? There are a million other movies to watch whole you wait for the price to drop, or buy physical etc

2. Pay x amount to go to a live sporting event, concert, etc around a huge number of people - who help to create the experience? or pay nearly the same amount to watch it at home while sitting on the couch? Or wait a bit and watch a replay for free?

Hmmmm, let me think.
 
AV

AV

We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Let multiplexes stay open for Hollywood blockbusters and let smaller cinemas that want to operate out of passion do so and show whatever they like.

There's no reason I need to physically go to a cinema just to see some new drama or thriller movie and have people chewing and rustling shit in my ears the whole time, I'd much rather pay £15 or whatever and watch it at home. Been waiting for this to happen for a long time.
 
AV

AV

We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Also "they just told movie theatres to go home and die" is a bit of an overreaction. They're also showing it in some theatres where it's allowed, and it doesn't mean they're going to do this forever either. It's just that at this time, it's simply not worth only releasing in theatres.
 
Malakhov

Malakhov

Banned
gatti-man said:
Been going to movie theaters for 30 years and comments like these always crack me up. Probably had like 5 bad experiences out of a thousand times. There are great theaters out there and I have a extremely high end home theater, still no replacement for a legit movie theater experience.
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Been going to movie theaters for 40 years and comments like these always crack me up.

Our hometowns don't all have great theaters, like i said earlier, I went to a theater in Florida and it was night and day compared to what I have here, and cheaper to.
 
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sinnergy

Member
Ovek said:
I don't know what everyone is complaining about, I would happily spend $30 to watch a new film release so I could watch it on my calibrated TV and not have to get a headache from the horribly setup sound systems in my local theatre which I think their idea of setup is just turning everything up to max volume. Oh and I wouldn't have to be near other annoying people and I assume I would be able pause the film when I need to take a piss.

Granted I wouldn't pay $30 for Mulan and I don't think it should be hidden behind a monthly subscription service either.
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Plus Hollywood is a business, but I think most posters here don’t know what running a business involves.
 
lock2k

lock2k

Banned
godhandiscen said:
I wonder what Disney will do once it runs out of properties to remake. Their original IP hits of the last decade don’t serve themselves well to being serialized. I saw the stock jump, but I don’t believe in the organization long term.
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They will remake High School Musical and Camp Rock in CGI
 
SurprisedPikachu

SurprisedPikachu

Member
Arrrr where be me eye patch. I see we be settin sail for Asian waters soon. I ain’t but a humble man of the sea, arrrrr. I just know it won’t be fine booty, arrrrrr!
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

Gold Member
nush said:
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.
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It's not a rental.

 
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Evil Calvin

Afraid of Boobs
Is that just to stream? $30? If so that is ridiculous. I could go (when they were open) to the theater on Tuesday and get two $5 seats for a new movie. I wouldn't watch this crap anyway but still!
 
RCU005

RCU005

Member
Malakhov said:
Reformat that, it doesn't make any sense.

Once you 'rent' the movie, you have access to it anytime your Disney+ subscription is active.
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What I meant was that when you 'rent' Mulan for $30 you'll get access to the movie, but other subscribers won't unless they pay for it. However, after a few months, the movie will be available for every single member of Disney + without having to pay those $30 (it will be included with the subscription). At that time, that $30 purchase will be invalidated, because everyone will have access.

So, that you get to keep it as long as your subscription is active, doesn't really work, because in a few months, everyone will have the movie as long as they have an active subscription.
 
Quasicat

Quasicat

Member
This doesn’t scare me about the future of movies. What would scare me is if they announced that there will be no physical release of the movie and it goes straight to streaming. Basically Disney+ Originals that get a theatrical release.
Once Disney does that, I’m betting most other companies would follow quickly.
 
StreetsofBeige

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
Evil Calvin said:
Is that just to stream? $30? If so that is ridiculous. I could go (when they were open) to the theater on Tuesday and get two $5 seats for a new movie. I wouldn't watch this crap anyway but still!
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No free streaming option with the sub. And no $5 rental stream either.

If you want to watch it, you have to pay $30 like you're buying it at the store.

And you don't keep it forever. Only keep it if you keep subbing to Disney.
 
xrnzaaas

xrnzaaas

Member
30 dollars lol, they're a bunch of greedy fuckers.

A lot of people are going back to torrents and other illegal downloads now that you "need" to be subscribed to many different services. Decisions like this one will only speed up the process.
 
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nush

nush

Gold Member
Quasicat said:
This doesn’t scare me about the future of movies. What would scare me is if they announced that there will be no physical release of the movie and it goes straight to streaming. Basically Disney+ Originals that get a theatrical release.
Once Disney does that, I’m betting most other companies would follow quickly.
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For sure. Then everyone who never wanted to pirate will have to pirate and Disney et al don't get any of that money.
 
Mattyp

Mattyp

Not the YouTuber
Quasicat said:
This doesn’t scare me about the future of movies. What would scare me is if they announced that there will be no physical release of the movie and it goes straight to streaming. Basically Disney+ Originals that get a theatrical release.
Once Disney does that, I’m betting most other companies would follow quickly.
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And having a dedicated home theatre room I would be more than completely okay with this.

Yo HO yo HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
Quasicat

Quasicat

Member
nush said:
For sure. Then everyone who never wanted to pirate will have to pirate and Disney et al don't get any of that money.
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I wouldn’t know how to pirate even if I wanted to, and I guess that’s on purpose. My state just updated their teacher ethics and if I ever got caught doing that, it would mean the end of my license and career.
 
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oagboghi2

Member
Malakhov said:
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
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Dude, you are paying a 10 dollar premium, along with a forced month subscription just for a logo.

There is no reason for Disney to price gouge like this, other than they know they have a slightly sycophantic audience.

There are plenty of things kids could do as they wait for that to fall in price....assuming it ever will. It's not like Disney has an incentive to compete.
 
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Rival

Gold Member
I’ll wait a month and buy the Blu-ray if I really wanted to watch Milan before I’d pay $30 to watch on Disney plus.
 
Grinchy

Grinchy

Banned
There are people who would definitely pay $30 to watch a movie at home that's currently in theaters. Get some friends together, pay the $30, watch the new Avengers at home, smoking weed and eating wings.

But if theaters completely die, that allure of being in Day 1 loses some luster. It's no longer the idea that you are getting something unique that other people have to go to a theater for. It's just a low bitrate streamed Neflix situation at what feels like an extremely high price.
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

Gold Member
Dacon said:
You literally have to keep paying them to keep access to it.

How is that not a rental? If your ownership of a thing is contingent on paying for it monthly, it's not yours.
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Not a rental as it's not the same as what Universal was doing with Trolls which was $20 for 48 hours.
 
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