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Best Bet for Netflix: Acquiring Theatricals

March 23, 2025 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

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Netflix gets a better economic return from licensing hit theatrical films, which are more cost effective and hold up better in viewing than its original films, says researcher Ampere Analysis. “Netflix's big-budget originals like 'Damsel' and 'Lift' burn bright but fade quickly,” says a Hollywood Reporter story by Scott Roxborough, summarizing the Ampere report "Unpacking … [Read more...] about Best Bet for Netflix: Acquiring Theatricals

Wow! $215 for Cinema+Meal

March 15, 2025 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

A movie theater in the basement of a posh New York City hotel charges lofty prices up to $215 per person when meal included! The Cannes Cinema is a compact 66-seat movie theater in the basement of the five-star Hotel Barriere Fouquet in New York City, which is located in the trendy and bohemian Tribeca district. Offices for the Tribeca Film Festival are nearby. While … [Read more...] about Wow! $215 for Cinema+Meal

Neon Stakes Out Distribution Turf

September 7, 2024 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Seven-year-old Neon emerged as a mainstay in the hardscrabble domestic theatrical distribution business, where most new entrants fail or shrink to irrelevancy within a few years. Highlights of its short history include 2020 Oscar Best Picture winner “Parasite,” the Korean-language import; and also sassy ice skater drama “I, Tonya.” And this year, there's the sleeper horror … [Read more...] about Neon Stakes Out Distribution Turf

Hard Times Grip Cinema

June 15, 2024 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Hard times have hit the cinema business as the Bronx region with 1.4 million residents lost one of its two multiplexes; Walt Disney Studios' once-dependable comic book adaptations are sputtering; and Paramount Pictures struggles to sell itself. While recent developments are mostly unfavorable, Sony Pictures Entertainment agreed to buy movie-and-a-meal Alamo Drafthouse … [Read more...] about Hard Times Grip Cinema

Strikes Derail Film Marketing, Cinema Comeback

July 21, 2023 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

The Hollywood strikes by actors and writers undercut movie publicity for new releases — since talent ordinarily publicize their films — and more ominously threaten to push back normal film flow already upended by the pandemic. The actors SAG-AFTRA work stoppage started July 14, which augments the May 2 beginning of the Writers Guild of America walkout. The strikes impact … [Read more...] about Strikes Derail Film Marketing, Cinema Comeback

Labor Strife Crimps Film Marketing

June 17, 2023 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

The strike by Hollywood screenwriters might seem distant to film marketing, which focuses on release-ready films, but labor turmoil is taking a toll on cinema premieres. Myriad secondary impacts from Hollywood labor strife are crimping movie marketing: * Uncertainty that film talent will do publicity for finished films. * Awards events are under boycott threat. * TV … [Read more...] about Labor Strife Crimps Film Marketing

Discounting Fever Engulfs Film Biz

May 27, 2023 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

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With recession fears looming, price cuts are beginning to pop up across the movie landscape at video streamers, while being considered by theaters. In some cases, these take the form of bundling multiple streaming services or offering a cheaper advertising-supported streaming service, as Netflix and AMC+ have done recently. NBCUniversal’s mainstream video streamer Peacock … [Read more...] about Discounting Fever Engulfs Film Biz

Exploring Cinema Ticket Price Cuts

April 26, 2023 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

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Hollywood and movie theater owners spontaneously embraced the benefits of permanent cuts in cinema-ticket prices industry-wide, despite worries about antitrust issues, at a CinemaCon panel discussion. Whether the industry later pursues shaving ticket prices, which averaged $10.53 in the U.S. last year (see accompanying data table), remains to be seen. Anecdotal information … [Read more...] about Exploring Cinema Ticket Price Cuts

Hollywood Suddenly Loves Cinema More Than Streaming

April 12, 2023 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Across Hollywood, studio executives are suddenly singing the praises of full exclusive cinema runs for movies, and dialing back their infatuation with video streaming. A Variety story by Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin calls it a case of “Netflix envy" fading. "Lately, Wall Street has soured on the economics of streaming, believing that the media conglomerates that run these … [Read more...] about Hollywood Suddenly Loves Cinema More Than Streaming

Streamers Apple, Amazon Swing to Cinema

March 24, 2023 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

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Apple TV+ is reportedly joining Amazon Studios in separately investing billions of dollars in movies tailored for cinema premieres. “It may have been implausible a few years, heck, even a few months ago, that tech giants like Apple and Amazon would spend billions on theatrical movies,” writes Rebecca Rubin in Variety. Bloomberg News Service reported Apple will spend $1 … [Read more...] about Streamers Apple, Amazon Swing to Cinema

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