{"id":126861,"date":"2020-12-05T01:03:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T22:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/movie-theaters-are-not-dead-despite-warner-bros-streaming\/"},"modified":"2020-12-05T01:03:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T22:03:21","slug":"movie-theaters-are-not-dead-despite-warner-bros-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/movie-theaters-are-not-dead-despite-warner-bros-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"#Movie theaters are not dead despite Warner Bros. streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Movie theaters are not dead despite Warner Bros. streaming<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The movie-business-obituary writers are at it again!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Warner Bros. revealed Thursday that its entire 2021 lineup will drop on its fledgling streaming service HBO Max and in traditional movie theaters simultaneously. And the internet reacted like FDR had just announced the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. <\/p>\n

\u201cWarner Bros. to movie theaters: Drop dead,\u201d declared ZDNet<\/a>, invoking a tired old tabloid headline. \u201cWarner Bros. has changed movie-going as we know it,\u201d said GameSpot<\/a> in its best impression of Dennis Quaid in \u201cThe Day After Tomorrow.\u201d \u201cJeopardy!\u201d contestant Ken Jennings went even further, tweeting<\/a>, \u201cRIP movie theaters 1905-2020.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relax, dweebs. Movie-going isn\u2019t dead just because you can stream \u201cDune.\u201d <\/p>\n

I\u2019ll grant you, it was a shock to see the list of titles \u2014 including \u201cWonder Woman 1984,\u201d \u201cThe Matrix 4,\u201d \u201cSpace Jam: A New Legacy\u201d and \u201cIn the Heights\u201d \u2014 that will be made available in Americans\u2019 homes without a theatrical-release lag time. It\u2019s more of a shock that \u201cThe Matrix 4\u201d is being made at all; the last one sucked.<\/p>\n

But one studio\u2019s opportunistic ploy to make its new service into a viable Netflix competitor is not the death knell for the brick-and-mortar theater business. Neither are the industry\u2019s formidable cash-flow struggles this past year. Audiences, you may recall, had plenty of at-home options before the pandemic and still chose to go to the movies<\/a> instead. They will again.<\/p>\n

Why? It\u2019s just better. And not in the snobby \u201cI prefer my music on vinyl\u201d way. A 24-inch TV simply cannot compete with a 65-foot screen. That\u2019s like choosing a tricycle over a roller coaster. Ticket buyers have made it clear in recent years that they will pay to attend big movies for the experience, and enjoy smaller titles from home.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look back at 2019. The Top 5 movies domestically were ginormous and made a ton of money: \u201cAvengers: Endgame<\/a>,\u201d \u201cThe Lion King,\u201d \u201cToy Story 4,\u201d \u201cFrozen II\u201d and \u201cCaptain Marvel.\u201d Major franchises, remakes and superhero stories, all produced by Disney. <\/p>\n

Would you have liked your first watch of \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d to have been at home on the flat-screen in your bedroom while the kids scream in the other room? Will your first time with \u201cAvatar 2\u201d be on your laptop? <\/p>\n

Disney\u2019s business moves are far more impactful than those of Warner Bros. The studio is the head honcho at the box office, and while it dropped \u201cHamilton\u201d on its Disney+ service for no extra charge, and will do the same with Pixar\u2019s \u201cSoul,\u201d the House of Mouse has made no regular commitment to that model. Disney would surely rather go back to raking in $2 billion on a single movie. \u201cEndgame,\u201d released just last April, is the highest-grossing film ever.<\/p>\n

And who\u2019s to say something new won\u2019t come along and top it? Nobody can confidently state that 2020 has made viewers prefer to watch blockbuster films at home, because almost none were released to prove their point. \u201cNo Time To Die,\u201d \u201cA Quiet Place: Part 2\u201d and \u201cBlack Widow\u201d all moved to 2021. The biggest-budget movie of the year, \u201cTenet,\u201d is viewed as a bad omen \u2014 it grossed just $57.4 million from its stateside theatrical run \u2014 but it was also cerebral and had no big stars. Plus, it still made $300 million overseas.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDune\u201d and \u201cWonder Woman 1984.\u201d<\/figcaption>
Warner Bros.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bunk notion that the public would rather stay home than go out is consistently proven wrong, and the self-satisfied shut-ins of the press are shocked every single time it is. \u201cFifty million Americans travel<\/a>led on Thanksgiving? But we have Zoom!\u201d \u201cPeople are going to bars? But there\u2019s beer at home!\u201d \u201cFour hundred 20-somethings had a secret party? But we have novels!\u201d Come on, guys.<\/p>\n

Major chains such as AMC and Regal are undeniably struggling. For much of the year, we were legally prohibited from going to them. But audiences will eventually come back for a big-screen, collective experience, and to suggest otherwise is the usual media<\/a> fire-and-brimstone shtick.<\/p>\n

Humans have not been rewired to prefer being alone inside their house. If that were the case, the pandemic would be over. As long as there are big movies, there will be big screens to watch them on.\n <\/p><\/div>\n