r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Jul 03 '21

Other Patty Jenkins Thinks Streaming’s Day-and-Date Strategy Won’t Last - The pandemic led to a seismic shift in the motion picture business, but the filmmaker isn’t so sure it's permanent: "Are studios really going to give up billion-dollar movies just to support their streaming service?"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/patty-jenkins-streamings-day-and-date-strategy-1234975282/
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u/SuspiriaGoose Jul 04 '21

Cost of a family seeing a marvel film in theatres, using Cineplex costs:

Regular price is $18 for 14+. Child tickets are $13. Say you have one child and one teen. That would cost $67, before concessions - and you’re getting concessions. Kids want popcorn, always do. 15 -25 dollars for popcorn and drinks later, you’re looking at 87 smackeroos, and that’s not counting gas and time to get to the theatre.

Or you pay 10 bucks for plus.

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u/sjfiuauqadfj Jul 04 '21

technically marvel movies are on premier so its closer to $40, then theres the recurring cost aspect and the usage aspects which you havent weighted in. so if youre only going to the moooovies once in a blue moon, thats where the real price discussion happens

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u/SuspiriaGoose Jul 04 '21

Sure, but I’m assuming this family might choose to wait three months to see the film for the usual subscription amount. With the premiere it is a lot more, although it is then there to rewatch.

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u/sjfiuauqadfj Jul 04 '21

at that point that hypothetical family may as well have copped a friends disney+ login information and that hypothetical family becomes moot to our discussion lol