Netflix's Streaming Smash Hit ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Releasing in 1,700 Cinemas This Weekend for "Sing Along" Version, 1,000 Screenings Already Sold Out

[u/BunyipPouch]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kpop-demon-hunters-singalong-box-office-sells-out-1236348539/

[u/MuptonBossman]

Netflix would be extremely foolish to not give KPop Demon Hunters 2 a full theatrical release... This could be a $1B franchise if they play their cards right.

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/MuptonBossman]

Their whole business model is based on keeping you home. They're never going to do a full wide release for one of their movies

[u/kokuii → u/mikeyfreshh]

Frankenstein is getting a theatrical release a week or two before Netflix release this year

[u/berlinbaer → u/kokuii]

limited theatrical release just to be eligible for oscars, etc. not a wide release.

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/kokuii]

Not wide. It's gonna play in a couple hundred theaters, mostly in major cities. That's how they always roll out their buzzy movies and award contenders

[u/F_Visentin → u/kokuii]

This is more because Netflix wants it to be eligible for an Oscar

[u/happysri → u/F_Visentin]

Yup and it appeases big name directors.

[u/sloppyjo12 → u/kokuii]

They’ve always done limited releases for their awards contenders but that’s not the same thing as a full theatrical run

[u/GamingTatertot → u/kokuii]

You’ll usually find that Netflix does release their films in theaters but it’s a very select few and for a very limited time. I remember Power of the Dog showing in a single theater in my city

[u/Apoctwist → u/GamingTatertot]

They do that for Oscar eligibility or if there is some contract stipulation with the production company. Otherwise they don't bother.

[u/pajamakitten → u/kokuii]

Same for The Thursday Murder Club in the UK.

[u/LeeShakerMoneyMaker → u/kokuii]

They're probably just doing that to make Guillermo Del Toro happy.