From Dark Horizons:
After New Line Cinema’s anime feature “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” debuted to a disastrously low $4.5 million in its opening weekend in cinemas on December 13th, and then fell a steep 72% to just $1.25 million this past weekend, the title is being made available on digital at home on December 27th.
In that case, it makes me wonder if some exec is trying to pull a Treasure Planet again.
Edit: now with link directly to the relevant video timestamp.