• @macarthur_park
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    54 days ago

    Historically movies make most of their money at the box office. It’s rare for something to be profitable just from rentals/streaming, and even if it eventually is it will take a long time for the studio to recoup its costs.

    • @reddig33
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      24 days ago

      I don’t think this is true anymore, because the studios now own the streaming channels. They make more money from subscribers and ad sales than they do theater releases. If they made their money from theater releases, the theaters wouldn’t be struggling and the movies wouldn’t be rushed off the big screen and onto the streaming channels.

    • @[email protected]
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      24 days ago

      I think that might have possibly changed since covid. I believe much less people are now going to cinemas.