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I think it's an IMAX only release (not just 70MM). But I don't think it's playing in any standard theaters.

I don't think he cares about the streaming side, so that should not affect his decision. I think he will demand an exclusive release to theaters only for a certain period of time before it can be sent to any streaming or home format. If Warner is willing to give that to him, he may continue...

It will take a long time before the box office recovers to any "normal" level. I think high unemployment is as much to blame as any virus concerns. A lot of people don't have any disposable income right now, and may not for years to come. Then there's all the theaters that may close permanently...

Yeah, I've never understood why someone who writes their own screenplays seems to never want the audience to hear any of it.

People keep mentioning the vaccine, but recent news stories have polled U.S. citizens and seem to indicate at least half of the population would not take a vaccine if one was available. Would you return to the theater if only 50% of people are vaccinated? 70%? At what percentage would you feel...

This is not on Nolan. If the opportunity is available, it's the personal responsibility of each patron to make their own decision whether to attend or not. People are not going to be forced to attend.

For the most part, I wouldn't expect them to announce the VOD premiere prior to the theatrical release. It's in the interest of the studio to get as much cash as possible from the theatrical box office. I would think the 17 day window would be a minimum. If the film is doing well in theaters...

As audiences have mostly only turned out in droves for the mega-budget FX films, studios have learned that to make a Billion, they have to spend a few hundred Million. There have been a number of highly successful lower budget films, but there's generally a cap on the grosses of around $150M...

I'd think one other driving force within the studio is lack of cash flow. Their theatrical cash flow has been essentially zero since March. I'd imagine they're under pressure to create some kind of revenue as soon as possible, having spent hundreds of millions to produce films on which they're...

They're going to have to alter their expectations and adjust to the current world conditions. Until there's widespread distribution of an effective vaccine, it's unlikely theatrical box office will come anywhere close to prior levels. And even under an ideal scenario, box office is likely to be...

I think the pandemic is exasperating a lot of people. ;)

In my state, where the virus numbers continue to be very low (single digit cases per day, single digits hospitalized), I would go. But in other states with surging numbers? No.

Yes, the studios need to stop jerking the theaters around. The local theaters around here are preparing for an early/mid July opening with the expectation they'd be showing new films by mid/late month. In much of the northeast the virus seems relatively under control. The studios should go with...

Yep. I went out to dinner tonight for the first time since this all started. Among a group of people a couple tables away from me, someone sneezed multiple times, and coughed a couple times. A couple of tables in the other direction, a woman coughed a couple times and the man blew his nose at...

Tangently, Amazon is also a rumored possible buyer of JC Penney stores. Odd how a successful online retailer seems to want to buy all these brick and mortar businesses. They already own Whole Foods stores and have opened a number of physical bookstores.

Without a vaccine, they are likely the only investors that would take a chance on buying and reopening theaters under attendance restrictions and the possiblity that they could be shut down again.

Yes, I think if theaters are shut down for the better part of a year, or have no big titles to play, many of them will not survive. If the studios care about theaters, they need to provide big titles for them when they start to re-open, even if the major cities are excluded. Hopefully, even if...

Somebody has to be the canary in the coal mine to test if audiences will show up, and they can't do that with lower tier releases. Once a majority of theaters decide to reopen, some studio has to bite the bullet and decide to release a big title. No one is putting guns to the heads of...