I agree on streaming, although I think if it was going anywhere it was Hulu since it’s Rated-R.Kinda wish they just made this the big new addition to Disney+ this spring
Kinda wish they just made this the big new addition to Disney+ this spring
Ah you’re right, forgot about the R rating.It's R-rated and it's actual horror. I don't really think it would be suitable for Disney +, which is mainly a family-friendly platform.
They can do whatever they want with the film. It does tell me one of two things though:That's what... the fifth release date this movie's had?
They must be contractually obligated to give it a theatrical release, otherwise I have to believe they'd have tried it out on VOD.
There really is no good slots right now and no horror movie opens in October anymore. Late-August or Early September are when they tend to open so they can maximize profits throughout the season. Releasing at the beginning of October would end up competing with 20th Century's Death On The Nile.Maybe, but if they really wanted to attempt to maximize its box office potential, they didn't give it a great slot. Even in the best of circumstances, the last weekend of August is usually pretty bad.
I'd have put it in the first weekend of October, and really play up the horror-inflected elements.
There really is no good slots right now and no horror movie opens in October anymore. Late-August or Early September are when they tend to open so they can maximize profits throughout the season. Releasing at the beginning of October would end up competing with 20th Century's Death On The Nile.
August is jam-packed and, but WW1984 should have petered out by then. Honestly, if I was Disney, I would've pushed up the opening to August 21st. There's a lot of smaller films that weekend, but The New Mutants would be the bigger name. Then the 28th would have no real new competition and September 4th is when you run into A Quiet Place.
Simply put, the release schedule is jam-packed right now. You have to take what you can get.
I do think that if, for whatever reason, the movie theaters aren't open by this time (or they did open and had to close again) that Disney will probably finally just throw in the towel in put it up on Hulu or Disney+.Fair. I forgot DEATH ON THE NILE was also October. Figured November because that's when MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS opened.
There really is no good slots right now and no horror movie opens in October anymore.
The Lighthouse was an indie movie and most of the others are Blumhouse, so they seem to like the month.2019: The Lighthouse, The Gallows Part II
2018: Halloween
2017: Happy Death Day, Jigsaw
2016: Ouija: Origin of Evil
Having all of the horror movies in October would be too cluttered.
The Lighthouse was an indie movie and most of the others are Blumhouse, so they seem to like the month.
Bigger budget horror movies tend to release in September to have longer legs through the Halloween season.