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More importantly (since this is a game about theatrical box office), it only ended up with $80 million for the weekend.
That means that it absolutely tanked over the weekend after Friday once people realized it was on Disney+ and I know more people who saw this on the streamer than many other movies including the ones on HBO Max. If I were the head of one of the theater chains, I would be getting the lawyers together and suing to not allow Disney to set theatrical windows as long as they release movies at the same time as streaming. Unlike the WB/HBO Max movies, people are now used to watching Marvel stuff on Disney+ so why would they bother going to theaters for them?
ERC: Disney actually divulged they earned 60 million from Black Widow on Disney+ this weekend WW Jul 11, 08:20
BW tanked on Saturday only 80 million domestic weekend projected now {nm} Jul 11, 08:22
More importantly (since this is a game about theatrical box office), it only ended up with $80 million for the weekend. Jul 11, 08:24
Make no mistake: This is a very bad precedent for the MCU* (*that C is for cinematic, but maybe it should be an S) Jul 11, 08:27
Theaters don't need to sue, they can just choose not to book Disney films. {nm} Jul 11, 08:44
Sure, that too... we'll see what happens. {nm} Jul 11, 09:43
But not playing films won't hurt Disney if they've already decided and seen how money they can make via Disney+ Jul 11, 10:06
Like BOSS2, it tanked on Sat and Sun because that's when the families that streamed at home would have come to theaters. {nm} Jul 11, 08:38
I am thinking Shang Chi exclusively theatrical status may be endangered {nm} Jul 11, 08:41
Yup... and actually, Black Widow would probably have gotten better reviews... Jul 11, 08:44
Thats the global number, so they are just shifting dollars around the new windows Jul 11, 08:57
so they can actually reveal VOD numbers when they're good . . . {nm} Jul 11, 09:21
we weren't ready to go back to the theater (yet), so we watched it on our surround system with 65-inch screen and... Jul 11, 11:13
But would you have been ready if the movie wasn't readily available on your 65 inch TV? {nm} Jul 11, 11:37
we would have had to wait for it on Blu-ray {nm} Jul 11, 17:34
Or you don't OWN a 65" TV in the first place. {nm} Jul 11, 19:40
1+ Pretty much the same for us slightly larger screen. We had a near perfect movie experience Jul 11, 12:19
it defies logic that anybody just believes what they say. It's the same level of transparency as Net Trick; Zero. Jul 11, 14:27