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How does that work? You grow your theater count based on performance. You only have guaranteed week 2+ bookings if you have something like
SENTIMENTAL VALUE or HAMNET or SECRET AGENT where theaters know its going to work and have seen the movie and want it. The reason RA is putting this in theaters for a week is because the Hulu rate card pays based on theater count and P&A spend, not box office
ERC: HFHWK $150k Jan 25, 09:12
Another indie with zero buzz that should have platformed. {nm} Jan 25, 09:38
The book was so powerful; one of my favorites. I'd still like to see this, despite the reviews and results. {nm} Jan 25, 10:10
I hadn't heard of this. And yeah, I love that book too LOL. It's a classic. {nm} Jan 25, 13:38
Recommended if you can find it playing anywhere near to you Jan 26, 00:39
its pretty hard to platform up a movie at 75% RT critics score {nm} Jan 25, 10:42
So just platform it to fulfill contractual obligatoins then dump it to VOD. {nm} Jan 25, 13:07
How does that work? You grow your theater count based on performance. You only have guaranteed week 2+ bookings if you have something like Jan 25, 13:18
So are we gonna take a wild guess how many of its 400 or so theaters it loses this coming Friday? I'll say 200+. {nm} Jan 25, 14:03
why not all of them? they got what they needed to trigger a threshold for hulu {nm} Jan 25, 14:08
I had no idea that so many distributors were "tricking the system" in this way. I guess theaters need content. {nm} Jan 25, 15:09
I'm gonna try to sneak in a screening this week anyway, i know you didn't think much of it, but that book...... Jan 25, 20:04
Yeah, I wouldn't wait to long to go see it. {nm} Jan 26, 00:40
