May 2021? May?
I was expecting February so why does May sound so much worse!
So Disney moved Black Widow too May of 2021. Pushed Death on the Nile to December 18th (so it’s going to be a very Gal kind of Christmas and also likely be the impetus for pushing Dune boo…) but no question now domestic cinema is going to continue to struggle.
(I’m sure all cinemas are struggling but I’m not as familiar with international box office as domestic.)
And now after pushing to open with no real movies there’s talk of them having to close, or too close during the weeks and only open on the weekends, just to stop the bleeding. This puts No Time To Die in November as the next big release.
I had high hopes for Bond at least being willing to open internationally first a la Tenet and let the domestic box office fall where it may but I know that new restrictions have been imposed to hopefully stop an uptick in numbers over there so who knows?
Interestingly enough Croods 2 has moved up to November and Soul (so far) is sticking which seems strange to me because I would think family films would be least likely to do well in this environment. It’s usually more of a cost to the family and how many kids are going to want to sit in a theater in a mask?
Plus I’ve never been entirely too sure who Soul is meant for as escaping purgatory doesn’t seem like it’s going to be much of a kids film in the first place.
I think there’s a couple of things going on here…
The studios have to accept the days of $100 million + opening weekends and a billion in returns are likely over for the time being. I think if the right movies are released you’ll get people back in the theaters more and more but not at that level those levels won’t be even possible I would think until theaters can open at 100% capacity either way. If they can’t accept that and aren’t willing to even put out films so far it’s going to crush the cinemas.
People’s habits change quickly these days and Netflix is a bottomless well of content to keep people busy whether good or bad. The other streaming services will catch up eventually as well and I think people are just going to come to expect it in the end. I mean the trailer for Wandavision pulled in Avengers movie numbers.
Will cinemas die?
Well that’s an interesting one because one other thing that happened this summer is the overturning of the Paramount Consent Decrees which means that the major studios will be able to buy into or completely buy their own theaters or the currently operating chains. Whether that would be better than worse than what cinemas were six months ago probably depends on how much you like going to the movies.
I think it’s definite though that if the studios don’t give up any of their product when we do come out of this on the other side cinema going could look vastly more different than we had imagined it would even a couple months ago.
I sincerely hope this isn’t the death of cinema that so many have prophesied.
I think more like as we know it. I don’t think theaters are going to go away just undergo bigger changes than we would have thought six months ago.
I really hope that cinemas won’t die, but one thing is for sure, as long as the virus is out there, people are less inclined to head to theatres. Myself included. I have two parents who are both in their 70’s and that I see every day. I’m not taking any unnecessary chances no matter how much I love movies. As for Bond, it would not surprise me if that film get’s moved to next year as well. No word on that so far, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
All we can hope for is that a vaccin will be made, and things can return to normal. A real movie experience for me is always the cinema, no matter the offerings that are on Netflix these days.
At this point they may announce the next Bond before we see Craig’s last film!
I love going to cinemas but won’t go anyways until there’s a vaccine so I didn’t really care that they delayed this, hope cinemas come back next year or whenever. at this point I’m just waiting for wandavision lol
Me to 🙂
I’m still hearing late November early December for a premiere date!
I’m really concerned for cinemas, I hope they can make it through – going to the cinema is such a wonderful event and such a fantastic place to go. I’d be very, very sad if that ended…
I honestly don’t think it will ever end completely nor do I want it to I just thing the changes are going to be a lot bigger than we thought even a couple of months ago.
Cinemas may not be big moneymakers like they used to be moving forward but I don’t see a world where cinemas aren’t a thing.
I also don’t suspect that I’ll be as bummed as I was when Bond was initially postponed. I think I’ve accepted this new reality now, as far as movie releases are concerned. Uncertainty is the new normal. What I know for sure is that it would all hurt a lot more, had it not been for the high-quality content on the streaming services; mainly Netflix, of course.
I think they’ll be a lot of changes which in the long run may not be a bad thing for the cinema experience.
I don’t theaters are going to go away. The Theaters where I live are playing older movies from previse years in order to keep afloat.
Now I can have a chance to see some of the greatest movies on the big screen that came out before I was born. There are tons of movies people will love to go see in theaters again. Just so they can have that experience for when they saw it the first time.
I don’t think that either over all but I do think it won’t be the same movie going we had six months ago. But it might be for the best if theaters change it up a bit.
I can’t save cinemas alone but I’ll keep going as long as they’re open! I’m really worried for them, though. My local is pushing Bond on an almost daily basis but I’m expecting it to be pushed into 2021 with the others. I really hope it doesn’t, though!
I hope Bond sticks. I don’t think Tenet turned out to be the right film to truly gauge whether people would go back or not. To me that’s going to be something like Bond, Wonder Woman or Black Widow which unfortunately moved 🙁
You’re so right. I can’t help but feel like Tenet’s numbers has scared off the other studios but we need a well-known blockbuster to bring the numbers back in.
Looks like they moved Bond. I guess it’s on Wonder Woman now 🙁
With Bond moved to April I wouldn’t be surprised if Wonder Woman and Dune get pushed to Easter 2021 too now 🙁
And 2021 is so stocked already I have to wonder if well see 2021 movies like The Batman, Venom 2, etc vacating into 2022 for the space at this point.