2017's The Fate of the Furious made $1.2 billion at the global box office.
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Universal's Fast and Furious franchise often has films with budgets exceeding $200 million, plus millions more spent on huge marketing campaigns. "We hope and believe that people will still go to the movies in theaters where available, but we understand that for people in different areas of the world that is increasingly becoming less possible."Īn important note: None of the latest movies that NBCUniversal is releasing online early is a mega-budget film that studios expect to be an eye-popping global blockbuster.
"Rather than delaying these films or releasing them into a challenged distribution landscape, we wanted to provide an option for people to view these titles in the home that is both accessible and affordable," Jeff Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, said in a statement. As theaters close and coronavirus preventive measures keep people out cinema seats, studios have mostly decided to postpone the release of new movies like No Time to Die, Mulan, F9 and A Quiet Place Part 2 - until now.
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Usually movies spend roughly six months exclusively in cinemas before they move to other formats, like digital downloads and rentals, DVDs and, later, TV and streaming. Over the weekend, Disney moved up its streaming release of Frozen 2 by three months, dropping it onto Disney Plus in the US on Saturday and planning to release it in international Disney Plus markets Tuesday.īut NBCUniversal's move is the first time a major Hollywood studio has so dramatically collapsed the traditional life cycle of a film release for something that hasn't come out at all yet. said its Birds of Prey would be released early for video-on-demand rentals, also for $19.99, on March 24, which is about two weeks early. They'll be available for a 48-hour rental period at a suggested retail price of $19.99 in the US or the price equivalent in international markets, the Comcast-owned company said. Movies including The Hunt, The Invisible Man and Emma that are already in theaters will be available via on-demand services (like iTunes and Amazon Video) as early as Friday.
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