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Originally Posted by GirlySports
The answer is no more VHS or DVDs. Movie companies only have one shot to make money now which is at the theater. There is no longer a secondary market to recoup, almost like another open 6 months later. There are many movies that bombed at theaters and became DVD cult classics. I had dates where we went to the video store and rented a movie to watch.
That can't happen anymore. The movies today need to make $100 million at the theater to even consider profit and those aren't going to be about two people falling in love.
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Interestingly, Matt Damon made some very good points on this topic during his visit on Hot Ones, eerily similar to the above. I had never thought of it that way. Hopefully, the release to streaming service matures to a point where it can recapture this dynamic and film makers can thrive. I loved Oppenheimer, but then I also wondered whether it was because it was THAT good or because there's been virtually nothing of interest to watch in the theatre for so long... and average is the new amazing.