Wow- Staggering figure- Movie Industry on the ropes

[thesquanderer]

25. re: "only have to see first run theater movies are ones with huge special effects budgets"

Scorsese complained that the theaters were being overrun with superhero movies and the like... and I think you've put your finger on the reason that's happened. The movies people want to see in theaters are spectacles where the bigger screen and sound system really do give you an experience you can't quite get at home. It's not that people aren't interested in no-explosions no-space-travel intimate stories of depth anymore, it's just that people are perfectly content to wait to see those for less money at home. And of course, the companies want to make the movies that people want to shell out the bucks for to see in theaters.

If people really do get into the habit of watching "first run" movies at home, and the studios find that that's working for them, I wonder if that may prompt more diversity in releases, or a different balance.