Looking at YOU, Williams Street/Warner Bros.
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In theory it helps by funneling fans between The Avengers, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, for which they have refined the process of pumping out content and merchandise with lower cost and risk
In practice people just stop going to the movies
But hey, I guess the profit margins are better
I'm surprised there wasn't a big drop from Netflix and big ass TV's.
2020 kinda accelerated the existing trends and got a majority of people willing to watch films at home instead of in theaters. Before that enough people really enjoyed the theater experience that it wasn't too much of a threat to the business model