All Major Studio Titles To Go Bi-Weekly At All Retailers This Year

[Comicfan]

I'm not sure where to put this topic so a mod may want to move this elsewhere .Films At Home Has a new video up today revealing that retailers are doing what Target has started. All retailers are moving to a bi-weekly release date for major studio releases on physical media.

The Future of Physical Media | New Release Dates, Retailer Changes, and More! - YouTube

The news about the retail schedule starts at 5:16.The first part is specifically about Best Buy getting out of physical media but the other retailers continuing with Walmart putting a major focus on it.

Regarding the new bi-weekly release schedule for retailers according to his info.

1)This shift starts everywhere February 2024.So starts the week after next.

2)It's the major tent pole releases that are going bi-weekly.Target started this shift back in the fall. Everyone else starts next month. This is industry wide. So major studio titles will release every two weeks instead of every week. You'll get major studio releases on one Tuesday(he used Barbie and Oppenheimer as an example),nothing is released the next Tuesday from any major studio, then more studio releases the Tuesday after.

3)This is being done purely for business purposes. To help keep physical media sales alive. To help with keeping warehouse, distribution and shipping costs down. To keep costs from going up more for customers and to keep from running out of stock within a week. He uses what happened with the Oppenheimer physical release as an example. They don't have enough infrastructure to produce enough stock on things right now. Bi-weekly will mean less problems with stock issues.

3)This bi-weekly schedule is only for major studio titles. New theatrical releases for example. The major studio releases. Boutique labels like Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome, Shout , etc will still follow their own schedules. This is purely for the major studio level

4)This is for the major Brick and Mortar retail releases of the big theatrical titles. Catalog titles that are online exclusives could still come out in between the two week schedule. Boutique things could still come out in between the two week schedule.

Really worth watching the whole video.It's about 13 minutes.

[An4h0ny]

This just seems like a logical step.

It's not difficult to see how this most likely progresses though.

[Show spoiler]

Thx for posting.

[IndyMLVC]

Considering I rarely buy any major studio titles these days, this is a nothing-burger for me.

[vivafriend5]

Excellent business model to embrace. The when we feel like it model of perpetual downfall.

[IronChefJebus]

Best Buy has been garbage for a few years now. Once they go through their clearance sales, I can finally cancel my BB Credit Card...

[someguy28]

Their first good idea in a long time. It definitely makes sense and, if this gives physical media a few more years of life, I'm all for it.

[prkchopexpress]

why does everyone act like some random dingus on youtube is a great source of information?

i don’t get it. everyone is so lazy now. i also don’t care what he does. he is a youtuber. there are no qualifications. there are 10000 people just like him on youtube. he does not work for a studio. but now everyone will be like “well internet rando who loves movies says such and such.”

surely no one on use youtube tries to use clickbaity titles or topics to gain revenue. i’m sure they’ve never thought of that.

a broken clock is right twice a day. so if this comes to fruition, through many dumb ceo’s continual effort to try and make less money by not dealing with physical…

[Deadend45]

*Yawn*

Backwards wearing hat sure signifies official announcement. lol

[rikraq]

Originally Posted by Deadend45

*Yawn*

Backwards wearing hat sure signifies official announcement. lol

Off topic, but backwards ball caps on guys annoy the hell out of me.

[Deadend45]

^And rightly so.

[Bubbles-11]

If you're wondering the dates in particular..

[Show spoiler]February 13th (Marvels, Hunger Games)

February 27th (Migration, Wonka)

March 12th (Wish, Aquaman, Suzume, Cameron 4K's, Poor Things)

March 26th (Iron Claw)

April 9th

April 23rd

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