The Souvenir (2019) - August 06, 2019

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Ok guys, heres how A24/Lionsgate's home video deal works...

It's simple- any film that A24 releases theatrically that makes OVER $1million at the US box office gets the full platform (DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital) release.

Any A24 film that does NOT cross the $1million domestic gross benchmark only gets a DVD release and a Digital release. The same goes for any film A24 releases in partnership with DirectTV Cinema. With a few exceptions (HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES, A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN)

Now, Lionsgate obviously sees the demand for A24 films on Blu-Ray. A24 is pushing for digital over physical copies of their films (for time, money, the environment etc) but Lionsgate understands the benefit of giving the consumer, at the very least the option of Blu-Ray, which is why we are now seeing A24 titles being release on the BD-R format, made exclusively by Amazon's MOD services. This has only recently gone into effect as of, what seems like January of 2019.

Some current examples:

THE SOUVENIR - $928,967 total US gross. DVD only, BD-R.
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE - $46,083 total US gross. DVD only, BD-R.
CLIMAX - $817,339 total US gross. DVD only, BD-R.
THE HOLE IN THE GROUND - $21,072 total US gross. DVD only.

HIGH LIFE - $1,225,852 total US gross. DVD, Blu-Ray & Digital.
GLORIA BELL - $5,611,123 total US gross. DVD, Blu-Ray & Digital.