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[JohnAV]

Since you continue to use Mediaplay stats, you should know that this article
HBO Max Panelist: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Broke All Records is just chock full of pro streaming malarky

“Wonder woman ‘84 broke all records that we had internally from both a projection and a prior-viewing standpoint,” said Lyons on a Feb. 8 virtual panel during Digital Entertainment World. “We feel that that momentum is only going to continue.”

WarnerMedia’s strategy to release first-run movies, such as Wonder Woman 1984, directly onto its streaming service concurrent with theatrical release is designed to give consumers choice, she said.

“With this slate of films, there are some consumers that still want to go out to the theater and enjoy it in the theater and have that great theatrical experience that we all know and love, and then there are other consumers that are stuck at home, and so we want to give our customers the ability to have a choice whether to view it at home on HBO Max or to go out to the theaters, and that strategy so far has resonated very well,” she said.

HBO Max will continue to grow subscribers, she said.

“We absolutely see the momentum as sustainable,” she said. “We grew more subs in 2020 with HBO Max than HBO did over all of the last 10 years. So that momentum is huge, and our subscribers are highly engaged.”

HBO Max’s mix of HBO, Warner Bros. and other content widens its appeal.

“We’ve expanded our target demographics beyond what just HBO just offered,” she said. “HBO typically caters to and had a base that was largely older and male dominated. The idea with HBO Max is that we add on content that is attractive to families with kids, to Gen Z, the millennials, kids …. Serving the needs of the entire family is really important to us.”

Seriously that sounds more like pure marketing than something to the point and factual. They have no prior baseline with VoD of a box-office release simultaneous with at theaters, so calling it broke all records is meaningless. Domestic WW84 made $40,300,000. That is a huge drop compared to original WW that made $412,815,408 in theaters. Since they were allowing for free accessing HBO Max, that is not going to be millions of dollars to any great degree.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by JohnAV

Since you continue to use Mediaplay stats, you should know that this article
HBO Max Panelist: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Broke All Records is just chock full of pro streaming malarky



Seriously that sounds more like pure marketing than something to the point and factual. They have no prior baseline with VoD of a box-office release simultaneous with at theaters, so calling it broke all records is meaningless. Domestic WW84 made $40,300,000. That is a huge drop compared to original WW that made $412,815,408 in theaters. Since they were allowing for free accessing HBO Max, that is not going to be millions of dollars to any great degree.

The truth is, when cinemas are open films will return to theatrical releasing. It’s that simple. The industry know it, we know it.

[Lee A Stewart]

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‘Tenet’ Leads Disc Sales in January

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Tenet rolled into January the same way it finished out December — as the month’s top-selling disc.

The latest thriller from director Christopher Nolan was No. 1 on the top 10 list of combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales for January 2021 according to the NPD Group’s VideoScan tracking service. Tenet had spent two weeks during the month — the weeks ended Jan. 16 ans 23 — as the top-selling weekly disc, after topping the weekly chart three weeks in December.

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Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart