Wow, this almost went straight to Netflix.
http://nypost.com/2016/05/19/netflix-renews-fight-for-galifanakis-film/
shareBased on the trailer, I could see that.
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In the future, hit that "Link" button above the text box and paste the link in between the two URL boxes. Then it does this and you can just click on it:
http://nypost.com/2016/05/19/netflix-renews-fight-for-galifanakis-film/
Straight to Netflix is NOT a bad thing in this day and age. It will be happening more and more as they have a stash of money they are using to build on their original content. Also, the studio filed for bankruptcy but managed to hold on to the film during chapter 11.
Get with the times dude.
It is for a non-Netflix movie.
shareNothing goes "straight to Netflix". You are comparing it to going "straight to DVD".
Netflix has 83 million subscribers.
There would have been nothing straight about it. The film was completed a year ago and the company had to file for bankruptcy before they got the film into the theatres. I use to think a theatre was losing money when there was 10 people in the audience but apparently the movie companies actually pay the theatres to show the movies per screen.
That's why when you see a movie with a little more ticket sales than the listed movie budget, they still say the movie lost money. The movie budget is for making the movie. The list budget doesn't include costs to the theatres and cost of advertising.
Interesting.
So does that mean the movie studios hire people who are assigned to certain movie theaters and "rent" their screens? How much say does the theater owner have?
And it still would have been considered worse than that new Kevin James comedy I just saw a trailer for on Netflix.