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Who Decides What Movies a Theater Gets?
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:07 pm
Once a movie is wide-released, does that mean whichever theaters want the movie can show it? Or are there agreements between various movie companies and theater chains that determine which theaters get which movies? Basically, do the theaters decide which movies they show?
The reason I ask is, I'm sick and tired of not being able to watch the movies I want until 1, 2, sometimes 3 months after they're "wide-released" (and sometimes, not at all!), simply because my local theaters know they'll make more money off Transformers 9 or Taken 6 or the latest fricking shitty comedy or horror movie or prequel/sequel/reboot du jour. It's true - I live in a shithole town - one where there's not exactly a thriving intellectual populace. Same experience when I was in BR for undergrad. But damn, I don't think it's too much to ask to see Oscar-nominated movies before the fricking Oscars.
Anyways, I guess the simplest solution would be to move, but that's not really an option (and I'm not so obsessed with movies that I'd pack up my family and move, just so I could see movies a couple months sooner
).
Any thoughts on how much money it'd take to open my own theater? I've been saving for a while.
ETA: Yes, I'm a little angry.
The reason I ask is, I'm sick and tired of not being able to watch the movies I want until 1, 2, sometimes 3 months after they're "wide-released" (and sometimes, not at all!), simply because my local theaters know they'll make more money off Transformers 9 or Taken 6 or the latest fricking shitty comedy or horror movie or prequel/sequel/reboot du jour. It's true - I live in a shithole town - one where there's not exactly a thriving intellectual populace. Same experience when I was in BR for undergrad. But damn, I don't think it's too much to ask to see Oscar-nominated movies before the fricking Oscars.
Anyways, I guess the simplest solution would be to move, but that's not really an option (and I'm not so obsessed with movies that I'd pack up my family and move, just so I could see movies a couple months sooner
). Any thoughts on how much money it'd take to open my own theater? I've been saving for a while.
ETA: Yes, I'm a little angry.
This post was edited on 1/24/15 at 12:09 pm
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Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:27 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Preach on brother 
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:27 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Contracts. If you have a theater and there's a movie you want to show you will need a contract to show it. The holdup would be revenue from ticket sales. You have to guarantee a certain amount of ticket sales to get a big film to show at your theater.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:31 pm to Patrick_Bateman
A lot of those smaller indie movies use their Oscar buzz as a promotional tool. That's why they wait to open wide nationally. Its especially true of foreign movies and movies with weird plots or no big stars.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:42 pm to Patrick_Bateman
You must live in a really small town
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:52 pm to Patrick_Bateman
What movies are you talking about not being able to see? And how small is the city you live in?
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:53 pm to Brosef Stalin
quote:I'm not really talking about indie or foreign movies, though. I realize a smaller market makes a lot of those movies unrealistic. I'm talking movies like Foxcatcher, Boyhood, Whiplash, Birdman, A Most Violent Year, etc. Foxcatcher and A Most Violent Year have yet to open in my town, which has at least three separate movie theaters; Boyhood never did play in theaters - I picked it up from Redbox; Whiplash opened last week at the indie theater in town (~3 months after its wide release date); and Birdman opened a full month or more after its wide release date. It's very upsetting.
A lot of those smaller indie movies use their Oscar buzz as a promotional tool. That's why they wait to open wide nationally. Its especially true of foreign movies and movies with weird plots or no big stars.
I don't think The Grand Budapest Hotel ever played here either, but I could have just missed it.
This post was edited on 1/24/15 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:54 pm to KosmoCramer
quote:Shreveport-Bossier, LA. Population >440,000.
You must live in a really small town
Posted on 1/24/15 at 2:28 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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Boyhood never did play in theaters -
It was at Robinson. Hell they're still showing it sporadically.
quote:
Foxcatcher
Playing.
This post was edited on 1/24/15 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 1/24/15 at 3:34 pm to Patrick_Bateman
quote:
Who Decides What Movies a Theater Gets?
Kim Jong Un has some input into the process.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 4:20 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Dude, the Robinson plays a ton of indie films. You're probably in a better city for that than most on this board.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 4:34 pm to Patrick_Bateman
All of those movies except A Most Violent Year played in BR, and BR isn't exactly a cultural mecca. AMVY opens wide Jan 30 so I expect it to be here then. You just have to pay attention since these types of movies will likely only be on 1 or 2 screens in town and only run for a week or two. I enjoy these kinds of movies as well and always go to see them as soon as they come out because I know they won't be around for long.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 4:52 pm to Brosef Stalin
at least you have one close by. I have to drive 40 miles to the movies now that I have moved to Alabama from Florida.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 4:56 pm to Patrick_Bateman
quote:
I'm not really talking about indie or foreign movies, though. I realize a smaller market makes a lot of those movies unrealistic. I'm talking movies like Foxcatcher, Boyhood, Whiplash, Birdman, A Most Violent Year, etc.
umm.. those are all considered indie flicks
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