So yet another movie comes to digital early. We are confident that - like other businesses hit hard by the virus - movie theaters will bounce back strongly, and we will be there to support them." Sony Pictures Audiences will now have the chance to own Bloodshot right away and see it at home, where we are all spending more time.
"This is a unique and exceedingly rare circumstance where theaters have been required to close nationwide for the greater good and Bloodshot is abruptly unavailable in any medium. "Sony Pictures is firmly committed to theatrical exhibition and we support windowing," Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman said Wednesday in a statement.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony has decided to release the movie on digital down on March 24th but Sony said in a statement they remain committed to the theatrical model. The first in what was supposed to be a cinematic universe based on Valiant Comics fell extremely flat due to theater closures. For Disney it was Onward and for Sony it was Bloodshot. Sony and Disney were the ones with bigger releases that were impacted by the virus. The first ones out the gate was Universal but most of the movies they were releasing already had decent theatrical runs. Among that 91%, 84% intend to increase their TV consumption during this period.Sony Pictures is the latest studio to try and recoup costs for a movie impacted by the coronavirus by releasing it on digital early. According to a March 2020 study published by TV Time, 91% of consumers surveyed plan to isolate themselves or are considering isolation. As the global coronavirus pandemic gained momentum, digital piracy is being observed for movies like Contagion as well.Īnd demand has increased for TV as well. Of course this situation isn’t unique to Bloodshot. If it’s using modern antipiracy technology, the studio is probably well aware of where and when the movie was stolen. The theft and conversion of Bloodshot to digital (if digital conversion was in fact necessary) took place at least two weeks before theatrical release. Source: Google Trends (Search for ‘download bloodshot movie’ – Feb 14-Mar 14, 2020) In these countries, subscribing to pay TV and attending the movies at a theatre are luxuries – but everyone can stream via a mobile phone. The most demand was apparent in countries with low-disposable-income economies. By Saturday morning, March 14, searches by people looking for download sources for this movie were popular three weeks before release, and then up by ten-fold from March 2nd.
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