60 day window (film, theaters, locations, theatre)

[harry chickpea]

A number of the major distributors have just declared that they now will allow theatres only a 60 day window to play a film before releasing it to video-on-demand.

While the situation for theatres vs. video has never been good, this move could affect the bottom line enough in a few locations to make individual theatres fail.

I expect the window to be shortened even more in the near future.

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Not only that, some movies are coming to On Demand first. Hobo with a Shotgun is available today but hits theaters on May 6th.

‘Hobo With A Shotgun’ Hits Video On Demand Today, And Here’s An Exclusive Clip » MTV Movies Blog

WARNING: The trailer for this movie may blow your mind with its level of awesome kickassery. Oh, and it is extermely violent so not for kiddies or the squeamish.