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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN REVIEW: EXHIBITION GOT BIG BOOST FROM DISNEY'S DECISION TO OPEN HALF-DOZEN LIKELY HITS FROM NOW THROUGH CHRISTMAS WITH EXCLUSIVE THEATRICAL WINDOWS. FIVE FILMS WILL GET 45-DAY WINDOWS -- ESTABLISHING WHAT COULD BECOME NEW INDUSTRY STANDARD: 20TH'S "THE LAST DUEL" (10/15), DIRECTED BY RIDLEY SCOTT; 20TH'S ANIMATED "RON'S GONE WRONG" (10/22); MARVEL'S "ETERNALS" (11/5) DIRECTED BY "NOMADLAND" OSCAR WINNER CHLOE ZHAO; 20TH'S MUSICAL "WEST SIDE STORY" (12/10) DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG; & 20TH'S "THE KING'S MAN" (12/22) DIRECTED BY MATTHEW VAUGHN....

EXCEPTION TO 45 DAY WINDOW: DISNEY'S ANIMATED "ENCANTO," KICKING OFF 11/24 WITH 30 DAY WINDOW ALLOWING IT TO START STREAMING ON DISNEY+ FOR CHRISTMAS. DISNEY COULD BE SETTING NEW STANDARD FOR FUTURE TIMING BY STUDIOS FOR RELEASE OF FAMILY TITLES SO AS TO GET BEST OF BOTH WORLDS THEATRICALLY & STREAMING. STRATEGY ENABLES "ENCANTO" TO ENJOY FAMILY MOVIEGOING IN THEATRES FOR THANKSGIVING & THEN TO PLAY TO FAMILIES AT HOME VIA DISNEY+ STARTING AT CHRISTMAS. ...

JUST AS DISNEY'S HELPING TO END DAY & DATING IN 2021 -- AND LIKELY IN 2022 WHEN WB IS STOPPING ITS DAY & DATING ON HBO MAX -- PARAMOUNT'S SIGNALED PLANS TO DO MORE STREAMING. PARAMOUNT & CHAIRMAN & CEO JIM GIANOPULOS PARTED COMPANY WITH STUDIO AND NICKELODEON CHIEF BRIAN ROBBINS TOOK OVER. UNCONFIRMED BUZZ: VIACOM CBS WANTS TO FOCUS ON GROWING PARAMOUNT+, WHICH REPORTEDLY HAS ONLY 12-15M SUBSCRIBERS AT THIS POINT....

RUMORS CLAIM STREAMING ON PARAMOUNT+ WAS SEEN AS A POSSIBILITY FOR SKYDANCE MEDIA'S TOM CRUISE TENTPOLES "TOP GUN: MAVERICK" (NOW OPENING IN THEATRES 5/27/22) & "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7" (NOW OPENING IN THEATRES 9/30/22). MEDIA CONSIDERED PARAMOUNT PUSHING "TGM" TO MEMORIAL DAY 2022 JUST BEFORE DISNEY/MARVEL'S POWERHOUSE RELEASE OF "SHANG-CHI" AS INCREDIBLY BAD TIMING....

UNIVERSAL ALSO GOT SOME HEADS SHAKING BY ADDING DAY & DATE STREAMING TO ITS RELEASE STRATEGY FOR BLUMHOUSE'S "HALLOWEEN KILLS," STARRING JAMIE LEE CURTIS. "HK" WAS TO OPEN 10/15 ONLY IN THEATRES, BUT R RATED HORROR SEQUEL WILL NOW STREAM DAY & DATE ON COMCAST'S PEACOCK. LAST "HALLOWEEN" EPISODE WAS MAJOR THEATRICAL HIT, OPENING 10/19/18 TO $76.2M. CUMES: $159.3M/DOM + $96.1M/INT = $255.4M/WW. ...

EXHIBITORS GOT NEW LEASE ON LIFE THANKS TO POWERHOUSE SUCCESS OF DISNEY/MARVEL'S "SHANG-CHI." IN SURVEY OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND OF MOVIEGOERS WHO BOUGHT TICKETS TO "SHANG-CHI," NATIONAL CINEMEDIA (NCM) FOUND 63% MADE SEEING IT A GROUP EVENT BY ATTENDING WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS. 37% OF THOSE SURVEYED SAID THEY'D GONE ALONE TO SEE "SHANG-CHI" AT THEATRE....

"CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE IS UNMATCHED," ACCORDING TO NCM STUDY. "MOVIEGOERS FELT THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING A MOVIE IN THEATRE DOESN'T EVEN COMPARE TO THE EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING A MOVIE AT HOME. NOT ONLY DOES WATCHING A MOVIE AT THE THEATRE COME WITH A BIGGER SCREEN AND BETTER SOUND, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES CONSUMERS WITH A UNIQUE GROUP EXPERIENCE THAT JUST CAN'T BE REPLICATED AT HOME."...

WHEN ASKED HOW BUSY THEATRE WAS WHERE THEY SAW "SHANG-CHI," NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF RESPONDENTS TOLD NCM THAT, BASED ON HOW THEY REMEMBERED PRE-PANDEMIC MOVIEGOING, TO THEM IT "FELT LIKE NORMAL, WITH MANY SAYING (THEIR THEATRE SEEMED TO BE) EVEN BUSIER." A WHOPPING 96% OF THOSE SURVEYED SAID THEY "EITHER LOVED THEIR EXPERIENCE OR FELT THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS PRETTY FUN."...

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