Hay Apex, I Gotta Question or Two

[Burro (He/Haw)]

What determines when a movie moves from the theatre to DVD/Blu Ray? Is it driven by a certain gross, or ranking?

What determines when a movie starts showing at less and less screens?

:cert:

[ApexOversteer]

For the most part a film's run is scheduled, these days around 6 weeks. If a film blows up a hit, they'll extend, if it flops it starts losing screens almost immediately.

The release date for the DVD/BRD is determined by the length of time needed for creation of any extra features for the release, and then targetting a Tuesday in a high sales quarter without any other high profile releases.

The two are exclusive, a film can still be playing in second run theaters and available on DVD/BRD.

You can pretty much expect that anything in theaters before Labor Day will be available on DVD/BRD no later than Christmas Day.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Thanks. :cert: Always wondered those things.

[ApexOversteer]

Thanks. :cert: Always wondered those things.

If you'd like to have your finger on the pulse of what is coming on DVD/BRD when, check out this page... I use it all the time.

DVDs Release Dates - The Latest Info on New DVD Releases (http://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/)