Patty Jenkins has joined the growing crowd of directors who don’t really like her ability to see her films on TV screens instead of movie screens during a global pandemic. He will be in good Hollywood company, like PrinciplesChristopher Nolan i DuneDenis Villeneuve they have also done everything possible to deny the simultaneous release of their films to cinemas and broadcasting services.
Although Nolan, whose film only debuted in theaters, has said it’s fair excited with Principles$ 363 million box office, compared to Home$ 836 million: Jenkins Wonder Woman 1984 was available to see on HBO Max the same day it premiered in theaters. It earned a meager $ 166 million worldwide, compared to the original Wonderful woman $ 822 million of the film, which makes sense, as it premiered on Christmas Day 2020, during a resurgence of the covid-19 pandemic. That’s a huge downfall, and Jenkins is confident in letting people watch the movie from the comfort (and security) of their home. WW84Take it. “[The home release] it was detrimental to the film, “Jenkins told CinemaCon, he reported Limit date, adding, “I knew this could have happened.”
Echoing the same sentiments that Nolan and Villeneuve have championed, Jenkins shows movies on movie screens, that TV screens, no matter how ridiculous, can never do justice. “I don’t think it works the same on the broadcast, ever,” he said. “I’m not a fan of the day and the date and I hope to avoid it forever. I make movies for the big screen. ”
To whom do I say: Duh? Yes, of course Wonder Woman 1984 he made less money because people could see him at home. But that statement ignores several mitigating factors that forced the hand of the studios to make these films available to people who saw them at home, perhaps primarily the fact that there was and is a global pandemic. Principles was released during the first summer of covid-19, when movie theaters were barely open and very few people felt it worthwhile to venture out to see a movie, let alone Nolan’s last incomprehensible. When Wonder Woman 1984 premiered on Christmas weekends, all theaters in major U.S. cities like Los Angeles and New York had been closed once again. For many people, the only way to watch the movie was at home, via HBO Max.
Look, I won’t say that these great film studios are fighting nobles against selfish directors to bring safe entertainment to the masses, and yes, they release movies online in the hopes of lead subscriptions to their transmission services. But these cinemas also knew how much such releases would cannibalize their planned box office and I guarantee they hated losing that money, so that was the best solution they had. Fortunately, even Jenkins acknowledges this and states that “It was the best option in a lot of bad decisions right now,” although he also found the decision “groundbreaking.” (In December 2020 before the release, Jenkins was more positive about the idea.)
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It sucks that the directors are yet complaining about the destruction of his artistic visions when it was the best thing that could be done. Watching movies in theaters can be a magical and irreplaceable experience, but not getting the coronavirus. And man, if I had contracted it while watching the nonsense that was some of it Wonder Woman 1984The worst moments, I would never go to the movies again on principle.
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