The GATE

  • Oct
  • 5
  • 2011

'Tower Heist' to hit video-on-demand three weeks after theatrical debut | LA Times

popculturebrain:

They must be targeting the 1% because though it’ll be available on VOD it’ll come at a cost of $60.

Exorbitant price aside, the theater chains are not going to be happy about this.

$60 to watch a movie on demand? Insane. Does it take an analyst to figure out this won’t sell? $30 maybe, but the problem is people still may not care enough aside from major releases. People flock to DVD and Blu-ray now because it’s cheaper and easier and not as big an investment in time as theatres. Introducing top-tier releases doesn’t sell to the majority of that market.

Only thing I see this accomplishing is giving “pirates” a chance to capture better quality videos of releases to introduce to torrents.

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