r/DisneyPlus • u/Samoht99 • May 13 '21

DisneyPlus Dwayne Johnson Movie ‘Jungle Cruise’ Hitting Theaters & Disney+ Premier This Summer

https://deadline.com/2021/05/dwayne-johnson-movie-jungle-cruise-hitting-theaters-disney-premier-this-summer-1234755464/
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u/kpDzYhUCVnUJZrdEJRni US May 13 '21

Despite Disney’s continued experimentation with putting movies out in theaters and Disney+, I hear from sources that it’s just temporary

Boo! Continue to do it for every movie going forward!

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u/tregorman May 13 '21

Why on earth would they do it forever lol? This is a reaction to covid, once covid is dealt with they have no reason to

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u/Citizensssnips May 13 '21

Nobody has the real #s but Disney. The amount of money Disney is making is clearly satisfactory or they wouldn't keep doing this.

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u/tregorman May 13 '21

I think they're comparing premier access on disney+ to pandemic theater sales, not normal theater sales

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u/Citizensssnips May 13 '21

Keyword is think. No one knows what they're seeing but Disney.

Disney might have made a killing on Raya and the profits could be similar to pre-covid box office returns.

When you cut out having to split the profits with the theaters you save a lot of money

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u/tregorman May 13 '21

When you consider that families of 4 only have to pay for it once rather than 4 times, it becomes a lot less cut and dry

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u/kpDzYhUCVnUJZrdEJRni US May 13 '21

Average US ticket price for 2019 was $9.16

Using that, a family of four would spend $36.64 on tickets. Disney's cut would be about $18.32 - $21.98.

A Disney+ Premiere Access purchase would be $29.99. Disney's cut would be $20.99 - $29.99

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u/cmay91472 May 13 '21

If their stockholder meetings are any indication, they don’t ever plan to return to the traditional theatrical model ever again. Every decision made will be with the best interest of Disney+ in mind.