The HBO Max release is going to hamper those earnings greatly.
With the HBO Max release, it opens the door for excellent quality pirated copies to make the rounds internationally.
Several of these titles, under the right conditions, could easily have been $1 billion box office hits on their own.
Hollywood is still reeling from WarnerMedia’s big announcement last week, with all of the studio’s 2021 movies heading to HBO Max on the same day they’re released in theaters.