But because viewers were faced with the choice of leaving the house and paying money versus not leaving the house and paying money, the movie made peanuts at the box-office.
That last bit, the “let the consumers choose” line, that sounds a little bit like a challenge that Netflix knows it’s going to win.
Way back in the far-off days of 2015, they released festival sensation Beasts of No Nation in theaters the old-fashioned way.
Since our members are funding these films, they should be the first to see them.