Theater Owners Expect Another ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Delay; WB Isn’t Considering Shortened Theatrical Window

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas? He somehow escaped Whoville right around March and spread jeer around the movie world throughout 2020. (It’s a sad day when watching a reading of 1982’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High on a laptop just to pick up on vibes between Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt was a highlight.)But, the biggest cinematic gifts are arriving just in time for the holidays.

It’s only been a couple of days but the film industry is still reeling from the news that Warner Bros. is going to release “Wonder Woman 1984,” a potential billion-dollar film, in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day this Christmas.

Most U.S. moviegoers will be forced to settle for watching Wonder Woman 1984 at home next month, after Warner Bros.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorUniversal has just inked another multi-year shortened theatrical window/PVOD share deal, this time with Canada’s biggest exhibitor, Cineplex.The deal comes on the heels of Uni’s recent pact with No. 3 U.S.

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Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAMC’s Adam Aron isn’t the only one who is happy about WarnerMedia’s decision’s to take Wonder Woman 1984  theatrical day and date on HBO Max. This morning the Independent Cinema Alliance (ICA), which reps North America indie movie theatre owners, exclaimed their support to the Burbank, CA studio and its plans to keep the Gal Gadot-Kristen Wiig-Chris Pine movie on the release schedule on Dec.

Last night, it was revealed that Warner Bros. has made the incredibly bold decision to release “Wonder Woman 1984” in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day, December 25.

DCEU (DC Extended Universe) fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief as Gal Gadot starrer Wonder Woman 1984, which has been a victim of several release date delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, officially has a release date. The Patty Jenkins directorial will release in US theatres on Christmas Day 2020 and will also be heading to HBO Max.Taking to Twitter, Gadot shared a statement revealing her thoughts on Wonder Woman 1984 releasing on HBO Max.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAdam Aron, CEO and President of AMC Entertainment, issued this statement about the showing of Wonder Woman 1984 at AMC’s nearly 1,000 theatres in the U.S.

, Warner Bros. has committed to releasing the movie — even if you have to watch from your home.On Wednesday, the studio announced that will be released in U.S.

What’s going to happen to “Wonder Woman 1984?” That was the million, err, billion-dollar question. The plan, up until recently, was two options: 1) a summer 2021 theatrical release or 2) stick with December 25, 2020, theatrical release — minimal, of course, given the way COVID-19 is spiking across the U.S.

Nov. 17, 2020, marks a milestone in Hollywood’s distribution history.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorShares in major exhibitor Cinemark, along with most movie theater stocks, are rising today as Wall Street salutes another milestone release window agreement.Universal and Cinemark announced a windows deal late Monday that shares a lot of traits with AMC’s breakthrough pact with the same studio earlier this year.

Wall Street analysts on Tuesday weighed in on Comcast-owned NBCUniversal's Universal deal with exhibition giant Cinemark that will shorten the theatrical window for its films playing in the U.S., including tentpoles, even after the coronavirus pandemic ends.

Universal has struck a history-making deal with Cinemark Entertainment that will dramatically shorten the theatrical window for its films playing at the U.S. box office — including larger event pics and tentpoles — even after the pandemic ends.

Universal Pictures has struck another deal with a major theater chain to shorten the theatrical window from three months to as little as 17 days in an effort to adapt to the new business realities of moviegoing.Universal and Cinemark announced Monday a multiyear agreement that guarantees three full weekends, or 17 days, of theatrical exclusivity for Universal and Focus Feature titles before a film can become available to rent on demand.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorIt should come as no surprise to hear that Cinemark and Universal have hammered out their own truncated theatrical window and PVOD share deal in the wake of the one which AMC inked with the Hollywood major studio at the end of July. Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi, a former President at the Walt Disney Motion Picture Group, understands the studio side of the balance sheet, and has been more flexible about creating a dynamic widow than No.

Nearly five months after Universal reached a deal with AMC Theaters to radically change the theatrical window and share in premium video on-demand profits, the studio has reached a similar agreement with another nationwide theater chain, Cinemark, to decrease the theatrical window on the studio’s releases to as short as 17 days.While full details of the deal remain confidential, it will allow Universal and its indie wing, Focus Features, to exercise the option to release films on PVOD as early

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorA decision from Warner Bros. on Wonder Woman 1984’s Christmas Day theatrical fate is imminent, I hear, either tomorrow or by Monday at the latest.The internet is in a tizzy over a Bloomberg article tonight that the sequel to the $821M-plus grossing 2017 DC hit, which broke several records for women at the box office, is headed for an HBO Max play a week or two following its Christmas Day theatrical run.

By now, given nearly every major theatrical release has fled 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the way its hobbled the theatrical experience, it’s been easy to predict that Warner Bros. will pull “Wonder Woman 1984,” the last major film left on the calendar, from 20202.