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13.04.2020 - 20:01 / deadline.com
By Anthony D'Alessandro
Editorial Director/Box Office Editor
Universal is still collecting data when it comes to their digital rental release of Dreamworks Animation’s Trolls World Tour this past weekend, but it’s believed to be a record weekend and opening day digital rental. Here’s the benchmarks indicating so, even though retailers will provide full dollars amounts in a weekly flash report down the road.
Trolls World Tour did 10x than of Universal’s previous digital opening day
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Hanging at home! Kylie Jenner and her best friend, Antastasia Karanikolaou, had a sweet dance party to Trolls World Tour with Stormi on Wednesday, April 29.
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The CEO of AMC accused Universal of wanting to "have its cake and eat it too"
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is taking a victory lap for the decision to debut Trolls World Tour on premium VOD instead of waiting for cinemas to reopen post-coronavirus pandemic, saying it could herald a permanent change in how Universal Pictures releases its movies. Trolls World Tour racked up an estimated $100 million in on-demand rentals in its first three weeks of play in North America, more than enough to put the film on the road to profitability, according to the conglomerate.
AMC is firing back at Universal Pictures after the CEO opened up about the success of their straight to VOD success with Trolls World Tour.
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Dreamworks’ Trolls World Tour has reportedly made a whopping $95 million in rental fees in the first 19 days on demand, Deadline reports!
By Anthony D'Alessandro
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a major toll on Hollywood's box office, as social distancing and shelter-in-place orders across the U.S. have led to release date delays, production shutdowns, theater closures, and, as a result, record-low movie ticket sales with no end in sight.
Trolls World Tour hit streaming and on-demand on April 10 rather than heading to theaters, as originally planned. As a result, the Universal family film became the first major movie since the coronavirus pandemic began to bypass theatrical release entirely, and the studio is reporting the digital release to have been a massive success.
Trolls World Tour hit streaming and on-demand on April 10 rather than heading to theaters, as originally planned. As a result, the Universal family film became the first major movie since the coronavirus pandemic began to bypass theatrical release entirely, and the studio is reporting the digital release to have been a massive success.
Trolls World Tour became the biggest digital debut of all time this weekend, Universal Pictures said on Monday (April 13). The animated sequel featuring the voices of Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick was No. 1 on all the major platforms, including Apple, Amazon and Comcast. FandangoNow also said the release of Trolls World Tour helped the service have its best weekend ever. It was also its most preordered film ever. Trolls Wo