Kong - and the greater industry thinking is that these movies could have grosses substantially more despite Kilar and Co’s pom-poming that the business decision spike HBO Max subs. Only two movies made it past $100M in U.S./Canada - Dune and Godzilla vs. the previous installment’s $325.1M domestic gross. However, even when theaters greatly reopened during Q2 2021, and other studios returned to a theatrical model, Warners continued with its day-and-date model on HBO Max, which did zero favors for movies at the box office: James Gunn’s DC title The Suicide Squad died with $55.8M stateside vs. The grosses, natch, were horrible with $46M domestic and under $170M global. The theatrical day-and-date pandemic plan - whereby movies played in theaters simultaneously on HBO Max during their first 28 days (before going completely theatrical in their second month) - began with Wonder Woman 1984 on Christmas 2020, when a majority of cinemas, including the NYC and LA theaters were shuttered. Discovery we believe strongly in the importance of preserving optionality and driving returns to a strategic mix of distribution and windowing options,” said the CEO. “There’s been a lot of experimentation in our industry and we are all smarter for it. “With respect to streaming, our main priority right now is launching an integrated SVOD service,” said Zaslav. Meanwhile, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis has brought adults back during the Covid era in a big way, earning $131M domestic, $237M global.
Staff writer Barry Caine contributed to this report.Batman, the first movie that returned Warners to a purse theatrical release strategy after its 2021 experiment, went on to gross $369.3M domestic and $771M worldwide.
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