Ooh, I was wrong about
Ghostbusters: Afterlife. I thought it was out for home viewing the same day.
They're going to have to go to this approach for good, sooner or later, pandemic or not. The tech/hardware is there for many (most?) at this point, and if that's how many people (and growing) prefer to see stuff, they'll make it known by continuing to shun the multiplex in the coming year(s). If they want to make anything, Hollywood will eventually be forced to do the home release/same day thing, every movie.
And now that we know they
can, they really have no excuses to trot out like that might've 5-10 years ago.
But, with this COVID thing in place, that they're
not doing so is makes them look really jerky and warped.
"Hey, come see the new Spider-Man movie...
if you dare! Because we're doing it theaters-only, at the worst time imaginable!"
WTF kind of approach/mindset is that?!
"Here, wrap this chunk of raw, bloody meat around your torso the next time you go surfing! It heightens the experience."
Yeah, I'm sure it does.
