You don’t have to leave home to watch Apple movies right now, as they’re reportedly disappearing from theaters. What’s going on here?
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Apple TV+ movies have not only arrived on Apple’s streaming service in recent months, but also in theaters. It all started with Moonflower Killers: Award-winning film by director Martin Scorsese. Then Ridley Scotts also showed up Napoleon And Matthew Fonz Argyle On the big screen. You can now also find all of these titles on Apple TV+, although you need a subscription to stream them.
Apple plans to bring a number of big-budget films to theaters every year — for many reasons. The company wanted to sell more tickets, win prestigious awards, and gain greater status in the world of cinema. In this way, Apple also hoped to become a greater competitor to other Hollywood film studios. The plans were so ambitious that Apple allocated at least $1 billion annually to them. But bad news for movie fans: it looks like those plans were suddenly cancelled…
Apple movies are disappearing from theaters
New message from Bloomberg It reveals that Apple is temporarily scaling back its cinematic plans. This is because of the films that were released recently: they did not live up to expectations. At least in the financial field. The cost of it Moonflower Killers The film’s production cost was between $200 and $215 million, while the film managed to sell tickets worth less than $200 million worldwide. also Napoleon and Argyle It proved unprofitable. To avoid future failures and financial decline, Apple’s upcoming films will rarely appear in theaters. As a viewer, you still have to subscribe to Apple TV+.
There have been recent indications that Apple’s Cinema plans will be overhauled. Just look at the action-comedy movie WolvesStarring actors George Clooney and Brad Pitt. The film was scheduled to be shown in thousands of theaters around the world, but those plans were recently cancelled. Instead she appeared Wolves It will only be shown in a limited number of theaters, and will arrive on Apple TV+ on September 27.
But not quite!
However, not all Apple movies will disappear from theaters. For a film to qualify for prestigious film awards, a theatrical release is often mandatory. And Apple would like to have it. However, these titles will not be shown in your local cinema: they will have a limited release in a select number of cinemas. Another question is whether this applies only to the United States, or also to countries like the Netherlands.
Apple reportedly releases only one or two major movie titles per year. They will get a world cinema release, as well as a big budget. One of these titles is the upcoming title F1starring Brad Pitt. The film will be released in theaters from June 2025, and with a budget of $300 million, it is the most expensive film in Apple’s catalog. Are you going to buy a ticket for that?
