{"id":54725,"date":"2022-08-24T07:42:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/halloween-ends-streaming-on-peacock-same-day-as-theaters-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T07:42:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:42:17","slug":"halloween-ends-streaming-on-peacock-same-day-as-theaters-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/halloween-ends-streaming-on-peacock-same-day-as-theaters-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Ends Streaming on Peacock Same Day as Theaters \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tIn a surprise move, Universal is sending Halloween Ends<\/em> day-and-date to theaters and to its streaming service, Peacock. The previous movie in the series, 2021’s Halloween Kills<\/em>also debuted the same day on Peacock.<\/p>\n

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\tThe movie launches Oct. 14, and it will be available to stream to those who have a paid subscription to Peacock Premium or Premium Plus. The free, ad-supported version will not carry the movie. It remains to be seen how cinema owners \u2014 who historically don’t like to play a film that’s also available in the home \u2014 will react. During the height of the pandemic, attitudes were different, but that was before the box office recovery.<\/p>\n

\n\tHalloween Ends<\/em> is the third and final installment in a rebooted Halloween <\/em>franchise starring original actor Jamie Lee Curtis and hailing from director David Gordon Green and horror super-producer Jason Blum. Halloween<\/em> (2018) earned $255 million globally on a $10 million budget, while the sequel, Halloween Kills<\/em>, earned $131 million. The third chapter picks up four years after kills<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\tThe film also stars Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Kyle Richards, Omar Dorsey, Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney. Malek Akkad and Bill Block produce alongside Blum. <\/p>\n

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\tCurtis made the announcement in a video message posted on social media, noting that a year ago the team put Halloween Kills<\/em> day-and-date on streaming amid the thick of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cWe discovered there are people who want to go to the theater and scream their guts out. We also discovered that there are people who want to stay at home and scream their guts out. \u2026 We got great results both from box office and from streaming,\u201d Curtis said in the video. \u201cThis year, we want to make sure as many people can see Halloween Ends<\/em> before Halloween, so we decided to give that same gift to fans again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tCurtis \u2014 who made a big splash at CinemaCon earlier this year when thanking theater owners \u2014 gave herself a shout-out to seeing the movie on the big screen first. Said the actor: \u201cYou can do what I would do and go to the theater and then rewatch it at home again and then go back to the theater and then rewatch it at home again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tIn its latest earnings disclosure on July 28, Comcast said that Peacock had 13 million paid subscribers and 28 million active monthly accounts. The company took a $467 million loss related to Peacock last quarter, up from $363 million in the year-ago quarter.<\/p>\n

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\tDuring the pandemic, Hollywood companies experimented with shortened theatrical windows, and even collapsed windows, to boost their streaming services by premiering first-run movies day-and date. But since the box office has bounced back this year, studios have reserved many of their event pics for the big screen. But while moviegoing boomed over the summer, cinema owners are now facing a dearth of product and need titles this fall. Additionally, Regal Cinemas’ parent owner Cineworld is exploring bankruptcy. Regal is the of the largest chains in the US<\/p>\n

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\tAt CinemaCon in late April, National Association of Theater Owners chief John Fithian proclaimed that day-and-date releases are \u201cdead as a serious business model, and piracy is what killed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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