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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by macspoofing on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @05:34PM (#10854404)
>Also Netflix gets $10 a month from me. $120 for a year. Double what I spend at the cinema.

Which means you're spending $180 on movies per year. $120 for a legacy catalogue of hundreds of movies, and $60 for six new releases. So why would they give up that extra $60?

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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by 2muchcoffeeman on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @06:47PM (#10854864)
Well, you originally questioned how they would recoup the cost of making a big movie. And I replied thinking it was entirely possible.

As for your next question, maybe making their own movies does not exclude theatrical releases and getting another $60 from me.

I think their bigger concern is not having to deal with expiring streaming rights and regional distribution rights. They want their own library of quality content.

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