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Re:Disney Studios stops theaters from screening Black Panther by xnyan on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:17PM (#24344934)
I would assume it’s because the Mulan live action remake is also releasing that weekend. Black panther was extremely popular and they don’t wanna compete with themselves on the critical opening weekend.
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Re:Disney Studios stops theaters from screening Black Panther by monocasa on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:20PM (#24344971)
It's not a first run theater. They don't typically block that segment based on the first run segment.
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Re:Disney Studios stops theaters from screening Black Panther by latortuga on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:28PM (#24345077)
Mulan is straight to streaming though, so it does compete in terms of eyeballs. If folks are preoccupied with a BP screening they may not have time or want to also watch Mulan in the same weekend.
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Re:Disney Studios stops theaters from screening Black Panther by and0 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:19PM (#24344961)
My assumption was that they wanted to cash in on the renewed interest with Disney+.
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