BLACK WIDOW Star David Harbour Is On Board With The Marvel Studios Movie Receiving A Disney+ Release

@JustALurker - what does that have to do with how he’s speaking?

He literally said he’s looking forward to being in the movie, he’s in the movie?

@JosephCronos92 - No one suffers from having it released on Disney+ except Disney because they would lose money. Why is everyone on this site so concerned about Disney's finances? I'd rather see BW sooner than later.

@LongMayHeReign - I think people deserve to see it more than anything, and yes of course it will make more money in the theaters. I'm just frustrated that everyone's sympathy is going for the House of Mouse's bottom line instead of the people who are out of work and stuck at home.

@LongMayHeReign -
What does seeing Black Widow on VOD/streaming have to do with people being out of work?
Did you seriously just ask that? People are stuck at home because they can't go to their workplace regardless if they can work at home or not, ergo they're watching streaming movies and tv anyway.

If anything people who are out of work and struggling to pay bills/rent don't need to be spending money on BW.
People out of work are already claiming unemployment benefits and soon have further assistance from the stimulus bill, and please, a $20 dollar rental is not the same as a mortgage payment. If they can afford their internet bill, they can afford to rent BW.

The people who are more impacted by the status of Black Widow are the theater owners/workers who rely on the business of the big blockbuster films like those of the MCU.
So basically teenagers and college-aged students who already live with their parents, and yes there are senior citizens who work at movie theaters, but they have social security and Medicare to assist them along with the stimulus package. And you're acting like BW is the last blockbuster film that will ever come out, pretty sure the theaters can survive without releasing just this one and still profit for the remaining blockbusters that are coming out later.

Let's be realistic, you just want to see BW at home and don't really care about "the people" because being able to see BW at home ain't helping nobody get work anytime soon.
Nope, I've seen every MCU in the theaters without exception, but this is a unique case and not a single person would be harmed by releasing it on VOD/streaming besides the Disney CEO who might get a slightly lower bonus, but this is [frick]ing Disney we're talking about, they can afford one of their tentpole films making less than projected. And how are you so 100% certain BW won't be profitable on VOD/streaming? FandangoNOW just had its biggest weekend ever. Delaying it doesn't help anybody get back to work sooner either.

@LongMayHeReign -
If the theaters wouldn't be harmed then why are they so mad at Universal over Trolls World Tour?
It's the owners who are mad, the workers who work minimum wage don't want to risk their lives. And like I said before, releasing BW on VOD won't be the death nail of movie theaters, I'm just saying they should release it on VOD because this is an unprecedented situation in our history. Be realistic, releasing BW on streaming is not going to kill the movie theater industry, there will be other blockbusters this year that will allow theaters to sell their concessions.

Did Fandango give specific numbers? So we don't honestly know how much that record weekend was worth, but we do know that the most profitable VOD even was Mayweather v Paquiao and that made a grand total of $400M with each charge being $90. That's not enough to make it worth doing.
Waaaaay more people are going to be wanting to watch Black Widow than a UFC fight, even with a lower price tag of $20. Roughly 4.6 million people bought the Maywether v Paquiao fight for $90. Black Widow would only need about 20.7 million people paying $20 to match that and considering over 100 million went to go see Endgame, Black Widow should have no problem getting at least 20.7 million purchases if not more.

No one benefits from BW coming to VOD in any meaningful way, people don't need new content in order to survive this lockdown. Whereas theaters have lots to gain with BW being held for theatrical release.
Marvel fans will benefit because they won't have to wait unnecessarily for a film that's completed, the movie theater business will not be destroyed because one tentpole film was released on streaming.

@LongMayHeReign - You're being completely hyberbolic at this point. Releasing BW on VOD will not destroy society or the movie theater industry, there will be other blockbusters that theatergoers can flock to once this pandemic is over. The cons are very minimal in the long run of things, no distributor would go bankrupt and no low level cinema employee would be out of work if there's one less movie to screen this year. And let's be honest, even before the coronavirus hit, movie theater attendance has been at all time lows anyways.

@LongMayHeReign - You say I'm being hyperbolic but you said Marvel fans deserve to see BW on VOD. Why? Why do we deserve anything like that? You're acting as if it's either VOD or nothing which isn't the case.
Marvel fans don't need to wait needlessly for a film featuring a character who should've gotten a solo film a long time ago. And since 2010, with a few gap years, the first week in May has been Marvel's timeslot and the start of the summer movie season, plus there hasn't been a Marvel related release since Far From Home, and being able to watch this movie in the safety and comfort of their homes could raise peoples spirits. The bigger question is what have Marvel fans done to deserve to wait to see Black Widow when they don't have to? Haven't they been supporting these films and the movie theater industry by going to see to them in droves?

Then why does BW have to be the only film to do this?
It's not the test case, like you said in your last comment Trolls World Tour will be released directly to VOD, plus Invisible Man, Bloodshot, and others are already on demand from theaters and its people are willing to foot the $20 bill, imagine how many more will want to see a Marvel film.

Also in terms of theater attendance being at an all-time low, I take it you mean for the beginning of 2020
Nope, like I said before, cinema attendance has been dwindling consecutively over the years. 2019 itself was a 24-year low. Theaters are also increasing box office prices unnecessarily by adding full dine-in menus, 3D glasses, and more "luxury" seating, which basically means they're trying to make the movie theater more like your living room anyway.
https://deadline.com/2020/01/movie-ticket-sales-2019-decline-domestic-box-office-1202834469/
http://www.thebreezepaper.com/news-blog/2019/9/19/the-decline-of-movie-theatres
https://www.whitehutchinson.com/news/lenews/2019/february/article105.shtml
https://medium.com/@harrisonblackman/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-american-cinematic-dream-d580e2b2067c

@LongMayHeReign - The theaters are hastening their own demise by needlessly bumping up box office prices for unnecessary amenities, they should lower prices and focus on their concessions which is how they make profits anyway.

Bond, WW84, and Tenet already have release dates post-June when hopefully it'll be safe to go back to the theaters, that's why I'm not pushing for VOD releases for them, and I don't give two shits about Mulan, so whether or nor that goes to VOD/theaters, I couldn't care less.

You seem to be under the misconception that I'm anti-movie theater, I'm not, I'm just saying while everyone is quarantined, releasing Black Widow on VOD wouldn't be a catastrophic, irreconcilable calamity to exhibitors who are already losing money regardless.