Warner Bros. Sued over The Matrix Resurrections’ Poor Box-Office Performance, HBO Max Streaming Release Blamed

[Tsing]

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The Matrix Resurrections’ disappointing performance at the box office had less to do with the quality of the film and more about its day-and-date streaming release on HBO Max, according to a lawsuit that has been filed against Warner Bros. by Village Roadshow Entertainment, the co-producer behind the fourth installment of the sci-fi action franchise. Filed on Monday, the suit alleges that Warner Bros. knew that premiering the film simultaneously on HBO Max would hurt its profits at theaters but did so anyway in order to boost the amount of premium subscriptions for its relatively young streaming service. Data from Box Office Mojo indicates that The Matrix Resurrections has only made $153,588,078 thus far worldwide, just a portion of what the previous film, The Matrix Revolutions, has achieved since its release in 2003...

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[Grimlakin]

You know what... streaming may have killed the matrix resurrections... only because for nerds like me... Streaming seemed to be the RIGHT way to consume this movie.

I didn't see anything in the movie that needed to be on a bigger screen. There was no aspect to the experience I thought... man this needs a movie theater.

And lets be honest... it wasn't THAT great. It was a fun movie. I don't regret watching it in any way but nothing about the movie felt grand or amazing.

I blame the consumers here because we are jaded. This could have been a Netflix movie no problem.

Movies that are GREAT get the box office with streaming. I watched Dune Streaming, I watched Dune in the theater and I hope to be able to buy a copy of Dune on 4k blue ray.

If you're going to release a movie on streaming and theaters you need to MAKE SURE the movie is AWESOME. You don't do that... then you will have the 'excuse' of streaming to blame the lackluster box office on.

 

[Burticus]

Maybe movie didn't make all the monies, bc the movie wasn't good?

Now Dune... I sort of wished I saw that on a big screen. Man I hate movie theaters though.

 

[MadMummy76]

If you're going to release a movie on streaming and theaters you need to MAKE SURE the movie is AWESOME. You don't do that... then you will have the 'excuse' of streaming to blame the lackluster box office on.

So actually. If you have a bad movie you need to make sure it is released on streaming so you can blame someone for the failure.