Shortly after A Quiet Place: Day One’s record-breaking opening weekend, there was online outrage after it was reported that the horror movie would be available to watch at home within a month of its cinema release.
This was only an alleged release date and nothing has been confirmed by Paramount even now. It sparked a debate, however, about how the report would impact Day One’s chances at the box office, and a wider one about how movies just aren’t given the time to build their audiences at the cinema.
I would be among them and I know a few others as well. We’ll rent or buy a movie at home, but we’re not going to theaters anymore.
One problem, though, is that when movies are released for rent online at the same time that they are released in theaters, the charge might be something like $30. I could just wait a few months and buy it for cheaper.