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leokitty
Apr 5, 2005

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A theater can probably do only one showing of a 5 hour movie a day in prime hours, even being able to do two is a big difference for them. I'm sure that's a concern.

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leokitty
Apr 5, 2005

I live. I die. I live again.

the posted:

This and also distribution companies have learned that they can literally make double profits by splitting movies in two.

See: Harry Potter pt 7, Twilight, The Hobbit, Hunger Games, etc.

I don't think that's really an apt comparison, those adaptions were split into two during pre-production and the decisions were also about franchise building. I am sure LRT movies make a lot more for distribution companies than the great bulk of indie movies but not to the point where splitting it into two is a goldmine.

It's going to be shown at a lot of small places with like 3 screens that aren't going to want to show it on all three screens which they'd have to do if it were five hours long/etc.

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