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Jungle Cruise
2021 · Film · 127 min
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated boat. Together, they search for an ancient tree that holds the power to heal – a discovery that will change the future of medicine.
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> Disney differentiated with some pre-releases/theater times with $$ ups like Jungle Cruise during Covid, -- and should probably do more of that. But with the catalog system, I had 0 desire to see Ant Man and the Wasp knowing I could watch it at home in ~ 1 month.
It's what I don't get about these sites; I mean I do, but it baffles me. They have the perfect opportunity to re-invent and broaden consumption of their product except they dig their claws deeper into the media business of the 1980s refusing to imagine a world other than multi-year cable contracts with channel upsells.
These companies, especially Disney, should just have a yearly Day 1 Streaming pass that gives you release day streaming access like they were doing during COVID. I don't recall but I remember the single movie passes were pretty steep, like $30 per movie and apparently it worked.
Anyone who buys such a pass is already unlikely to go to the theater, so they aren't cannibalizing. What they would do is bring them into the movie sooner so you have more time to market to them from that movie (buy our plushies, buy a copy, come to the park, etc)
Almost after 2 years of original release date, Disney+ is going to bring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt’s family-friendly movie Jungle Cruise to the theaters this summer. As like other movies Mulan, Raya, and The Last Dragon, Black Widow you can easily enjoy this film from home only. This is because Disney+ has officially announced that the movie is going to hit the streaming platform on the same day as theaters.