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As the entertainment industry starts to rethink release strategies due to the impact of the enduring COVID crisis Cinelytic provides critical insights into the economics of a traditional theatrical vs. direct to OTT release<\/strong> by using our OTT demand data and our content evaluation platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a case study<\/strong>, we ran the Tom Hanks film GREYHOUND as the original theatrical release it meant to be and discovered that base case it would have barely broken-even with an ROI of 1.6%.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GREYHOUND was sold to Apple+ for a streaming release when the COVID crisis hit generating a substantial profit for Sony with a reported sale price of $70m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our OTT demand data from July10-20 shows that GREYHOUND turned out to be the first major hit for Apple+ which also had to do with the fact that audiences are starved for new content as traditional studios hold back titles for the theatrical window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chart below shows the success of GREYHOUND and the current dominance of streaming titles vs. 6 months ago (Jan 10-20) when major studio titles dominated the Top 20:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With theatrical reopening being pushed back further, we recommend that studios\/content providers should seize the opportunity<\/u> of content-hungry audiences combined with a lack of competition and release more titles direct to OTT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to learn more – reach out: info@cinelytic.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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