For me, I buy discs and collect them so I’ll pay $30 to own it on UHD. It wouldn’t be worth it for me, but yes, for a family of four, not counting snacks, food and drinks, $30 one time isn’t bad at all. To each their own. We pay the yearly fee for Disney plus for our daughter and we will gladly wait until it becomes available regularly...
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'Mulan' to Be Available as $30 In-App Purchase in Disney+ App on Apple Platforms
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For me, I buy discs and collect them so I’ll pay $30 to own it on UHD. It wouldn’t be worth it for me, but yes, for a family of four, not counting snacks, food and drinks, $30 one time isn’t bad at all. To each their own. We pay the yearly fee for Disney plus for our daughter and we will gladly wait until it becomes available regularly...
Could wait for it to come to normal Disney+, but considering the price of movie tickets, it'd still be cheaper to watch with my 3 friends rather than going to the theater.
Do you go to the theater alone?
I am a member of Disney+. However, there is no way in this streaming world, that i am going to pay $30 for a movie, unless I am in the movie.
I do sometimes, esp. when it is available on true IMAX.
That was my plan for Mulan, Scotiabank IMAX downtown Toronto. My kids are young enough that they are scared to watch this movie, and the sound system in that place would make it even worse for them. It’s a PG-13 war movie after all.
It’s hard to reconcile your first point (“$30 is pretty steep”) with everything else you write. It doesn’t seem steep at all. It’s less than you would have paid for 4 tickets and you can watch it multiple times at your convenience. If one has a family and a decent home theater system, this seems like a steal.
If they do Black Widow for the same $30, I’m gonna buy that so fast... As much as I’d like to see Black Widow and Wonder Woman 1984 and a few other movies on the big screen, there’s no way I’m going into a theater this year.
I’ll pay that much to buy it. Not rent it.
If Black Widow is that much too then hard pass on that one too.
That’s a crime! This whole idea of ransoming movies is over, time for regulation in the movie Kingdom.
Some people also may not realize that Mulan 2020 is not your typical Disney princess family movie. Mushu is gone (and thank the gods for that), there are no musical numbers, and it’s Disney’s first PG-13 princess movie. It’s not G rated like usual and not even PG, but PG-13.
Rated PG: Parental guidance suggested – Some material may not be suitable for children. Rated PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned – Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Rated R: Restricted – Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Rated X: No one under 17 admitted.
Rated PG: Parental guidance suggested – Some material may not be suitable for children. Rated PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned – Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Rated R: Restricted – Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Rated X: No one under 17 admitted.
If enough people buy this, Disney will think this is an okay model. “Release the movie strictly on our Disney+ apps, but charge them an extra $30”.
If this doesn’t prove to be popular, with enough people boycotting the idea of separate releases, hopefully they’ll reverse course and just release it on Disney+.
If this doesn’t prove to be popular, with enough people boycotting the idea of separate releases, hopefully they’ll reverse course and just release it on Disney+.
It’s $35 CAD in Canada. Make it $45 CAD but ship a 4K UHD Blu-ray of it when it comes out and I’m in. Or make it $40 to own a 4K HDR digital copy without requiring Disney Plus.
I do, and these prices don’t bother me at all. After my wife passed away, it took a bit to get over my inhibition of going to movies alone, was so used to having it be a shared experience, but then I was surprised to find it changed the experience in a number of positive ways - it turns out when it’s just you, you can decide to go on a moment’s notice with no negotiating and coordinating, and with reserved ticketing you can get the seat you want even if you’ll be rolling in at the last minute. Sadly, all the positives of the theater experience are on hold for now - I’m not stepping back into a movie theater again this year (at least).
They have to price it assuming multiple people will watch. And you’re getting multiple viewings and such. There are a number of movies I’d jump at the chance to see this way at these prices. At the really good theaters, prices were close to $20, so $30 doesn’t seem crazy given the ability to watch multiple times and such. Had to laugh a bit when I see people getting outraged that it costs more the the price of one ticket.
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I’ll just wait for it to be available on Disney+ because I’m not a scumbag.
I spend way more for 2 people at the movies not including snacks, and why I don't go anymore.
I never buy snacks or food at the movies. Not only is it horrendously overpriced, it's also terrible quality.
I prefer movies at home too but Netflix spends just as much on their show productions and everything is included with the sub price.
Crime? Ransoming? Regulation?
Do you feel entitled to cheap movies?
If you don’t want to pay, then don’t watch. The choice is simple.
What precisely are you proposing to regulate? Do you feel that movies are somehow a basic survival necessity?
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Yes I used to but I haven't been to a theatre for about 15 years now.
A high budget Netflix show is 8-10 million per episode. Maybe ~100 million per season.
A high budget Disney movie is like 4 times that and is only 2 hours long.
Well, not quite. Netflix spends a LOT, but they don't really have many movies this big.
They had some really decent high budget TV shows like Daredevil, but Disney likely screwed them over on that one.
I wasn’t taking a survey.
I was making the point that complaining that $30 costs twice what a movie ticket costs makes no sense if you consider that most people who go to see a movie in a theater are paying for more than one ticket.