While I'm happy we will get to see it this year (and from the comfort and safety of my own house)... This also worries me about Movie Theaters...
this is a BIG movie and I doubt many people will go to a theater when its available to watch at home.
Theaters are hurting either way. I’m pretty paranoid these days, but until they closed them all down again, i did go to movies, because the theaters were largely empty. I went to see a movie a week or so back and I was literally the only person in the theater. In most cases there were less than a dozen people in the theater and in those cases, it was on one of the 4 largest screens In the multiplex.
If theaters were open and not too crowded, I’d probably go see this in a theater, but I seriously doubt they’ll be open again this year. I’m not following the EU, but the US is out of control, so I fully expect to be watching It on HBO Max. That said, it’s a lot easier for me to say theater, since I use AMC’s A-list, and 20/month for essentially unlimited movies is a no brained (so long as the theaters aren’t packed and they Never have been since Tenet’s release).
Regardless, I think AMC will be closed around here until sometime next year. If they’re closed now, I don’t see how they open up until things ease up, which won’t be for at least 2 or 3 more months
At least I’ve got all the movies I own to watch, as well as endless streaming stuff.