Not to mention that everybody knows the movie will go straight to DVD/netflix/redbox if it’s not doing well at the Box Office. Then we can watch it at HOME and not be bothered with someone talking on their cell phone or clicking away texting about how the movie sux........................
There’s also an 800 pound gorilla in the room called —— Piracy. It’s a taboo subject, but movies being downloaded from torrent sites and uploaded to devices like Apple TV or Roku are taking money away from entertainment. It’s akin to people downloading music back in the Napster days and disrupting the music industry. We will only see this become more prominent in the coming years.