I’ve been waiting for this streaming charts! I love Percy Jackson and I’m thrilled to see it going so well. Disney has absolutely struggled with live action shows that aren’t Marvel or Star Wars, so this is great to see.
When I saw, Dune, Sex and The City, DCEU, Mario, and some star trek on the way back to Netflix, I'm willing to call Netflix the winner of the multiversal streaming war
Hey Dan, just saw you answer my question about finding Blu ray versions of Mad About You. Thanks so much for your very informative answer, that's exactly what I was wondering about and I appreciate all of the details in your answer. You rock Dan! -Brian
I imagine something that didn’t help with the relationship between Scott Stuber and Netflix has been his failure to bring Netflix a Best Picture Oscar win. For years, I have been saying that the one thing I believe Netflix thinks would fully legitimize themselves in Hollywood would be a Best Picture Oscar win, and despite the efforts of Stuber, Netflix has not been able to win Best Picture for 5 straight years in a row, they’ve lost the “first streamer to win Best Picture” crown to Apple, and it’s looking very unlikely that will change this year (hell, Apple’s in a better position to win their second Best Picture Oscar than Netflix is to win their first).
I had stayed with Netflix even after other major streaming services began taking movies away because it still had a DVD service. Eventually almost every film would become available, even if it was through the mail. Now that the DVDs are gone, it is good to see that more big movies are again being licensed to Netflix. I have started rotating subscriptions through other streaming services, but so far, not Netflix since they usually have something interesting to watch.
Interesting that you mentioned that Mario did well on Peacock and even better on Netflix b/c in places like Japan, Amazon snapped up Mario to stream on their service. I find it fascinating that the streaming wars isn't just being waged in the US (though maybe it's the main theater of war), but places like India, Brazil also have huge populations that may tilt the overall favor to other services. Super curious where this all leads.
I had posted this, so maybe there is policy against it: RMB is a big proponent of physical media over [at]theBurnettwork. Thought that would be appreciated here since high water lifts all ships.
Now, if only Netflix would acquire Mundy Night Raw and bring you and Nick Mundy back together as a lead-in or maybe a post-show. Oh, crazy old memories.
Was wondering if you would touch on this…as a wrestling fan, this has been a whirlwind week of news, with a big controversy hitting at the end of this week about Vince McMahon. Seems like WWE stopped the damage with him officially stepping down, but certainly a sour note after this big Netflix deal
Also curious if this will consolidate the WWE programming under Netflix in other countries and how it impacts localization. I used to watch both WWE and TNA a week late as the shows had to be translated and the local commentator had to record their commentary.
I’ve wondered this for a while - what determines what an original streaming show is? I notice that the Great British Baking Show / Bake Off appears in the Original Streaming Series chart as a Netflix original show, but it isn’t. It’s made by a UK terrestrial TV channel, and I assume is distributed by Netflix in the US. So why is it not classed as a Library Streaming Show, since those are shows taken from other original broadcasters?
14:55 to explain this essentially the cap for what qualifies as "overstimulation" for kids these days is a giant leap higher for gen alpha kids (and gen z kids to a lesser extent) because they grew up with ipads feeding them media constantly. i mean i'm a gen z'er and i watch your videos when i'm either trying to fall asleep or i'm playing video games.
I was waiting for young Sheldon, because I’m not subscribing to a stream app for just one show. And Netflix is king, they have more time to establishing worldwide as the one to go when you want to go see movies or series.
I dig most Doug Liman movies, I feel like there's a zero percent chance that the Road House remake is his best work. I'll be happy if I'm wrong but I find that extremely hard to believe.
The streaming services are all just trash. At most there is 1-2 movies/shows worth watching. Its bad value. Its odd to say, but cable is a far better value and I just have 1 entity to pay. Especially since I love sports, cable just makes more sense. Its still flawed, i'd rather just pay for a few channels - ESPN, TNT, AMC, BBCAmerica.....and that's it
Netflix definitely won the streaming wars, but I don’t think it’s due to WWE. Especially with the recent scandal for WWE could cause that company to go the way of MySpace
I do not like the playoffs (NFL), the SAG awards, WWE Raw going to streaming services. All those are somewhat to very popular and should be free for everyone, not just those who can afford it. Greedy :(
if Netflix gets WWE, I hope we get UFC (WWE shareholders own 49%) or even F1 for live stream F1 became more popular in the US due to netflix drive 2 survive.
Getting WWE to Netflix might make them more attractive to me, but if they block sharing I will still cancel my account. It is by far the least used streaming service I use (behind Mubi, Disney+ and Apple TV+). I just don't care about their shows and I really don't trust them to renew the ones I might like, so I'm not even going to start watching them.
See the whole remastering thing is a reason I appreciate streaming instead of physical media. I have a DVD collection and it all looks like butts on a 4K TV. I have blurays from before 4K and they’re starting to look long in the tooth but the streaming stuff, in theory, grows with your TV. Now, in practice it may well be that they try to charge you extra for the high res or that they pull stuff for no reason, that’s not good. But the fact remains that streaming, done well, is the best experience, we just need to push the streamers to do it well
I didn't know the music rights issues were holding up so many high profile broadcast TV shows getting streaming or Blu-Ray releases. I figured this was only a problem for niche stuff like anime imports or pro wrestling.
39:22 I’m genuinely curious, who watches NCIS. I don’t know anyone who has seen even one episode. It seems to be insanely popular based on the viewing figures though.
So weird that Amazon has failed to understand their streaming model so aggressively. Apple gets it, they make good stuff and that good stuff is there to promote their brand, not to make money, so having all their good stuff in cinemas is nothing but win. Amazon just churns out trash and buries it all in everything else so it all dies on the vine
Dan I was hoping you would include the story about the Monkey Man movie as well where Netflix was going to make that a streaming movie but Jordan Peele said "NOPE"! I imagine this video was already made but I'll add it into the comments here. That movie looks INSANE!!
Actually Netflix shelved that film for 3 yeats because of its anti-Indian government messages, which they were scared would cause them issues in the Indian market. They were too scared to release it but Universal and Peele said "yeah let's give it a go"
I think there was a point around a year ago where it looked like it might be a perpetual battle for first. Netflix, in my opinion, has firmed up their lock as #1 since then.
Yeah, TNG was considered popular enough to justify the costs of re-mastering it for blu-ray, but none of the other Treks that were standard def were seemed to have been deemed worthy.
It's so weird to me that Netflix is so popular as I haven't felt the need to have Netflix in years. I'm sure it's got plenty of great stuff but I just don't feel in any way compelled to get it nor is there anything on there I'm desperate to watch. Having said that I have no idea what's on there these days. Still I don't feel like I'm missing anything by not getting it at the moment.
I feel like the resurgence in popularity of suits came after a main actor in it married a member of the most famous family in the world, who wrote a memoir last year. But yeah, still, that's still the kind of thing that's as unpredictable as tiktok trends.
When Dan says that WWE may have taken a lesser deal to join Netflix as opposed to other avenues, i cant help but wonder where they could have possibly gotten an offer of more than 5 billion... nevermind all the allegations that came the next day...
Mark my words, the next phase of the streaming wars, and probably a new permanent fixture is going to be a hybrid between the streaming model, and cable model. I think the ad sported tears will stay, and will be part of every tier subscriptions, and the ad free tiers will sky rocket in cost to compensate the company for the money lost from those people not wanting ads. I think the ad free tiers will go up to $30 or $40
Don't forget in order to get movies into theatres Netflix would need to start advertising their films which could add another $100 million, if not more, to the costs. Netflix does not advertise its film so it does not incur this cost currently. Given the state that the box office is in at the moment, with very few films actually making their budgets back during the theatrical window, I don't see this as a viable reason for Netflix to do it since they can't rely on ancillary profit after the film lands on Netflix since they don't sell physical media or send their films to other streaming studios or even do PVOD.
I understand that theatrical marketing may be different but Netflix absolutely does market their films, just as other studios do. Some more than others, but still. And many have said and shown that a theatrical release can boost interest on streaming.
@@DanMurrellMoviesThen again it seems that the most marketing Netflix puts into the vast majority of their releases is just a trailer and a poster and that’s it. It’s only the things that are already popular or Netflix thinks will be popular that they seem to try to put more effort into marketing, but even that pales in comparison to what the average theatrical release gets.
What Does the WWE contract with Netflix incude? They "currently" have 3 different deals. One with Fox for Smackdown, one with USA for RAW, and Peacock has all the WWE Network content and all PPV.
Honestly I think Netflix overpaid for WWE. WWE at most only ever got 2.5 million viewers on their best show (Smackdown). While Raw on averaged 1.7 million viewers. WWE legit was getting beating by Hallmark last year in the cable ratings. I might be mistaken, but heard Fox paid half the amount of Netflix for Smackdown, and the show still failed to meet their expectations.
I was wondering about the items in the background, I guess the ones that look like vinyls are just that. the covers of the vinyl release of the soundtrack, but what are the smaller items (nyad, killers of the flower moon, ..) books?
In the first 9 months of 2023 for every 3 cable/satellite TV subscribers who cut the cord only 1 switched to an OTT live TV service like RU-vid TV or Sling. Comcast lost 2 million subscribers in both 2022 and 2023. So the paid linear TV bundle is collapsing fast and the legacy media companies need to decide whether they transition to the Sony model of making shows and films to other companies streaming services or continue with their own. Netflix is continuing to grow and is picking up steam even in the US market especially as smaller legacy media companies like Paramount and WBD start licencing content again. The next 5 years are going to be the most transformative in the film and TV industry since the invention of the TV itself!
The reality is Netflix doesn’t release its actioners at the cinema before streaming because the audience would known they are sh!t before they get to the platform! Also releasing a movie is not free as you know (see did DC make a profit vid)
I'm still upset that Peacock put NFL games behind their pay wall, without any plans to make NFL games a common thing. At least with Amazon you knew from the start that prime video would be the home of Thursday night football for many years to come
thank you so much on the info of DVD and Blu-Ray. I too am a proud physical media believer. I own over 1,300 movies and tv shows and still counting. On a related topic of your discussion, music rights also prevent a tv show to be available on physical media. I finally purchased WKRP in Cincinnati, but lots original broadcasted music had been replaced. Another fav or mine is The Drew Carey Show... only 1st season, I believed, is available. 💿📀
The most watched streaming movies chart since 2020 is a perfect case for why Disney has struggled as of late. Family films absolutely dominate streaming because kids rewatch movies more than anyone and families benefit from being able to watch at home. Going to the theaters can be a challenge both financially and practically for families with younger kids Entire top 10 are family films except Glass Onion, which as you pointed out, did not spend much time in theaters
My frustration recently with hard copy media has been brand new popular movies or shows either being completely unavailable or only available on DVDs (season 3 of Fargo is a good example; the first 2 seasons were available on blu ray but the 3rd season i could only find on DVD?). OR one other annoying recent phenomenon is an American movie will come out, and, inexplicably, you can only buy it in a Region 2 / B format. That happens so often these days that i actually bought a Region Free Blu Ray player just to watch all the South Korean and American movies I'd like to watch.
It's obvious that Netflix wants cinema to die, so it will only be streaming! It looks like they're going to win, even the Oscars giving them all the nominations, as if watching a movie online is the same experience as watching a movie in a theater.
I have no confidence that Road House will actually be good enough to warrant a theatrical release. That kind of hyperbole usually is trying to sell hype, rather than being the truth.
The Pre/Post Royal Rumble press conferences will be 'interesting' for lack of a better word! With all the shenanigans Netflix has been up to recently, it having its 2nd best quarter ever in terms of adding 13m subscribers in the last 3 months of 2023 combined with its cost-cutting measures is a signal to Investors/Wall Street.
24:30 "Netflix original series Gen V"????? 33:01 Reacher has 8 episode seasons so that was the first season plus the first 3 episodes of season 2 which Amazon released in the first week. 36:28 Would love some more coverage of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I saw a report that said it had a bigger debut that any other Disney+ premiere in 2023. Including Marvel and Star Wars shows.
I misspoke on Gen V and got the episode count switched up on Reacher. I do my best but I track a lot of data and can't catch every mistake. Believe me, I wish I could, because I know that even the smallest error will be caught and pointed out for everyone to see. I'll be covering Percy Jackson more as more data comes in.
I wish I had your theater going experience. Sounds amazing. Mine are not so good. I do think corporations are very money focused so leaving money on the table doesn't seem like a good business strategy. I wonder if they just want to put theaters out of business? I do love your videos!
WWE is already global. They already are in every country with the WWE network. They took the Netflix deal because it was the only one that was high enough to keep there stock relatively high. Networks recently decided they won’t pay as much as projections forecasted
@@BaithNa the Netflix deal isn’t a huge increase when you consider that the payment is for far more than a single show. My point is that last year wwe sources were expecting over 200 mil a year for raw alone. They are getting around that for EVERYthing the make. So when you first see it it looks like a huge deal, in reality it’s a decent deal. That’s why the stock price shot up, and then immediately started going down and settling as people understood what the deal was. It’s not wwe’s fault, it’s literally just economic situation of the industry that caused them not to get what they projected. This is the best deal they could make given the circumstances. But my point was that Dan said it was because they wanted to be global-- but they already are global.
Netflix has 250 million subscribers worldwide. WWE will now be available to them at no extra cost. I’m aware that WWE is a global product but that is a massive boost to the promotion and availability of their brand. I stand by what I said.
@@DanMurrellMovies then what does Netflix get out of it? I see this as Netflix trying to reach an audience they wouldn’t otherwise have on their subs list. I agree that wwe will have access to more people; but I see less people moving from love island to raw, than I do people who only watch wrestling and tv getting Netflix for the first time That to me is the reason Netflix even wanted this deal. Particularly because the only thing that helps there stock price is more subs. My first message is why I believe wwe wanted this deal.
Netflix gets a partnership with a huge brand and exclusivity for part of that brand domestically and even more worldwide. If they drive even a few million subscribers, that’s a positive. If they keep more on the service, that’s a positive. If WWE extends their influence and reach, that’s a positive in that Netflix proves they’re a legitimate home for live sport entertainment, which maybe wins them more contracts. There’s way more upside to this deal than you’re giving it credit for.
When it comes to streaming and movies. I think Netflix, Amazon, etc want movies like Shawshank Redemption. Movies that no one watches in theaters but everyone watches at home. They exist across all genres but the problem is making them with consistency.
Thanks for the streaming news and charts. Also, "Heartland" was one of my late Mother's favorite shows. Always nice to see it pop up on the charts. Thank you Dan!
The movie theatre gives an special environment to watch movies, that home viewing can't give. Movies like Dune best for watching in Theatre.. People don't have ATTENTION SPAN to watch in home without being distracted....
I doubt it was contractually agreed that Road House would be theatrical. Liman made the agreement with MGM, but things changed. He said in the full letter that Amazon expressed interest in theatrical releases, which kept him happy until they revealed that they weren’t. The violation is more of a handshake agreement than a binding legal obligation. It’s why more directors are seeking contractual agreements regarding release when they weren’t before.
I really have a theory that Netflix subscriber #'s are a hold over from 40 to 50 year old parents who have forgotten about it debiting their account for years.
40 & 50 year olds is a really young group 😅 Pretty sure those people are actively watching Netflix and are also a lot less likely to be pirating movies
@HushIAmTalking actively watching? Or just keeping it so their kids have an option of watching something on TV? In my experience talking with my peers, it's the latter. It seems to be a subscriber base that isn't very "media conscious" is how I'd term it.
You stick a film in theatres and that's $100 million on top of production budget for advertising/marketing/distribution. You just did a video on the DCEU and how theatrical alone wasn't reliable to make money. Netflix doesn't want to licence it's content it wants to be a one stop show for it's films and shows and the fact Netflix is making billions while legacy media is losing billions in streaming shows Netflix's strategy is working. Then there is the fact theatrical attendance has been shrinking for decades with constant ticket price increases the only thing keeping yearly revenue flattish.
Netflix already pays to market their films. I’m not saying your other arguments aren’t valid, but folks keep talking as if Netflix is operating from a $0 marketing budget. They aren’t.
Netflix has specific marketing budgets attached to specific movies already, that's what I'm saying. They're not just marketing the service. So to market to a theatrical audience wouldn't be a completely new investment where none exists. You could say that a theatrical run would be, in a way, marketing for the release on Netflix.
Saltburn did get a wide theatrical release, and then an Amazon run that boosted visibility of the film. I think that's the system working in an ideal way for everyone.
And D+ especially once it has fully integrated Hulu and all its content which non-US D+ subscribers have been enjoying having access to through the 'Star' Tile for the last 2yrs. Also has a huge library of animated movies & shows which are consistently in the Top 10 of streaming charts!
Confused as to how Bake-Off can be a Netflix Original series when it’s just the British show that airs on Channel 4? Is it only considered a ‘library series’ if it’s already over?
I've been a lifelong fan of pro wrestling but ever since I got rid of cable I have not kept up with any of WWE's weekly TV shows in years, I usually just watch recaps on RU-vid, and I was considering canceling my Netflix subscription soon cuz all my favorite shows like Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy & Cobra Kai are ending soon but moving Monday Night RAW to Netflix is an enormous deal for the world of live broadcast entertainment cuz Netflix has been experimenting with live content for a while and Monday Night RAW has been a staple of of the USA Network's weekly broadcast schedule for YEARS and like Dan said, it draws MILLIONS of viewers every Monday, and WWE currently is on somewhat of a renaissance having the most successful year they've ever had by every metric (creatively and financially) in 2023 so moving their flagship weekly show to a much more commercially accessible platform can only be a good thing increase their audience worldwide
@@loganwolfe7552 NO. The movie theatre gives an special environment to watch movies, that home viewing can't give. Movies like Dune best for watching in Theatre.. People don't have ATTENTION SPAN to watch in home without being distracted....
Doug Liman the 'great' director who popularised shaky cam action scenes and gave the world Chaos Walking and Locked Down such amazing films /s Old man yells at cloud vibes from a man long past his prime!
Paul Greengrass popularized shaky cam action with his Bourne sequel, not Doug Liman with the original. He’s also the director behind Edge of Tomorrow, Swingers, and The Bourne Identity. You can make any director sound bad when you pick their worst films as examples.
@@DanMurrellMovies First point your right I was thinking of the terrible quick cut fight scene ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GGuveoxVXaI.htmlsi=C_BkLvdwedQpWexV&t=16 ) not the shaky cam. Second point I picked the two films he has directed in the last 6 years. People get older and ability isn't always a constant. I'm sure every director wishes they could maintain their ability like Scorsese has but few can. Maybe this road house film be great but a remake of a good bad film is an iffy prospect to begin with.
@@Ushio01You know what else happened in recent years that affected both his last movies? a massive pandemic, a bunch of studio conflict and massive change to the media landscape. I wouldn’t blame someone for making a couple iffy films under these circumstance.
I made one talking about why I was going to review movies during the strike and got called a scab who hated organized labor. I don't know if TikTok is the place for me, haha.
@@DanMurrellMoviesTikTok is not a place that appreciates people like you who take time to explain things. TikTok viewers only listen to you for 3 seconds before they decide whether they love or hate you. If you have short form content ideas you can still post on RU-vid shorts.
