Today at Disney’s annual shareholders’ meeting, CEO Bob Chapek went on to stress that the release date for Marvel’s long-awaited function Black widow is May 7 and that the title directed by Cate Shortland will be seen in theaters. Chapek confirmed the same confirmation on February 11 during the fiscal quarter of the studio’s first quarter.
There are intense speculations in the show and rival circles that the Marvel movie will move again, as overseas markets – which the Scarlett Johansson film desperately needs to get started – will remain in Covid closure, or that Disney will be a kind of simultaneous theater / Disney + release in his back pocket a la last weekend’s dud Raya and the last dragon, which opened up to $ 8.6 million.
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Speaking of which, Chapek did not mention anything Raya‘s financial success on the Disney + PVOD side, with subscribers having to shell out another $ 30 to watch the animated title. The other whisper that is going on is that Disney would make Black widow available during a truncated theater window, followed by Disney +. This past weekend, Raya had to share the Disney + menu with Marvel’s series finale for WandaVision which was available for free to subscribers.
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Recently, Universal hit its big summer tent, F9, from Memorial Day weekend May 28 to June 25 as the studio waits for more overseas theater markets to reopen. That said, eventually as Covid business declines, New York City has already reopened theaters, with Los Angeles hopefully to be online again next week, given today’s news about the province of LA moving to the red level.
Chapek said today: ‘I hope you all had the opportunity to see our latest family entertainment show, Disney Animation Studios Raya and the last dragon which we released last week in theaters and at Disney +’s premiere, access to great praise and social buzz. As we said, we believe it is important to put the consumer in control and let them decide how they want to enjoy our movies, especially as we navigate through the pandemic. We are very excited about the full movie ahead of us. Next is Black widow currently released on May 7 in theaters. ”