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Alright you know what? One for Peacock too.
The Exorcist: Believer will be on Peacock the first week of December. Like December 8th.
I almost wasn't going to say it for December, but the physical release being on Thanksgiving made me go fuck it. Heck, I'll probably be wrong and it'll be Jan/Feb 2024. But fuck it. Oppenheimer will be announced for December 22nd drop. Exactly one week before the drop to give the digital and physical time to sell for the holidays.
Getting all the Ls ready. Let's do it.
The Exorcist: Believer will be on Peacock the first week of December. Like December 8th.
I almost wasn't going to say it for December, but the physical release being on Thanksgiving made me go fuck it. Heck, I'll probably be wrong and it'll be Jan/Feb 2024. But fuck it. Oppenheimer will be announced for December 22nd drop. Exactly one week before the drop to give the digital and physical time to sell for the holidays.
Getting all the Ls ready. Let's do it.
Black Friday deal is up, 1.99 a month for 12 months or 19.99 a year for Premium (w/ ads)
https://www.peacocktv.com/offer/blackfriday
https://www.peacocktv.com/offer/blackfriday
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Lol I stop having that tracking list and I suddenly forget the movies I'm not personally waiting for lol
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Feb 16 for Oppenheimer
variety.com
‘Oppenheimer’ Gets Peacock Streaming Release Date
Christopher Nolan's blockbuster will stream on Peacock beginning on Feb. 16, several months after its July 21 theatrical release.
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I'd like to start making minor monthly updates regarding possible US Peacock drops. This will be less detailed compared to the Disney+ thread. Mainly because legacy content goes in and out constantly, while NBC and similarly owned networks get episodes up next day. However, there will be some exceptions that I'll make a note about. But this will mainly focus on Universal's recently released theatrical films and Lionsgate films released two years prior. Let's get started:
- Let's get to the exceptions I mentioned first. Most of the pre-existing contracts on live action Universal films prior to the 2020/2021 launch of the service has expired. FuboTV had dibs for many films prior to 2020. The last notable example being Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The only thing of note is that US Starz has begun getting the 2022 theatrical line-up of Live Action films (US Netflix and US Prime Video are starting to share the animated 2022 line-up in it's Pay 2 Window), but it is getting much easier to watch Universal films on major streaming services these days. Especially not too long after theaters during the streaming launch.
We really only have three films in question that are not easily accessible to the general public on any of the major services, including Starz. And all three are 2019 animated films: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Secret Life of Pets 2, and Abominable. Abominable is currently under pre-existing contract with DirectTV and FXNow (the hold up is most likely DirectTV). But the weird thing is How To Train Your Dragon 3 has recently left FuboTV at the beginning of this year... and it's nowhere to be found. Same with Secret Life of Pets 2. They're both not on any major services. Not FuboTV. Not DirectTV or anyone similar that can be tracked. They're completely MIA. This is particularly odd for HTTYD3 when next year a live action movie is coming out, and a theme park area is going to live next year as well. You would think Universal would want the entire trilogy available on some major service, bringing in that licensing money Universal really wants. Hopefully when the April 2024 schedule comes in, we can see one of these two films show up.
- With Trolls Band Together arriving on US Peacock on March 15th, I am not anticipating Migration coming to the service any time soon. After all, why would they have two animated films of there's compete with each other when they can spread them out? I am currently predicting a May 2024 drop for the film. Could they technically do April so it's a four month wait time like Trolls 3 did from theaters to streaming? Yes. And I'd love to be wrong about this. But I'm getting a funny feeling they'll withhold so they'll have a two month stretch similar to Mario and Ruby Gilman last year. Not to mention they can then do another two months to Kung Fu Panda 4. But we'll talk about that film more next month.
- I actually think Night Swim will be our April 2024 film drop. Lower performing film, but an easy film to use as your big pitch for streaming while you milk Migration's theatrical and home digital sales a little longer.
- I'm also anticpating that Lisa Frankenstien will be our other April 2024 drop and that those two will be good enough for Universal for that month.
- Drive-Away Dolls could also a April 2024 drop, but due to it being a late February theatrical film, it could be saved for May 2024 alongside Migration.
- We will discuss American Society next month.
- A reminder that Argylle will be going to AppleTV+ despite the theatrical distribution being Universal Pictures.
- As I stated in another thread, US Peacock will begin getting Lionsgate theatrical films from 2022 this year. The first will be The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. We are currently waiting for it's Pay 1 window with US Starz to conclude. We'll get a warning on the monthly US Starz list when that happens via it's "Leaving This Month" section. I have reason to believe the upcoming April 2024 list will confirm it's leaving then, as we approach the two year anniversary of the film and the 18 month Pay 1 window winds down. If that happens, then we will need to wait for the May 2024 Peacock list to confirm the arrival date. But we'll discuss that once we have confirmation from US Starz that the film is leaving the service. Stay tuned!
- Fall, Clerks III, and Prey for the Devil will come later this year to the service. Alice, Darling was released in theaters on December 30th, 2022, so that may not be until next year. Regardless, it will be a little while longer until all those films come to US Peacock. So we'll talk about those more later.
That's all for this month. I'll do another update post at the end of March after we get the Peacock April 2024 list so we can asses potential next steps for films. Including Kung Fu Panda 4 and American Society. See you then!
- Let's get to the exceptions I mentioned first. Most of the pre-existing contracts on live action Universal films prior to the 2020/2021 launch of the service has expired. FuboTV had dibs for many films prior to 2020. The last notable example being Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The only thing of note is that US Starz has begun getting the 2022 theatrical line-up of Live Action films (US Netflix and US Prime Video are starting to share the animated 2022 line-up in it's Pay 2 Window), but it is getting much easier to watch Universal films on major streaming services these days. Especially not too long after theaters during the streaming launch.
We really only have three films in question that are not easily accessible to the general public on any of the major services, including Starz. And all three are 2019 animated films: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Secret Life of Pets 2, and Abominable. Abominable is currently under pre-existing contract with DirectTV and FXNow (the hold up is most likely DirectTV). But the weird thing is How To Train Your Dragon 3 has recently left FuboTV at the beginning of this year... and it's nowhere to be found. Same with Secret Life of Pets 2. They're both not on any major services. Not FuboTV. Not DirectTV or anyone similar that can be tracked. They're completely MIA. This is particularly odd for HTTYD3 when next year a live action movie is coming out, and a theme park area is going to live next year as well. You would think Universal would want the entire trilogy available on some major service, bringing in that licensing money Universal really wants. Hopefully when the April 2024 schedule comes in, we can see one of these two films show up.
- With Trolls Band Together arriving on US Peacock on March 15th, I am not anticipating Migration coming to the service any time soon. After all, why would they have two animated films of there's compete with each other when they can spread them out? I am currently predicting a May 2024 drop for the film. Could they technically do April so it's a four month wait time like Trolls 3 did from theaters to streaming? Yes. And I'd love to be wrong about this. But I'm getting a funny feeling they'll withhold so they'll have a two month stretch similar to Mario and Ruby Gilman last year. Not to mention they can then do another two months to Kung Fu Panda 4. But we'll talk about that film more next month.
- I actually think Night Swim will be our April 2024 film drop. Lower performing film, but an easy film to use as your big pitch for streaming while you milk Migration's theatrical and home digital sales a little longer.
- I'm also anticpating that Lisa Frankenstien will be our other April 2024 drop and that those two will be good enough for Universal for that month.
- Drive-Away Dolls could also a April 2024 drop, but due to it being a late February theatrical film, it could be saved for May 2024 alongside Migration.
- We will discuss American Society next month.
- A reminder that Argylle will be going to AppleTV+ despite the theatrical distribution being Universal Pictures.
- As I stated in another thread, US Peacock will begin getting Lionsgate theatrical films from 2022 this year. The first will be The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. We are currently waiting for it's Pay 1 window with US Starz to conclude. We'll get a warning on the monthly US Starz list when that happens via it's "Leaving This Month" section. I have reason to believe the upcoming April 2024 list will confirm it's leaving then, as we approach the two year anniversary of the film and the 18 month Pay 1 window winds down. If that happens, then we will need to wait for the May 2024 Peacock list to confirm the arrival date. But we'll discuss that once we have confirmation from US Starz that the film is leaving the service. Stay tuned!
- Fall, Clerks III, and Prey for the Devil will come later this year to the service. Alice, Darling was released in theaters on December 30th, 2022, so that may not be until next year. Regardless, it will be a little while longer until all those films come to US Peacock. So we'll talk about those more later.
That's all for this month. I'll do another update post at the end of March after we get the Peacock April 2024 list so we can asses potential next steps for films. Including Kung Fu Panda 4 and American Society. See you then!
Alright, time for the US Peacock April 2024 mini-update on what's to come.
- How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World went back to FuboTV. What the heck is the pre-existing contract terms FuboTV has with animated films in the Late 2010s? Because damn, they have some good terms. I'll keep tracking the film. Hopefully we can see this go to the big streaming services before the Live Action film makes it's way to theaters.
- Abominable... shockingly is not being held up by DirectTV? It seems it's now just on FXNow? Could it actually make it to US Peacock as soon as the FXNow contract is done? Or will FuboTV once again find it's way to snag another film in pre-existing contract prison. Stay tuned!
- Secret Life of Pets 2 is still just chilling without being hosted anywhere. Hopefully we see this on the May list... unless FuboTV strikes again!
And now onto Universal Pictures theatrical 2024 film updates:
- A reminder again: No Argylle coming to US Peacock despite Universal distributing the movie in theaters. It's going to AppleTV+. You will need to sub to that service for the movie.
- Eating crow on Migration. Thought for sure they'd save it for May 2024. That said, expect a few months before Kung Fu Panda 4 goes to US Peacock. I'd say July 2024 based on Trolls 3 and Migration waiting four months.
- We will talk about Monkey Man and Abigail in the May 2024 mini-update. Too soon to talk about them.
Focus Features theatrical 2024 film updates:
- With Lisa Frakenstein just coming out on Friday, I'm expecting Drive Away Dolls to arrive by the third week of April. We'll get a one week notice just like we do with all Focus Features films. The only way we would get a longer notice would be if a Focus Features film had a bigger box office breakout. I don't see that happening though, at least any time soon.
- American Society will probably be a May 2024 drop. It'll have a month for home digital sales and then head over quickly.
- We'll talk about Housekeeping for Begginners in the May 2024 mini-update.
Lionsgate 2022 Pay 2 Film Slate update:
- There was part of me that honestly though we would get The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in Late April. I'm assuming it is going to be on the May list, but since this is the first time we'll be getting a theatrical Pay 2 Window Lionsgate film, I'm not certain. This film will set the rules for how films from Lionsgate go from Starz to Peacock. Stay tuned!
- We have a few months before more Lionsgate 2022 films head to US Peacock.
That's all for this months update. See you in late April for the May 2024 Mini-update!
- How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World went back to FuboTV. What the heck is the pre-existing contract terms FuboTV has with animated films in the Late 2010s? Because damn, they have some good terms. I'll keep tracking the film. Hopefully we can see this go to the big streaming services before the Live Action film makes it's way to theaters.
- Abominable... shockingly is not being held up by DirectTV? It seems it's now just on FXNow? Could it actually make it to US Peacock as soon as the FXNow contract is done? Or will FuboTV once again find it's way to snag another film in pre-existing contract prison. Stay tuned!
- Secret Life of Pets 2 is still just chilling without being hosted anywhere. Hopefully we see this on the May list... unless FuboTV strikes again!
And now onto Universal Pictures theatrical 2024 film updates:
- A reminder again: No Argylle coming to US Peacock despite Universal distributing the movie in theaters. It's going to AppleTV+. You will need to sub to that service for the movie.
- Eating crow on Migration. Thought for sure they'd save it for May 2024. That said, expect a few months before Kung Fu Panda 4 goes to US Peacock. I'd say July 2024 based on Trolls 3 and Migration waiting four months.
- We will talk about Monkey Man and Abigail in the May 2024 mini-update. Too soon to talk about them.
Focus Features theatrical 2024 film updates:
- With Lisa Frakenstein just coming out on Friday, I'm expecting Drive Away Dolls to arrive by the third week of April. We'll get a one week notice just like we do with all Focus Features films. The only way we would get a longer notice would be if a Focus Features film had a bigger box office breakout. I don't see that happening though, at least any time soon.
- American Society will probably be a May 2024 drop. It'll have a month for home digital sales and then head over quickly.
- We'll talk about Housekeeping for Begginners in the May 2024 mini-update.
Lionsgate 2022 Pay 2 Film Slate update:
- There was part of me that honestly though we would get The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in Late April. I'm assuming it is going to be on the May list, but since this is the first time we'll be getting a theatrical Pay 2 Window Lionsgate film, I'm not certain. This film will set the rules for how films from Lionsgate go from Starz to Peacock. Stay tuned!
- We have a few months before more Lionsgate 2022 films head to US Peacock.
That's all for this months update. See you in late April for the May 2024 Mini-update!
thanks for posting this stuff, gives me a good idea of what is up there...
i just got turned onto Resident Alien; its a pretty good show. It was way funnier at the beginning but they start going a bit too hard on the character storylines, but at least the overall mystery is interesting and not too dumb sci-fi concepts
i just got turned onto Resident Alien; its a pretty good show. It was way funnier at the beginning but they start going a bit too hard on the character storylines, but at least the overall mystery is interesting and not too dumb sci-fi concepts
Alright, time for the US Peacock May 2024 mini-update on what's to come.
- How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is still being held hostage by US FuboTV. I don't know what contract it has on major animated films, but... damn. They're good. Stay tuned!
- Abominable is still on FXNow for the time being. We're just waiting out the clock for the pre-existing contract with the network to expire. Hopefully when it does, it heads to US Peacock. And hopefully NOT US FuboTV.
- Secret Life of Pets 2 ... WENT BACK TO US FUBOTV. AAAAAAAA. What the heck is this contract for major animated films? I'm scared for Abominable.
And now onto Universal Pictures theatrical 2024 film updates:
- Mark my words, Kung Fu Panda 4 won't be coming until July. We've been on a four month window for animation. Unless Universal wants to change the game again. And to be fair, Kung Fu Panda 4 is having an extremely well box office run. But for now, expect it no earlier than July. With a release date announcement in June.
- Monkey Man is already on home digital. We're in an interesting spot with this movie because it's a mainline Universal Studios film, but because it was acquired/bought rather than ordered in-house, it might be on different rules? I'm going to say August for now just to be safe. But watch this be a curveball and they rush it to June for streaming. If they treat it like a Focus Features film, then we won't know until one week before the release.
- Abigail will 100% be an August release. That I'm sure on.
- We will talk about The Fall Guy in Next Month's update.
Focus Features theatrical 2024 film updates:
- Housekeeping For Beginners will 100% be a June 2024 addition. American Society's announcement today proved that. Probably first half of the month.
- We will talk about "Back To Black" next month.
Lionsgate 2022 Pay 2 Film Slate update:
- Ok, what the heck is happening with "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent"? It was not on the May US Peacock list. It has left US Starz. According to the trades, the Pay 2 Window was supposed to be US Peacock. So... where is it? It is very strange considering Sony immediately delivers their 2022 films to Disney after Netflix's 18 months exclusivity window expires for each individual film. I guess we're waiting until next month to see if it's on the June List. Are they maybe withholding it so that they make up for no major Universal Pictures film in June? Is that it?
- Until we know what happens with Unbearable Weight, we can not determine windows for any other 2022 Lionsgate Pay 2 Window film. Stay tuned for now!
That's it for the US Peacock May 2024 mini-update. See you in late May for the June 2024 update! (Note: It won't happen until after US Peacock posts their finalized list for the month)
- How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is still being held hostage by US FuboTV. I don't know what contract it has on major animated films, but... damn. They're good. Stay tuned!
- Abominable is still on FXNow for the time being. We're just waiting out the clock for the pre-existing contract with the network to expire. Hopefully when it does, it heads to US Peacock. And hopefully NOT US FuboTV.
- Secret Life of Pets 2 ... WENT BACK TO US FUBOTV. AAAAAAAA. What the heck is this contract for major animated films? I'm scared for Abominable.
And now onto Universal Pictures theatrical 2024 film updates:
- Mark my words, Kung Fu Panda 4 won't be coming until July. We've been on a four month window for animation. Unless Universal wants to change the game again. And to be fair, Kung Fu Panda 4 is having an extremely well box office run. But for now, expect it no earlier than July. With a release date announcement in June.
- Monkey Man is already on home digital. We're in an interesting spot with this movie because it's a mainline Universal Studios film, but because it was acquired/bought rather than ordered in-house, it might be on different rules? I'm going to say August for now just to be safe. But watch this be a curveball and they rush it to June for streaming. If they treat it like a Focus Features film, then we won't know until one week before the release.
- Abigail will 100% be an August release. That I'm sure on.
- We will talk about The Fall Guy in Next Month's update.
Focus Features theatrical 2024 film updates:
- Housekeeping For Beginners will 100% be a June 2024 addition. American Society's announcement today proved that. Probably first half of the month.
- We will talk about "Back To Black" next month.
Lionsgate 2022 Pay 2 Film Slate update:
- Ok, what the heck is happening with "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent"? It was not on the May US Peacock list. It has left US Starz. According to the trades, the Pay 2 Window was supposed to be US Peacock. So... where is it? It is very strange considering Sony immediately delivers their 2022 films to Disney after Netflix's 18 months exclusivity window expires for each individual film. I guess we're waiting until next month to see if it's on the June List. Are they maybe withholding it so that they make up for no major Universal Pictures film in June? Is that it?
- Until we know what happens with Unbearable Weight, we can not determine windows for any other 2022 Lionsgate Pay 2 Window film. Stay tuned for now!
That's it for the US Peacock May 2024 mini-update. See you in late May for the June 2024 update! (Note: It won't happen until after US Peacock posts their finalized list for the month)
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Peacock Hiking Prices for Second Time in Two Years
NBCUniversal is raising the price of Peacock this summer, coming one year after the streamer's last fee hike.
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The 4 individuals who are paying for Peacock every month are gonna have some tough decisions to make.
You forgot to put a 3 in front of the 4, and a million at the end. But sure. It's funnier when we all act like whatever the collective here thinks is the correct opinion to make inaccurate snark.
They think they're Netflix, but they're not.
No one on Earth will pay $14/month for Peacock after they lose the WWE rights.
No one on Earth will pay $14/month for Peacock after they lose the WWE rights.
It's snark sure, and certainly hyperbole as well.
But it's Peacock. It's nowhere near the top dog in terms of streaming services. And now they are asking $8 a month with ads? I like a few of their original shows (Ted, McGruber, Poker Face, Twisted Metal), but outside of wresting fans and those with deep pockets, who the hell is spending money every month on this service?
The 'collective here', on Resetera, actually knows what the hell Peacock is. I don't think that's the case for the average American. It's just not a good streaming service. And I have no idea how they have 34 million viewers. I don't know how 34 million people even know what Peacock is.
We're doing the Peacock June 2024 Mini-Update since the schedule is out now, and I possibly can't do this over the weekend/next week.
- How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is still being held hostage by US FuboTV. Who knows when this will end.
- Abominable is currently on no service. That said, it didn't go to US Peacock or US Netflix, so someone still has a pre-existing contract on it. Is it Fubo? Please tell me it's not Fubo.
- Secret Life of Pets 2 is still on Fubo. Curse you FuboTV!
And now onto Universal Pictures theatrical 2024 film updates:
- We should be getting the US Peacock Streaming date for Kung Fu Panda 4 in the next few weeks. It should be arriving on the service in July. I see no reason why Peacock is going to break the trend they started.
- Monkey Man I'm still not 100% sure what is going to happen just because of the way Universal Pictures acquired the movie. For those unaware, the movie was supposed to come to US Netflix. But Jordan Peele convinced Universal to bring it to theaters. The bet paid off because they ended up tripling what they bought it for. But because of this, I don't know if it'll go down the usual four month wait period to US Peacock. I'm still going to say it's coming in August to be safe, but it's not 100% out of the question we see it in June. Just as a reminder though, regardless of the release window, we won't know the release date until we're one week away from it. Unless Peacock puts out a press release promoting the release date in advance (as I suspect will happen with Kung Fu Panda 4 in a few weeks)
- I still think Abigail is still an August release. Granted, it did lose money at the box office, but since it's not a Focus Feature film, I don't think this is going to speed up the clock. But hey, I've been wrong about a number of film's streaming debut in the past few weeks. So who knows?
- The Fall Guy unfortunately took a beating in it's opening weekend in theaters. The movie jumped into the Marvel Studios May slot when Deadpool & Wolverine got delayed, but unfortunately it was unable to open anywhere near what that slot usually does. In fact it came under OW weekend estimates. It has thankfully passed production budget, but TBD on if it can pull a Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire or Elemental and at least break even/profit slightly. Still, considering it was supposed to be one of the big films for Universal this summer, I'm expecting it to not show up on streaming until at least September. If we somehow get lucky, maybe late August. But I'm banking on September.
- Universal Pictures main division is opting out of the June Box Office, so we won't be giving any updates on new theatrical films from them next month. Despicable Me 4 and Twisters is right around the corner though. Stay tuned.
Focus Features theatrical 2024 film updates:
- Housekeeping for Beginners should get a release date announcement in the next few weeks. Remember that Universal only gives one week notice on their films coming to the service. Still standing by this will be a June release.
- Back to Black didn't really light US theaters on fire. International mainly saved it. Doesn't really matter though, Focus Features always comes about two months or so after the theatrical release. Unless somehow the release gets huge at the box office, there's no reason to withhold or do an advance press release. Expect this to head to the service in July.
- While Universal Pictures main is sitting out June, Focus Features will be dropping their acquired from Searchlight Pictures film "The Bikeriders" on June 21st. We'll check back in on this film during the next update, as it's unique situation may lead to something different in terms of streaming tracking. Stay tuned!
Lionsgate 2022 Pay 2 Film Slate update:
- Announced today, "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" will be making it's US Peacock debut on June 19th. It will be two years and three months (approximately) after it's theatrical debut. A reminder that the reason it took so long was because US Starz gets first dibs for 18 months. Though it appears that there will be a one month period where a film leaves US Starz and doesn't show up on US Peacock. Unless US Peacock had a reason why they decided to withhold it for a month. We'll see if this holds up as other Pay 2 films start making their way to the service.
- A reminder that not all Lionsgate 2022 films will head to US Peacock though. This is because some didn't even release on US Starz, meaning that those Lionsgate films are not on the same distribution path for whatever reason. Yes, 2022 was a weird year for the box office, but Lionsgate especially being weird that year with film releases. I believe the next film that US Peacock will be getting is Fall (if you forget, that's the movie with the main characters stuck on a giant broadcast tower. A sequel is currently in development). Using the two year, three month rule, this movie is estimated to show up on US Peacock in November 2024. So yes, there's going to be a little bit of a wait until the next film. Following that though is Clerks III and Prey for the Devil. 2023 Pay 2 window will have a bigger line-up. Both in amount of films and films more people here care about. But be patient for now.
That's it for the US Peacock June 2024 update. We'll be back sometime after the July schedule gets dropped for the July 2024 mini-update.
- How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is still being held hostage by US FuboTV. Who knows when this will end.
- Abominable is currently on no service. That said, it didn't go to US Peacock or US Netflix, so someone still has a pre-existing contract on it. Is it Fubo? Please tell me it's not Fubo.
- Secret Life of Pets 2 is still on Fubo. Curse you FuboTV!
And now onto Universal Pictures theatrical 2024 film updates:
- We should be getting the US Peacock Streaming date for Kung Fu Panda 4 in the next few weeks. It should be arriving on the service in July. I see no reason why Peacock is going to break the trend they started.
- Monkey Man I'm still not 100% sure what is going to happen just because of the way Universal Pictures acquired the movie. For those unaware, the movie was supposed to come to US Netflix. But Jordan Peele convinced Universal to bring it to theaters. The bet paid off because they ended up tripling what they bought it for. But because of this, I don't know if it'll go down the usual four month wait period to US Peacock. I'm still going to say it's coming in August to be safe, but it's not 100% out of the question we see it in June. Just as a reminder though, regardless of the release window, we won't know the release date until we're one week away from it. Unless Peacock puts out a press release promoting the release date in advance (as I suspect will happen with Kung Fu Panda 4 in a few weeks)
- I still think Abigail is still an August release. Granted, it did lose money at the box office, but since it's not a Focus Feature film, I don't think this is going to speed up the clock. But hey, I've been wrong about a number of film's streaming debut in the past few weeks. So who knows?
- The Fall Guy unfortunately took a beating in it's opening weekend in theaters. The movie jumped into the Marvel Studios May slot when Deadpool & Wolverine got delayed, but unfortunately it was unable to open anywhere near what that slot usually does. In fact it came under OW weekend estimates. It has thankfully passed production budget, but TBD on if it can pull a Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire or Elemental and at least break even/profit slightly. Still, considering it was supposed to be one of the big films for Universal this summer, I'm expecting it to not show up on streaming until at least September. If we somehow get lucky, maybe late August. But I'm banking on September.
- Universal Pictures main division is opting out of the June Box Office, so we won't be giving any updates on new theatrical films from them next month. Despicable Me 4 and Twisters is right around the corner though. Stay tuned.
Focus Features theatrical 2024 film updates:
- Housekeeping for Beginners should get a release date announcement in the next few weeks. Remember that Universal only gives one week notice on their films coming to the service. Still standing by this will be a June release.
- Back to Black didn't really light US theaters on fire. International mainly saved it. Doesn't really matter though, Focus Features always comes about two months or so after the theatrical release. Unless somehow the release gets huge at the box office, there's no reason to withhold or do an advance press release. Expect this to head to the service in July.
- While Universal Pictures main is sitting out June, Focus Features will be dropping their acquired from Searchlight Pictures film "The Bikeriders" on June 21st. We'll check back in on this film during the next update, as it's unique situation may lead to something different in terms of streaming tracking. Stay tuned!
Lionsgate 2022 Pay 2 Film Slate update:
- Announced today, "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" will be making it's US Peacock debut on June 19th. It will be two years and three months (approximately) after it's theatrical debut. A reminder that the reason it took so long was because US Starz gets first dibs for 18 months. Though it appears that there will be a one month period where a film leaves US Starz and doesn't show up on US Peacock. Unless US Peacock had a reason why they decided to withhold it for a month. We'll see if this holds up as other Pay 2 films start making their way to the service.
- A reminder that not all Lionsgate 2022 films will head to US Peacock though. This is because some didn't even release on US Starz, meaning that those Lionsgate films are not on the same distribution path for whatever reason. Yes, 2022 was a weird year for the box office, but Lionsgate especially being weird that year with film releases. I believe the next film that US Peacock will be getting is Fall (if you forget, that's the movie with the main characters stuck on a giant broadcast tower. A sequel is currently in development). Using the two year, three month rule, this movie is estimated to show up on US Peacock in November 2024. So yes, there's going to be a little bit of a wait until the next film. Following that though is Clerks III and Prey for the Devil. 2023 Pay 2 window will have a bigger line-up. Both in amount of films and films more people here care about. But be patient for now.
That's it for the US Peacock June 2024 update. We'll be back sometime after the July schedule gets dropped for the July 2024 mini-update.
