Eli5: how do movies that go straight to streaming generate money?

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So I just watched the new Prey movie. It was great really enjoyed it. It came to streaming directly (Hulu for US), no theaters , no ticket prices, heck you didn’t even have to pay any money to rent it or buy it.

My question is, how does it make any movie if I didn’t have to pay any money to watch it.

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One thing I didnt seem to see mentioned in any of the top comments is product placement.

Billion dollar companies will pay big money for movies to passively promote their product.

For example the main character could have wireless apple airpods and a reoccurring skit throughout the movie could be the character trying to get their grandma to understand that they are listening to music wireless… we dont realise how many movies contain this type of marketing.

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