Current example: Rick and Morty. With that, I noticed how that doesn´t make sense to me. I get why a show might have to be translated and dubbed first in the case of countries with other languages, but why does the UK have a later release date for US-produced shows and movies than the US? It doesn´t even build up hype or anything, if anything it just encourages piracy. Once Rick and Morty is available in my country, I will probably have seen it already. So why do producers not try to go for a global release?
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A big part is usually localization.
Dubbing/subbing and recutting the movie for the local market. Obviously with Hollywood moves in UK there only needs to be a minimal amount of that.
Scheduling is another big reason. You have to release your movies so they are in theaters at the right time. There are only so many screens to be had and big studios may require that a movie is shown on a large number of screens so you need to pick a time where your movie won’t compete with a big blockbuster for screens or when it won’t have to compete with a more popular movie for audiences.
Historically you also had the issue that there were only so many prints of a movie to go around and that instead of printing more you can reuse them elsewhere. With digital distribution this is obviously no longer an issue.
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