He relaunched MoviePass yesterday after months of beta testing.
Each plan also carries a specified number of credits, a new feature.
So On Friday or Saturday night you [use more credits] than a Tuesday matinee, says Spikes.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in ‘You Hurt My Feelings’A24
The old program didnt differentiate, treating all tickets the same.
Plans are for 2D standard screenings.
They cost more in NY and LA.
Tickets can only be reserved day of show.
The service wont move the needle onSpider-man or big tentpoles, Sikes said.
But people are more likely to take a risk on arthouse titles.
MoviePass said it accumulated an 800,000-person waiting list during beta testing.
How many will activate in a post-Covid theatrical landscape with a deal thats not too good to be true.
Premiered at Sundance, 96% Certified Fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
Quiver Distribution presentsThe Wrath of Beckyby Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote on 200 screens.
With Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott.
Premiered at SXSW Midnighters section.
Kino Lorber opens documentaryClose to Vermeerby Suzanne Raes on four screens, expanding in coming weeks.
Premiered at Cannes Directors Fortnight last year, screened at TIFF and the New York Film Festival.
Opens at the IFC in New York, adds Brooklyn and LA next weekend.
