Today, at Disney’s annual shareholders’ meeting, CEO Bob Chapek continued to emphasize that the release date for the long-awaited Marvel feature Black Widow is May 7, and the title directed by Cate Shortland will be seen in theaters. Chapek made the same confirmation on February 11 during the conference call on fiscal earnings for the first quarter.
There has been intense speculation in rival display and distribution circles that the Marvel film will move once again, as international markets – which Scarlett Johansson’s photo needs a lot to launch – remain closed in Covid, or that Disney has some kind of simultaneous theater / Disney + release in the back pocket like the failure of last weekend Raya and the Last Dragon, which opened to $ 8.6 million.
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Speaking of which, Chapek didn’t mention anything about RayaThe financial success of Disney + PVOD, in which subscribers had to shell out an additional $ 30 to watch the animation title. The other whisper that goes around is that Disney would Black Widow available during a truncated theatrical window, followed by a crash at Disney +. This past week, Raya had to share the Disney + menu with the end of the Marvel series to WandaVision that was available to subscribers for free.
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Recently, Universal pushed its big summer support pillar, F9, from Memorial Day weekend from May 28 to June 25, while the studio awaits more foreign theater markets to reopen. That said, finally, as Covid’s cases subside, New York City has already reopened theaters, with Los Angeles coming back online next week due to today’s news about LA County moving to the red level.
Chapek said today: “I hope everyone has had the opportunity to see our latest family entertainment achievement, Disney Animation Studios Raya and the Last Dragon that we launched last week in theaters and at Disney + premiere, access to great acclaim and social buzz. As we said, we believe it is important to put the consumer in charge and let him decide how he wants to enjoy our films, especially as we navigate the pandemic. We are very excited about the full range of films we have in stock. The next one is Black Widow currently sent for release in theaters on May 7. “