Streaming diminishes the US big screen cinema box office appeal

A string of flops have left the US box office down 6 per cent in the year to date. Several independent new films release are  threatened with extinction  as superheroes and sequels dominate the box office as streaming diminishes the box office appeal.

Despite the release of Avengers, Endgame, the highest grossing  film in history, which allowed Disney to claim record takings  for a single studio in a calendar year as early as July,.

Streaming has made it harder  than ever to make profit  at the cinema, and has made the companies that would normally buy independent movies from industry titans such as Amazon and Comcast -owned Universal to relative minnows such as Neon, wary of taking chances on films.

Amazon film studio stormed the Sundance film festival this year, after spending  more than $40m on an handful of well-received flicks.

Out of 50, 000 films made each year , only 900 make it to theatres and may be 200 actually make money .  After Sundance no one wants to take on the risk.

Thousands of movies and TV episodes are streamed online from several websites for free. All you’ll need to watch these online movies are a computer or TC with an internet connection. Many of these website=s have free movie apps so you can access the free movies on you mobile device.