Regal and Cinemark Skip Fincher's Cliff Booth, Costing Film 43% of Major IMAX Screens
Netflix's David Fincher film will lean on AMC for its November 25 theatrical run, with about 200 domestic IMAX screens before streaming on December 23.
Regal and Cinemark have declined to screen The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, leaving the Netflix film without roughly 43% of the IMAX screens operated by the three largest US theater chains ahead of its November 25 release, according to collider.com.
The theatrical run will rely mainly on AMC, with about 200 domestic IMAX screens and around 550 screens worldwide.
Netflix plans a two-week exclusive IMAX engagement before the film debuts on streaming on December 23. David Fincher directs from a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino.
Regal and Cinemark are directing their premium screens to competing holiday releases, including The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.
Background
Tarantino has said he would make ten movies as a director. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth is his next screenplay, brought to the screen by another director.
Quick answers
When does The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth come out?
It opens in theaters on November 25, with a streaming debut on Netflix on December 23.
Who directed The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth?
David Fincher directs; Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay.
Why aren't Regal and Cinemark showing the film?
Both chains declined to screen it and are giving premium screens to competing holiday releases, including The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.