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580:, as most of these films are often made on a very low budget and featuring mostly unknown cast members and sometimes nonprofessional actors. However, increasingly, the budget for these films have been slowly climbing up, due to the success of these films on digital distribution platforms; the budget for these films can now range from less than 1 million yuan to upwards of 10 or 20 million yuan. Although these "Online Big Movies" rarely feature well-known actors, in recent years, many "Online Big Movies" have hired veteran actors from 110:, or a simple lack of general public interest. Studios, limited in the annual number of films to which they grant cinematic releases, may choose to pull the completed film from the theaters, or never exhibit it in theaters at all. Studios then generate revenue through video sales and rentals. Direct-to-video films are marketed mostly through colorful box covers, instead of advertising, and are not covered by publications like 967: 253:
in the 1970s, many pornographic films were released in theatres, some of which became some of the highest-grossing films in their release years, and in the pornography industry altogether. Toward the 1980s, porn began to shift to video release, because video allowed the producers to work on extremely
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Often, the downfall of live-action family films at the box office is their strength on video. Their appeal is to families with young children, who may go to only a couple of movies per year but who will watch many videos multiple times. The teens and young adults who drive blockbuster box office
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The OVA market developed in the mid-1980s. The lax restrictions and censorship in comparison to broadcast television appealed to filmmakers, allowing them to include more controversial content, as the films did not need to rely on sponsored advertisements for financial support. The result was
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Direct-to-video releases have historically carried a stigma of lower technical or artistic quality than theatrical releases. Some films released direct-to-video are films which have been completed but were never released in movie theaters. This delay often occurs when a studio doubts a film's
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is an example of this. However, despite the movie's critically acclaimed success, its box-office performance was very poor, which has been attributed to the last minute nature of its theatrical release. The film had much better commercial success in its subsequent home video releases.
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to join its cast. These movies are also to be differentiated from films that are made for theatrical release but were later acquired by digital streaming services, in that these "Online Big Movies" are produced by internet companies with the sole intent of digital release.
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from 1998, have sparked criticism due to the deliberate neglect of the original source material by creative content limits as these franchises will abruptly discontinue. Several other film series will be continuous if they become more successful, like
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The success of OVAs and V-Cinema has resulted in less stigma regarding direct-to-video releases in Japan than in western markets. While there are still OVA and V-Cinema releases, the market is considerably smaller than it was in the 1980s and 1990s.
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mandated by the cinema industry, major chains have typically declined to screen the films. Since 2018, Netflix has partially backpedaled from this strategy, giving its films a one-month theatrical run before their premiere on the Netflix service.
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Occasionally, a studio that makes a movie that was prepared as a direct-to-video film will release it theatrically at the last minute due to the success of another film with a similar subject matter or an ultimate studio decision.
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A production studio may decide not to generally release a TV show or film for several possible reasons: a low budget, a lack of support from a TV network, negative reviews, its controversial nature, that it may appeal to a small
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Some direct-to-DVD releases recently have tended to feature actors who were formerly bankable stars. In 2005, salaries for some of these direct-to-DVD actors in the multimillion-dollar range from $ 2 to $ 4 million
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low budgets and dispense with some film production elements, like scripts, and the increased privacy and convenience of the format change were preferred by the target market. During the late 1990s and onward,
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Animated sequels and feature-length episodes of animated series are also often released in this fashion. The first feature length animated film to be released direct-to-video in the United States was
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Direct-to-video releases can be done for films which cannot be shown theatrically due to controversial content, or because the cost involved in a theatrical release is beyond the releasing company.
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as "a far more diverse and vibrant film scene ". By 1995, the V-cinema industry was in decline, but the explosion in quantity and variety of such movies established and cemented genres like
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in April, where it was reviewed positively, but only received modest distribution offers. At the time, it was not very common for consumers to make digital movie purchases.
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In additional to the digital distribution of these films in China, many of the "Online Big Movies" have also been released on digital platforms outside of China, such as on
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was released simultaneously on digital and at selected cinemas, after major chains dropped the film due to terrorist threats by a hacking group believed to have ties to
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Other times, a direct-to-video movie may get a limited theatrical screening in order to build excitement for the actual release of the video such as was done for 2010's
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and the decline of the Japanese economy in the late 1980s, film studios struggled to recoup investments on big-budget films. Inspired by the success of OVAs,
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became more important than such genres later in the 1990s, as retailers stocked more copies of blockbuster films instead of more titles. According to the
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due to economic restrictions and guidance against public gatherings, which prompted direct-to-digital releases for several major films; the Chinese film
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became a trend in China; these films are called "Online Big Movies" ("OBM"; 网络大电影 in Chinese, or simply 网大). The word "Big" in the name was meant to be
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Unique circumstances have also resulted in direct-to-digital releases, sometimes alongside a limited theatrical release; the 2014 film
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platforms in the 2000s and 2010s, direct-to-digital releases began to emerge alongside, or in lieu of home video. In November 2007,
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Films that flop in theaters or which are never theatrically released can prove profitable through longer-term video and DVD sales.
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in 1992. The practice of creating and releasing regular fiction specifically for video did not really take off until 1994, with
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in the mid-20th century, direct-to-video films employ both former stars and young actors who may become stars later.
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of larger-budget films may be released direct-to-video, review references to direct-to-video releases are often
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animated films with greater sexual, violent, or political content. The market continued to expand during the
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began to acquire feature films for distribution on its service in the 2010s, including the 2013 documentary
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for 630 million yuan (almost 100 million in US dollars) and streamed on its platforms (including
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Kleiman, Rena (28 November 1983). "Premiere made-for-home-video feature firmed for production".
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OV ("original video") are movies made for direct-to-video release in the Japanese market. OVA ("
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has closed. In film industry slang, such films are referred to as having been "vaulted". Like
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and began to decline with the collapse of the bubble in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Goodale, Gloria (23 October 1998). "'Straight to Video' Picks up Steam".
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By 1994, an average of six new direct-to-video films appeared each week.
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while some have been sold directly to subscription services, including
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commercial prospects to justify a full cinema release or because its
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As part of a push by the service towards original content, the
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The first direct-to-video release to go into production was
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became one of the best-selling DTV films of all time ).
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came to dominate the TV and movie distribution markets.
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Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (9 February 2015).
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became the first film to "premiere" exclusively for
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Disney
The Return of Jafar
Universal
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
MGM
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Erotic thrillers

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