In the wake of global box office roaring back with Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, studios executives would be financially foolish to put this year’s rich slate of event movies theatrical day-and-date on their streaming services. But as older adults remain slow to return to cinemas during the pandemic, the question becomes whether more of these types of movies, often Oscar-bait ones, will be released day-and-date or on a truncated theatrical window.
