jedgeco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:45 amI think that it's safe to assume that Lionsgate was willing to give more cash upfront, possibly tied to a higher royalty rate.
The unknowable questions is whether the upfront cash that StudioCanal received makes up for what appears to minimal royalties from the total failure to exploit the StudioCanal library.
We're less than 24 months away from the 10th anniversary of the StudioCanal title purge; it's not unreasonable to think that the Lionsgate deal was 10 years, and if so about now would be the time for SC to think about what's next. Certainly looking at the landscape since then, only Criterion and a handful of other boutique labels would be able to monetize the SC catalog.
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Others can say whether it’s “reasonable” or not, but either way, it’s a wild-ass guess with no basis in known fact as far as I’m aware.jedgeco wrote:We're less than 24 months away from the 10th anniversary of the StudioCanal title purge; it's not unreasonable to think that the Lionsgate deal was 10 years, and if so about now would be the time for SC to think about what's next.
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Wasn't the story at the time that SC wanted their titles to be released in a specific StudioCanal branded line? That's what Lionsgate ended up doing for the uh, 7(?) titles they put out from 2010-2013.
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The deal has been renewed twice since the initial deal. In 2015 and again in Nov of 2017. The only question is does this include SC’s classic line. My guess is yes. Hopefully SC has taken back some of the titles as to license to CC. Hence the SC rep at Criterion’s office.Brian C wrote:Others can say whether it’s “reasonable” or not, but either way, it’s a wild-ass guess with no basis in known fact as far as I’m aware.jedgeco wrote:We're less than 24 months away from the 10th anniversary of the StudioCanal title purge; it's not unreasonable to think that the Lionsgate deal was 10 years, and if so about now would be the time for SC to think about what's next.
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As speculated awhile back, it looks like America Lost and Found: The BBS Story is officially going out of print. You can still purchase a Blu-ray set through Crierion's website, but the DVD set is listed as out of print.
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Maybe that means they'll finally release a standalone of The Last Picture Show..?
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One of Criterion's best boxsets (not counting A Safe Place). The Last Picture Show may finally get its own release out of this, though... it's long overdue.
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Did they make a statement anywhere saying it was going OOP? As this rather just looks like a DVD set being out of stock.RSTooley wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:36 amAs speculated awhile back, it looks like America Lost and Found: The BBS Story is officially going out of print. You can still purchase a Blu-ray set through Crierion's website, but the DVD set is listed as out of print.
The problem a few years ago was over Head being licensed by Rhino to Sony for a short period of time, and that Rhino was coming out with their big Monkees Blu-ray set (sold exclusively at a single website for $200 - thus I'm pretty sure they've sold like 12 copies, not the "10,000 limited editions"). But that set has been out for several years now and nothing seems to have changed. But the big sticking point: Rhino is owned by WB; and these OOP worries were back before the WB deal came into existence.
I think people should buy the set by all means, but was anything said by Criterion anywhere? For this really just looks like a change of stock and not something to panic over, but maybe I missed something.
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The DVD set may be OOP simply because the numbers aren't there for another print run. I think the Blu-ray set would also be showing up OOP on Criterion's site if it was truly OOP.
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Very fair to call out my wording there. Perhaps I shouldn't declare it official. However, outside of the major StudioCanal announcement, Criterion hasn't always officially announced films going out of print. For example, The Confession was not officially announced prior to someone reaching out to Jon Mulvaney.Minkin wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:18 pmDid they make a statement anywhere saying it was going OOP? As this rather just looks like a DVD set being out of stock.RSTooley wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:36 amAs speculated awhile back, it looks like America Lost and Found: The BBS Story is officially going out of print. You can still purchase a Blu-ray set through Crierion's website, but the DVD set is listed as out of print.
The problem a few years ago was over Head being licensed by Rhino to Sony for a short period of time, and that Rhino was coming out with their big Monkees Blu-ray set (sold exclusively at a single website for $200 - thus I'm pretty sure they've sold like 12 copies, not the "10,000 limited editions"). But that set has been out for several years now and nothing seems to have changed. But the big sticking point: Rhino is owned by WB; and these OOP worries were back before the WB deal came into existence.
I think people should buy the set by all means, but was anything said by Criterion anywhere? For this really just looks like a change of stock and not something to panic over, but maybe I missed something.
I would find it very odd if they allowed the DVD set to go out of print, but not the Blu-ray. We shall see.
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Who allowed?RSTooley wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 4:15 pmVery fair to call out my wording there. Perhaps I shouldn't declare it official. However, outside of the major StudioCanal announcement, Criterion hasn't always officially announced films going out of print. For example, The Confession was not officially announced prior to someone reaching out to Jon Mulvaney.Minkin wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:18 pmDid they make a statement anywhere saying it was going OOP? As this rather just looks like a DVD set being out of stock.RSTooley wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:36 amAs speculated awhile back, it looks like America Lost and Found: The BBS Story is officially going out of print. You can still purchase a Blu-ray set through Crierion's website, but the DVD set is listed as out of print.
The problem a few years ago was over Head being licensed by Rhino to Sony for a short period of time, and that Rhino was coming out with their big Monkees Blu-ray set (sold exclusively at a single website for $200 - thus I'm pretty sure they've sold like 12 copies, not the "10,000 limited editions"). But that set has been out for several years now and nothing seems to have changed. But the big sticking point: Rhino is owned by WB; and these OOP worries were back before the WB deal came into existence.
I think people should buy the set by all means, but was anything said by Criterion anywhere? For this really just looks like a change of stock and not something to panic over, but maybe I missed something.
I would find it very odd if they allowed the DVD set to go out of print, but not the Blu-ray. We shall see.
Personally I'm buying into the theory that this isn't a rights issue but rather a sales issue. The DVD version just wasn't selling well enough. If they lost the rights then the blu set would have gone OOP too right away as opposed to later on.
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Or maybe they’re both OOP, but the BD version is just still in stock for now.
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A poster over at the Blu-ray.com forums emailed Criterion and asked about the BBS set and they got the following response
Thanks for writing. To the best of my knowledge, the Blu-ray version of THE BBS STORY box isn't going anywhere any time soon.
All best,
Jon Mulvaney
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Would that it were so simple. Lionsgate-Studiocanal partnership is a huge multi-layer deal that includes theatrical distribution in North America, Germany, Australia, etc., and it has been extended and expanded multiple times over the years. It is not just Lionsgate distributing Studiocanal's catalogue titles in the States.jedgeco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:45 amWe're less than 24 months away from the 10th anniversary of the StudioCanal title purge; it's not unreasonable to think that the Lionsgate deal was 10 years, and if so about now would be the time for SC to think about what's next. Certainly looking at the landscape since then, only Criterion and a handful of other boutique labels would be able to monetize the SC catalog.
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Do Criterion really let their products go OOP when sales are low ? I thought they were still always keeping everything in print, providing they have the rights for it.
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I know that Blu-ray upgrades coincide with DVD stocks running low, but I don't know about releases already out on Blu
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I can't think of any examples of that. I know they've said that they endeavor to keep everything in print so long as they still have the rights.
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Technically a BD-only release is still in print, though, no?
And this has happened before too: Zatoichi is still only available as a Blu.
And this has happened before too: Zatoichi is still only available as a Blu.
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That's a little different as there was never a standalone DVD release
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I remember that too, but can understand if the reality of things might differ from any good will. However, I also can't think of a single exemple of a release getting OOP because of poor sales, hence my question to the collective mind of the forum.
I'd wonder if this isn't a specific case since the "DVD" version only originally was available through the huge $200 DF release.
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I admit the case is slightly different on the grand scale of things, but ultimately both cases involve DVDs being printed that are no longer, while a BD exists still.
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But again, you might argue that in one case, the specific DVD release got OOP while in the other case, well, there was no specific DVD release in the first place to let go of. Or, say in a different way, in one case Criterion chose not to continue printing the DVD release, while in the other one, they chose not to start printing one.
I understand your point, but the practical point of view and the editorial one might be different in such a case (hence our precisions).
I understand your point, but the practical point of view and the editorial one might be different in such a case (hence our precisions).
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I think this will become more common, particularly DVDs that are expensive to do a print run.tenia wrote:But again, you might argue that in one case, the specific DVD release got OOP while in the other case, well, there was no specific DVD release in the first place to let go of. Or, say in a different way, in one case Criterion chose not to continue printing the DVD release, while in the other one, they chose not to start printing one.
I understand your point, but the practical point of view and the editorial one might be different in such a case (hence our precisions).
If after ten years on the market the dvd set is selling one to every ten Blu-ray editions and the print run is exhausted it would be silly to reprint the dvd edition, the dvd only and institutional customers (libraries and schools) probably already have bought it if they’re going to buy it, and the dvd only customer base is only shrinking not growing.
The title technically stays in print via Blu-ray. I would expect this to happen with three colors next, Blu-ray stays in print dvd goes oop.
Didn’t vampyr go out of print for a few months because they didn’t want to reprint it on dvd with the costly book?
I would expect this to be more Rare for a regular dvd edition just because the cost of reprinting is so marginal, however they might want to do it even then simply because they would save on warehouse costs. Would everyone be really heartbroken if el Norte and dozens of other titles had its dvd go out of print but kept the Blu-ray in print? (Chose el Norte as an example, because it’s early Blu-ray and seems to sell extremely slow since it still doesn’t have a keep case.)
Stronger sellers will probably continue to have dvd reprinting but I think this is a trend that will only grow
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^Agree with the above, although I don't think they'd let their DVD version of Three Colors go out-of-print in the foreseeable future. Five Easy Pieces and Easy Rider are already standalones---there's no economic sense to reprinting the DVD version; if you wanted A Safe Place or Drive, He Said on DVD, you likely would have purchased it already. It was mentioned earlier, but I now do wonder if The Last Picture Show will finally be released on its own, sooner than later.
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Isn't this essentially what happened to the Teshigahara set and the von Sternberg silents? The former eventually saw Woman in the Dunes pulled and released on its own as a bluray, but I don't think there was any indication that they'd lost the rights to the other two Teshigahara films (unlike with the Cocteau boxset). So I assume printing that embossed box was just two expensive, and the other two films didn't have the prestige to sell on their own (and either sales were too low to warrant a full box upgrade or materials weren't up to snuff for the other films).
I expect this will mostly affect digipack boxsets of DVDs (see also the Antoine Doinel boxset) rather than individual titles.
I expect this will mostly affect digipack boxsets of DVDs (see also the Antoine Doinel boxset) rather than individual titles.