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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts) Sat Dec 2, 2017, 10:21 PM Dec 2017

Were you looking forward to seeing "The Shape of Water" this weekend?

Only if you live in New York! Weird release.

Today, December 1, The Shape of Water arrives ONLY in New York, expanding from there in the following weeks. The film heads to more theaters on Friday, December 8 and then again to even more on Friday, December 15, before getting its traditional nationwide release on Friday, December 22.

The worldwide roll-out begins in Mexico on January 12.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3472576/can-see-shape-water-heres-handy-guide/

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Were you looking forward to seeing "The Shape of Water" this weekend? (Original Post) yallerdawg Dec 2017 OP

That's a normal release for most films that are not designed as wide-release blockbusters Blue_Adept Dec 2017 #1

Blue_Adept

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1. That's a normal release for most films that are not designed as wide-release blockbusters

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Mon Dec 4, 2017, 11:23 AM

Dec 2017

A great many films, especially those that want to build critical buzz, kick off with LA and NY screenings and expand to other larger cities before going wide. It's been practice for ~decades~.

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