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Welcome to another edition of Inside Redbox’s Preview Review, where we recap the movies that will be coming out in theaters this weekend. The goal of this feature is to help you make your weekend movie-watching plans, as well as to note movies that you want to Redbox in a few months when they come out on DVD.
It’s an interesting mix of films coming out in wide release this week. Previews and the official trailers for The Woman in Black, Chronicle and big Miracle are after the break.
Redbox’s parent company, Coinstar, will announce its results from the fourth quarter of 2011 on February 6. At least one analyst believes that Coinstar will not only meet Wall Street’s expectations, but will surpass them.
I think we all knew this one was coming. Just a few weeks after Netflix caved to Warner’s demand for a 56-day new release delay window, Redbox’s agreement with the studio has come to an end. Since Redbox has announced that it will continue to acquire Warner movies through “alternative means”, the implication is that the kiosk renter and the Hollywood studio were unable to come to terms on a new agreement.
Despite its better-than-expected Q4 of 2011, Netflix is believed by many in the industry to be entering a protracted period of losses as it sinks funds into expanding its streaming service internationally. Not so, says one analyst, who believes that Netflix will return to profitability by the end of the year.
Per the recent report from research firm NPD Group, Redbox has grabbed 37 percent of the physical-disc rental market, an increase of 12 percent over its 2010 share. The uptick in market share is sufficient to make Redbox America’s largest DVD renter, an event that was surely unthinkable to many Hollywood head honchos just a few short years ago.
Here are the movies you will find in your local Redbox this week (1/31/2012):
Drive
Contagion
Shark Night
and more…
See the full list after the break. It’s another great week for Redbox rentals, with one of the best movies of 2011, Drive, hitting the ‘box. What will you be watching this week?
Paramount recently became the first major studio to offer digital-only versions of UltraViolet movies for sale. The pricing scheme has many consumers, and at least one analyst, frustrated and confused.
TGIF! Every week on “Freebie Friday” we offer our readers an opportunity to win free prizes. This week, you have a chance to win the Transformers trilogy on DVD or Blu-ray just by answering a fun question.
Welcome to another edition of Inside Redbox’s Preview Review, where we recap the movies that will be coming out in theaters this weekend. The goal of this feature is to help you make your weekend movie-watching plans, as well as to note movies that you want to Redbox in a few months when they come out on DVD.
You’ve got a survival thriller, an urban thriller and a comedy coming out in wide release this week. Previews and the official trailers for The Grey, Man on a Ledge and One for the Money are after the break.
