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Anora's studio Neon says A24 isn't their biggest competitor, it's Netflix. Here are the 6 movies they competed for
Inside the secret war between Neon and Netflix, and the six battles they've fought over movies (so far).
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The battle for the biggest movie of the year may seem like a fight between one megalithic corporation and another, but the plucky underdogs are coming in strong - and winning some races. At the Oscars recently, the indie film house Neon won for its film Anora, beating out big studio endeavors like Disney's A Complete Unknown, Warner Bros.'s Dune: Part Two, and Amazon's Nickel Boys, and also the other big indie film house, A24, with their film The Brutalist.
According to Variety, there's been "chatter" that Neon and A24 are "locked in an art-house death match to be the hippest player in cinema," and while it is true that the two studios did vie for The Brutalist before A24 got it, Neon CEO Tom Quinn says its nothing like that; and that he sees a streamer as their biggest competitor.
“The industry thinks there’s a rivalry, and there’s not," Quinn tells Variety. "It’s good headlines. I thought they might be our biggest competitor. But as it turns out, our biggest competitor has been Netflix."
Quinn then reveals that he and Netflix were in a bidding war for I, Tonya, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Hit Man, May December, and Fair Play.
"There’s a slew of movies where I’m the second-highest bidder [to Netflix]," Quinn reveals.
While Neon can offer something to filmmakers that Netflix has been reticent to do - theatrical release - Quinn is upfront about how the box office isn't the main source in his company's revenue model, and streaming is key.
“[Box office] is not the only revenue stream,” he says. “‘Anora’ is No. 1 across every entertainment platform — Amazon, Apple. That is massive.”
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