Daniel wrote:
For a company with a business model that is based mainly on rentals, Blockbuster are tremendously good at falling out with the companies who release the products they want to rent.
It usually comes down to money; Blockbuster tend to not like paying big fees, as they see themselves as far too big a player to have to play by the same rules.
They did it a few years ago where for almost a year, they didn't carry any Warner Bros releases at all. Though in that instance, they were entirely right in this particular stand - WB had taken the decision to remove the rental window (that period where you could rent new films which were not yet available to buy) and simultaneously massively up the fees they charged the libraries to rent them out.
As a former Blockbuster employee
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As for rental windows, I always hated them. I don't want to have to wait even longer to buy a DVD just to give some rental company a head start for no good reason.
They basically don't exist now. The last REALLY big film that had a noticeable one was Monster and to be fair, Blockbuster MADE that film.