How has the pandemic reshaped Malaysian movie consumption habits?

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The pandemic shifted Malaysians toward watching movies at home and shortened the time between cinema and digital releases
The Covid-19 pandemic changed Malaysian movie viewing habits by pushing many people to watch from the comfort of their own homes. After the industry adapted for the pandemic and the post-pandemic period, more films— including big-budget titles—went straight to streaming or digital, while the gap between a cinema run and a digital release shrank to sometimes less than a month. The change can help viewers save money by waiting for movies to appear on digital or streaming platforms.
More films moved directly to streaming or digital, including big-budget releases
The pandemic-era distribution shift is described as moving an increasing number of films straight to streaming or digital platforms. This includes even movies with huge budgets, rather than relying on a longer theatrical window before going digital.
The cinema-to-digital gap became much shorter, sometimes under a month
A key change highlighted is that the gap between a movie’s cinema run and its digital release got shorter and shorter. In some cases, the interval can be less than a month, meaning audiences may not have long to catch a film in theatres before it appears digitally.
Viewers who wait for digital can spend less, but big-screen fans may miss releases
Because more titles arrive quickly on digital or streaming, the described effect for many viewers is cost savings: they can wait until the movie turns up on digital platforms. At the same time, the shorter gap raises the chance that people who prefer watching on the big screen may miss out on films that are only in Malaysian cinemas briefly.
One Malaysian cinema-goer reported missing “a lot of films” this year
The writer adds a personal example, saying they have missed out on a lot of films in Malaysian cinemas this year. That experience is linked to the uncertainty of film distribution and the increasingly short window between theatre showings and digital releases.

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