Young Adults Equally Likely to Prefer Seeing New Movies in Theaters or at Home

The poll’s overall margin of error is 2 percentage points, while the margin or error for the 18-29 subsample is 5 points. 

Among the 1,047 adults who said they preferred to watch new releases through streaming services first, 71 percent cited streaming’s affordability compared to movie theaters as a major factor. And 39 percent said the main reason they preferred the format was because they could watch the film in the comfort of their own home.

In order to be nominated for an Oscar, a film must play “for a theatrical qualifying run of at least seven consecutive days,” according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In order to align with eligibility rules, Netflix has been releasing select films in a limited fashion, with a film’s theatrical run sometimes overlapping with its streaming release. 

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