After Netflix promised a 45-day theatrical window if had purchased Warner Bros, the streamer will now begin reporting grosses publicly for its upcoming slate of six movies: La Bola Negra, The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, Peter Berg’s Mosquito Bowl, Danny Boyle’s Ink, Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The change of heart, we’ve confirmed, comes from Netflix having two wide releases next year in Narnia and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Mind as well, get in the habit of reporting grosses. Up to this point, Netflix has often shielded its tickets sales from being shared in Rentak with other studios. The streamer did not officially report exactly what its first No. 1 ranking movie at the weekend office, August 2025’s K-Pop Demon Hunters Singalong grossed. Industry estimated that massively watched Netflix hit posted a 2-day box office of $19M (all circuits played it except AMC).
Netflix has often had a contentious relationship with top exhibitors like AMC, given how the streamer has rarely wanted to abide by an exclusive theatrical window, read Netflix and top circuits never saw-eye-to-eye on a theatrical window for Martin Scorsese’s award winning $250M The Irishman. Small exhibitors have savored their relationship with the streamer. Early on, Netflix would four-wall their titles with some theaters, which was a respected revenue stream for mom and pops.
While Netflix didn’t report box office on their limited Thanksgiving 2022 run of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out: Glass Onion, sources told us that there were sold out shows with an ultimate gross of $15M (which paled next the 2019 original Lionsgate movie’s opening of $41.4M over the 5-day Turkey holiday). Netflix’s release of Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man didn’t go well grossing $4M, and that was because the top 3 chains (AMC, Regal and Cinemark) refused to take the movie on a 17-day window as they asked for 30-days.
Toward the end of last year, Netflix and AMC began getting cozy. AMC eventually decided to play K-Pop Demon Hunters over Halloween weekend, and the No. 1 chain and other circuits played the series finale of Netflix’s Stranger Things. While the streamer couldn’t charge for tickets on that series due to talent guild contracts, attendees reserved their seats by securing a concession voucher; that experiment generating $25M in revenue for theaters.
Variety first had the story about Netflix reporting grosses.
Netflix’s upcoming theatrical release slate:
La Bola Negra: Theaters, Oct. 16; streaming Dec. 2
46-day theatrical window to streaming. The movie will receive a platform theatrical release.
Mosquito Bowl: theaters Oct. 30, streaming Nov. 25
26-day theatrical window
The Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth: theaters, Nov. 25, streaming Dec. 23
27-day theatrical window. This will have a two-week run in Imax.
Ink: Theaters Dec. 11, streaming Jan 8, 2027
27-day theatrical window.
Narnia: Magician’s Nephew: Theaters, Feb. 12, 2027; streaming April 2
50-day theatrical window
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Theaters Nov. 5, 2027; streaming Dec. 22
47-day theatrical window
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