The chief executive of Cineworld has accused Netflix of leaving Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman with “meaningless” box office income after releasing the film in cinemas for only a short period before streaming it.
Mooky Greidinger, who heads the world’s second-largest cinema group, said the US streaming service, which financed the Oscar-winning director’s film, had prevented it from becoming a box-office hit. Netflix put The Irishman out in cinemas on November 1 in the US and November 8 in Britain, then streamed it from November 27.
“The Irishman lost a lot of box office. A Scorsese released properly in cinemas would have generated a nice income,” he said.
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