Have you ever noticed that it movies that were just in the movie theater are already out on dvd?  Recently we had to ask the question, just how long does it take to go from theater to dvd?

Three months and 25 days was the average wait time to go from theater to dvd in 2007 according to an article from the La Times in 2007.  The article went further on to say that a “factor is that movies now generally have much shorter box-office runs than they once did. That’s because studio films usually open on thousands of screens to generate big opening weekend receipts, then are quickly replaced with newer releases the moment they taper off. With flops, theaters pull the plug even sooner.”

We can only expect this amount to shorten in the future as theaters will be able to release their content for online downloads.