Is VOD service a feasible option for filmmakers in this new climate?

'Syif Malam Raya', featuring Saiful Apek, made RM3mil in 10 days... which is an impressive taking for a local movie.

With cinema halls shuttered due to the pandemic, some production companies have taken their originally planned theatrical titles and made them available directly to audiences’ homes, instead of waiting for them to be screened in cinemas.

In the United States, a handful of Hollywood titles were sold to subscription video on demand (SVOD) services – think Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV+ and Disney Plus.