What is Movie release?
[[File:Premiere at Chinese Theater (3555047236).jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Movie premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, [[Hollywood]], [[California]], [[USA]]}}]] A '''movie release''' (or '''[[:wikt:premiere|premiere]]''') is when a completed [[movie]] is released for the public to see. It may be in [[Movie theater|theaters]] or for home viewing. A movie's release date can affect how much money the movie makes. == Marketing == A movie's release [[Calendar|date]] and how it is released is a part of the [[marketing]] of the movie.<ref name=Levy215>Frederick Levy, ''Hollywood 101: The Film Industry'' (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2013), p. 215</ref> Often a movie will be tested on selected [[audience]]s to see how they like it.<ref name=Levy215/> This is called a limited release. A movie might also be shown first at a [[film festival]] to see how it does. If an audience does not like something, the moviemakers can make changes before it is released to the public.<ref name=Levy215/> [[Movie studio]]s limit the number of major movies they release in a year.<ref name=Schatz324>''Hollywood: Cultural dimensions: ideology, identity and cultural industry studies'', ed. Thomas Schatz (London; New York: Routledge, 2004), p. 324</ref> They also try not to release a major movie at the same time another studio does.<ref name=Schatz324/> The timing of when a movie is released can affect how much money it makes. When ''[[A Little Princess (1995 movie)|A Little Princess]]'' was released in 1995, the movie ''[[Pocahontas (movie)|Pocahontas]]'' was released at the same time.<ref name=Corrigan37>Timothy Corrigan; Patricia White, ''The Film Experience: An Introduction'' (Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2012), p. 37</ref> Even worse (for revenues), both were aimed at the same target audience.<ref name=Corrigan37/> == Movie calendar == There were [[tradition]]al times of the year for releases of certain types of movies. Summer was the traditional time to release [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] movies.<ref name=Ker