The geographical timing is there based on the timing of the theatrical release to get the greatest profit from the film. The movie ideally has a cinema run, then when ticket sales slow they release for purchase on physical media (or premium services), then after those sales slow they release for digital renting. They don&#x27;t want the movie available on Netflix in a country where the theatrical release has not yet happened, or it&#x27;s still in it&#x27;s first run.<p>Some of it is left-over from when films were in physical form and loaned out to theaters. There are only so many copies made. Now that modern theaters receive the movies as a download, that&#x27;s not really a justification however there&#x27;s still the publicity tours that accompany the release. They want a proper premier with the cast in each country. There&#x27;s also language translations and such which would normally be done after the movie was already released. Basically there&#x27;s various things they want to do which are difficult or impossible to do on a global scale, so they focus on one part of the world at a time. When your country is low on the list, it means the movie doesn&#x27;t make it to your country for 6-12 months.