It’s difficult for Potter-Heads to keep track, and it’s only going to get trickier in the coming months. As such, all eight movies were available on Max for just three months before leaving in August, much to the chagrin of Film Twitter.
The franchise was made by Warner Bros., which had an existing output deal with NBCUniversal before launching HBO Max in May. Take the eight Harry Potter films, for example. The problem with the latter is that so much of the top-tier content from the last 20 years is already tied up into complicated rights agreements that it makes it difficult to hold on to for long. The driving idea behind the streaming wars is to accumulate enough attractive content across both original and licensed programming to entice an increasing number of viewers to sign up for your platform. Warner Bros.’ ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.’ Warner Bros./Allstar
