H'wood Narrative Outlay: Watching a Movie Within a Movie
"Everyone Is Watching "Contagion," A 9-Year-Old Movie About A Flu OutbreakContagion was the 270th most-watched Warner Bros. film in December.
So far in 2020, it is the second most watched.
Then, in 10th place, is a film made nine years ago: Contagion.The Steven Soderbergh–directed film from 2011 is enjoying renewed attention and interest amid the worldwide coronavirus outbreak. It was the 15th most-rented film on Jan. 29 on iTunes. One year ago, it wasn't even in the top 100.It's easy to understand why Contagion is enjoying renewed popularity amid the coronavirus outbreak. The star-studded movie tells the story of a mysterious and deadly new flu virus that sweeps the world in a matter of weeks, killing millions. The classic Soderbergh procedural follows health care workers and investigators with the CDC and WHO trying to contain the outbreak as social order crumblesles around them.
A spokesperson for Warner Bros., the film's distributor, told BuzzFeed News that in addition to the movie's number 10 spot on the iTunes charts, it's currently at number 21 on Google Play and is trending on Amazon.Across the entire collection of titles in the Warner Bros. catalog (i.e., films not considered new releases), Contagion was the 270th most-watched WB film in December. So far in 2020, it is the second most watched…Shamberg, the producer, said he is not surprised that Burns seemed to correctly anticipate the online fake news that has spread about the coronavirus, as well as the panicked mass buying of supplies, because the screenwriter had ambitious goals in writing Contagion."
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