Paramount Releasing First Two Films Digitally Under New Theatrical Revenue-Sharing Plan

Paramount Pictures will release the first two films for sale and rent online later this month under its online video revenue-sharing initiative with movie theaters, it said in a news release Tuesday. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension will be available via online sale and rental on Dec. 8 and 15, respectively. Paramount said that under the revenue-sharing agreement with some theatrical exhibitors, the films could be made available via online video distribution 17 days after they were available in fewer than 300 domestic theaters. Both films came out theatrically in October, Paramount said.