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Because no one would pay $10 to $13 to go out and watch a movie in the theatre, when they could pay $2 to watch it in the comfort of their own home. That's why movies aren't released on DVD until after they've been in theatres: theatres wouldn't make any money otherwise.

I mean, sometimes people enjoy going out to see a movie on the big screen, which is why some theatres have classic movie screenings. But they usually charge a greatly-reduced fee for classic movie screenings, because they know people won't come otherwise, since it would cost them only a few dollars to rent the movie themselves. Theatres would definitely lose over 90% of their income if all movies were released directly to DVD.

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They are not available due to the fact that they are not able to stream. They can be sent to you through the mail if you have a full Netflix account but some movies just can not be viewed in the same way.

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Netflix pays for licensing of movies and television programming. Restrictions on how that content can be acquired determines what can and cannot be streamed vs. mail-only DVD media. It is much less expensive to stream content and Netflix is striving to deliver a streaming only service since many households can now support the requirements for 720p surround sound HD movies.

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It depends on what kind, and how much it is worth.

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When a movie says "only in Theaters" it simply means that the movie is not yet available to view outside of a theater

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SO you can go spend more money on the whole DVD (somtimes)

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they are sold out

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