--- title: Netflix Movies Will Be Released in Theaters the Same Day They Go Online description: Netflix partnered with theater chain iPic Entertainment to screen its original movies on the same day they become available for streaming. authors: - name: Martha C. White role: Reporter url: https://money.com/author/martha-c-white/ education: BA, English, Princeton University at_money_since: 2015 articles: 357 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Federal Reserve Rate Cuts - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - The New York Times - The Wall Street Journal - CNN - Kiplinger Personal Finance - Time social: - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martha-c-white/ published: '2016-10-05T15:06:31.000Z' modified: '2016-10-05T15:06:31.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - movie theater - movies - Netflix - pubdesk word_count: 176 canonical: https://money.com/netflix-original-movies-theaters/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Netflix Inc. Illustrations Ahead Of Earnings Figures](https://img.money.com/2016/10/netflix-movies.jpeg) *The Netflix Inc. logo is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone 5s surrounded by DVD mailers in this arranged photograph in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Netflix Inc., the largest online subscription video service, is expected to release earnings figures on April 15. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images* If you've been dying to see Netflix original movies on the big screen, you're in luck: The video-streaming service is partnering with iPic Entertainment, a chain of 15 high-end movie theaters, to screen its original movies on the same day they're available for users to stream. The deal covers 10 original Netflix films, starting next year. Netflix will start screening its movies in iPic theaters in New York City and Los Angeles, with the potential of adding more locations in the future, the [Wall Street *Journal*](http://www.wsj.com/articles/netflix-ipic-entertainment-agree-to-screen-original-movies-in-theaters-online-simultaneously-1475636402) reports. For Netflix, the goal is to increase its visibility and reputation as a content producer, as it adds to its roster of boldfaced Hollywood [names](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/angelina-jolie-begins-production-netflix-film-based-cambodian-activist-s-n526011) like Angelina Jolie, who is directing a movie based on an award-winner memoir by a Cambodian activist who survived the Khmer Rouge regime. [iPic Entertainment](https://www.ipictheaters.com/#/) is an unconventional theater chain. It bills itself as a luxury movie theater that elevates the experience, with leather recliners, blankets, waiter service and full menus including seasonal dishes and craft cocktails. 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