Editing Direct-to-video (section)

===Direct-to-video films screened theatrically===
Occasionally, a studio that makes a movie that was prepared as a direct-to-video film will release it theatrically at the last minute due to the success of another film with a similar subject matter or an ultimate studio decision. ''[[Batman: Mask of the Phantasm]]'' is an example of this. However, despite the movie's critically acclaimed success, its box-office performance was very poor, which has been attributed to the last minute nature of its theatrical release. The film had much better commercial success in its subsequent home video releases.

Other times, a direct-to-video movie may get a limited theatrical screening in order to build excitement for the actual release of the video such as was done for 2010's ''[[Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths]]'', and ''[[Planet Hulk (film)|Planet Hulk]]'', 2016's ''[[Batman: The Killing Joke (film)|Batman: The Killing Joke]]''<ref>[http://www.comicmix.com/news/2010/02/05/justice-league-crisis-on-two-earths-gets-big-screen-premieres-on-two-coasts/ Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths gets big-screen Premieres on Two Coasts] – Comicmix.com – February 5, 2010</ref> or 2013's ''[[Sharknado]]''. In some cases, other direct-to-video films can also be theatrically released in other countries.