3 movies returned, 2 of them have a release date of 2020-05-28, as specified in the "primary_release_date.gte" and "primary_release_date.lte" params, but there is a 3rd movie included which has a release date in the future:
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run ID: 400160 Release date: 2020-08-07
Any ideas why? ps, thanks for providing this awesome API :)
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Svar av ticao2 🇧🇷 pt-BR
den 28 Mai 2020 kl. 9:46 AM
One of the release dates of the film is this:
See here
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/400160-the-spongebob-movie-sponge-on-the-run/edit?active_nav_item=release_information
In other words, Ukraine in 2020-05-28.
And it is this date that is being considered the World Release Date or Primary Release Date.
Svar av sammydigits
den 28 Mai 2020 kl. 10:04 AM
Interesting... I thought that by providing the "region" parameter, I would only get movies released in the US on the specified date?
Is there any way to achieve that? (only get movies released in the US on the specified date)
Thanks again
Svar av ticao2 🇧🇷 pt-BR
den 28 Mai 2020 kl. 10:16 AM
I think so.
If you don't use Primary Release Date.
If you use only Release Date I believe that you will only receive the date of the Region that you specified in the API Request.
Svar av Travis Bell
den 28 Mai 2020 kl. 11:23 AM
You can't really mix primary and non primary requests. Using primary will negate any region query you're doing because there's no such thing as a "primary release per country". It's a single, per media date. Regular release date queries on the other hand, you're good to go. See below.
Yes, something like this should do:
Svar av sammydigits
den 28 Mai 2020 kl. 12:08 PM
Thank you both, switching to "release_date" certainly seemed to solve the issue.
Can you also please confirm the difference between the "limited theatrical release date" vs "theatrical date" as mentioned here in the docs:
"Specifying "2|3" would return the limited theatrical release date as opposed to "3|2" which would return the theatrical date."
Ideally I want a list of movies which are available on general nationwide release in theaters for today's date, so presumably "3|2" would be my best option?
Svar av Travis Bell
den 28 Mai 2020 kl. 12:12 PM
Specifying
2
will always include the limited releases, so if you only want to include wide (nationwide) releases, you should only specify3
. If you specify both, the difference is which release it will show if both exist.3|2
would default to wide release, while2|3
would default to limited.Svar av sammydigits
den 28 Mai 2020 kl. 12:19 PM
Perfect, nationwide is what I need. Thank you very much for providing this awesome API Travis!