nontheatrical

adjective

non·​the·​at·​ri·​cal ˌnän-thē-ˈa-tri-kəl 

1

: not theatrical : not of or relating to the theater or the presentation of plays

a nontheatrical concert performance

2

: not intended for or involving performance in a movie theater

nontheatrical educational films

a movie made for nontheatrical distribution

the nontheatrical market

Examples of nontheatrical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And as for the five subsequent movies, Fox has theatrical, nontheatrical, and home video rights worldwide through May 2020. — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2017

But DreamWorks could never escape investor impatience with its rocky box-office returns, and the studio was too small for its nontheatrical department to pick up the slack. — Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2017

Still, there’s already a long history of movies being cleaned up for nontheatrical viewers; the difference now is that viewers will be able to purchase them directly from Sony—albeit as bonus material. — Laura Bradley, HWD, 13 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for nontheatrical

• theatrical