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Redbox is no more. Its parent company has converted its bankruptcy filing to Chapter 7 liquidation. Redbox is no more. The DVD kiosk-rental business is shutting down after its parent company converted its bankruptcy filing to Chapter 7 liquidation.

In another nail in the coffin of physical media, Redbox is shutting down after more than two decades of serving up DVD rentals from thousands of kiosks across the U.S.

The days of heading to the red kiosk to rent a DVD are ending as Redbox announced that after 22 years, it is officially shutting down.

Redbox and its tens of thousands of nostalgia-laden movie-rental kiosks are shutting down, officially ending a vestige of the physical-media era.

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All employees are expected to be laid off and the company's more than 24,000 rental kiosks will shut down. DVD rental service Redbox is set to shut down after 22 years in business, as streaming continues to dominate the at-home entertainment market.

CSSE not only owns the Redbox brand but also the streaming services Crackle and Chicken Soup for the Soul. CSSE acquired Redbox in August of 2022 as part of a $375 million acquisition deal. As part of the deal, CSSE hoped that pre-COVID numbers would return.

If you hold onto your disc for the maximum rental period (in most areas, it's 17 days), you'll be charged the maximum charge and the disc is yours to keep.

Does Redbox take cash? ›

Sorry, no. Redbox is required to process all transactions electronically with the card you swiped at the kiosk.

Kiosks can be located indoors or out and can hold more than 600 DVDs with 70–200 titles, updated weekly.

Redbox is dead. Here's what that means for employees, customers, and kiosks. Movie rental service Redbox is finally closing after its parent company announced that assets will be liquidated in Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Here's what to know.

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Its parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is facing a massive cash crunch that has made it impossible to buy new movies for its remaining kiosks.

In 2022, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment acquired Redbox for $375 million. Following the bankruptcy and eventual liquidation of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment in 2024, the 26,000 Redbox kiosks will shut down permanently. In addition, the Redbox website and mobile app ceased functioning.

On Thursday, a Los Angeles court entered a $16.7 million judgment against the company in favor of NBCUniversal, after Redbox failed to pay a scheduled installment of a settlement the parties reached earlier in May. The missed payment bodes ill for the DVD kiosk company, which now owes the remaining balance in full.