The Movie Database Support

Hello together,

when filtering in discover/movie with specified watch_region and release_type, the filter works as expected, but the returned field release_date seems to be the primary_release_date instead of the release_date filtered by watch_region and release_type.

Example:

Query: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?include_adult=false&include_video=false&language=de-DE&page=2&release_date.gte=2023-10-15&sort_by=popularity.desc&watch_region=DE&with_release_type=3

Result:

...
...
{
      "adult": false,
      "backdrop_path": "/hb0BeFvZNx2zLGWwuwENOIVeK1U.jpg",
      "genre_ids": [
        35,
        18,
        36
      ],
      "id": 792293,
      "original_language": "en",
      "original_title": "Dumb Money",
      "overview": "Dumb Money ist eine David gegen Goliath-Story, in deren Mittelpunkt die verrückte, wahre Geschichte gewöhnlicher Menschen steht, die einen unerwarteten Coup an der Wall Street landeten und reich wurden, indem sie Gamestop in das gefragteste Unternehmen der Welt verwandelten.",
      "popularity": 259.029,
      "poster_path": "/eptBH24xMfsgoR9fLfK46naQH0Y.jpg",
      "release_date": "2023-09-15",
      "title": "Dumb Money - Schnelles Geld",
      "video": false,
      "vote_average": 6.6,
      "vote_count": 79
    },
...
...

It's correct that the movie is included since the release_date in Germany (DE) for release_type 3 is the 2023-11-02.

Based on the documantation thats says: "The date returned will be the first date based on your query (ie. if a with_release_type is specified). It's important to note the order of the release types that are used. Specifying 2|3 would return the limited theatrical release date as opposed to 3|2 which would return the theatrical date", I am expecting the release_date from Germany for release_type 3 in the JSON.

However the received date is 2023-09-15, which is the primary_release_date

Is this behaviour intended or a bug?

Thanks in advance

Christian

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Hi @Chris_2000, you should use "region" instead of "watch_region". See the documentation.

"watch_region" is for filtering watch streaming providers like Netflix, etc.

Hi robbie,

thank you very much! That was my mistake. It's working now.

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